- Title
- El Paseo de Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Description
- A woman and four children dressed in ethnic outfits are seen by the cross near vending stands at the entrance to Olvera Street, across from the Plaza. The inscription on the cross reads: El pueblo de Nuestra Sen?ora la reina de los angeles. Felipe de Neve, September fourth, 1781.
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- Format Extent
- 1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm
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- Subject
- Markets--California--Los Angeles; Historic districts--California--Los Angeles; Crosses; Children; Vending stands
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- Note
- Olvera Street is situated the oldest part of Los Angeles, near the Old Plaza Church and Zanja Madre. Originally called Vine Street, it was extended and renamed in 1877 for Agustin Olvera, the first judge of the county of Los Angeles. 27 historic buildings line the street, including the Avila Adobe, built around 1818 by former mayor Francisco Avila, the Pelanconi House, oldest brick house in the city, dating from 1855, and the Casa Sepulveda, or Sepulveda House, built in 1887 as an Eastlake Victorian business and residential building. In 1926, Christine Sterling began to organize a project to renovate the then-dilapidated part of Los Angeles and turn it into a colorful Mexican marketplace and cultural center. The marketplace opened on Easter Sunday (April 20), 1930, and continues to be a major tourist attraction. It is now part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument.
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- Collection
- Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
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- Type
- ["Postcards"]
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- Geographic Location
- Olvera Street (Los Angeles, Calif.); Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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- Language
- eng
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