Know Your City No.249 Front porch and marker of Avila Adobe on Olvera Street, Los Angeles, 1956
Item Overview
- Title
- Know Your City No.249 Front porch and marker of Avila Adobe on Olvera Street, Los Angeles, 1956
- Date Created
- July 24, 1956
- Date
- 1956-07-24
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
-
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Notes
- Description
- ANSWER: The structure in the photo is the Avila Adobe, generally conceded to be the oldest building in Los Angeles. It is located at 14 Olvera Street. Built in 1818 by Don Francisco Avila, it served as American headquarters in 1847 when U.S. troops captured the city. It has the further distinction of having flown four flags--Spanish, Mexican, the California Republic, and the Stars and Stripes. And, as Consuela de Bonzo, "Queen" of Olvera Street, puts it: "It is the only place in the world around here like that."
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Dimensions
- 10 x 12.5 cm.
- Medium
- b&w negative
Keywords
- Genre
- news photographs
- Location
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Olvera Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Historic buildings--California--Los Angeles County
Landmarks
Adobe houses--California--Los Angeles
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclalat_1429_b257_95950KC-1
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz0002t8d0
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Rights contact
- UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
- Rights Holder
- The Regents of the University of California
- Rights Country
- US
- License
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