Genre: news photographs / Subject: Olvera Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron celebrates Cinco de Mayo with Consuela de Bonzo and Mexican American dancers on Olvera street. Photographed left to right are Velia Valle, Salvadas Dukhart, Mayor Bowron, and Consuelo de Bonzo.
Date:: ca. 1952
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Anita Aros (center) poses with other costumed actors as they prepare for a fiesta on Olvera Street in Los Angeles, California.
Date:: ca. 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A group of tourists (identified as "Dream Trippers" in a handwritten notation on the negative) walk down historic Olvera Street near downtown Los Angeles.
Date:: 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Three men walk down Olvera Street past La Casa La Golondrina Cafe (left), in a 2 story building with canvas awnings. A woman is seated beside the row of potted plants that line the outdoor seating area.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Dean Cornwell was a muralist and illustrator. Among his most famous works are 16 panels at the Los Angeles Public Library depicting a pageant of California history.
Date:: October 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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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."
Date:: July 24, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Two men walk down Olvera Street, with a pottery business on the left.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Gratitude was expressed to Councilman Robert Burns from representatives of the Mexican centric Olvera Street in the form of laughter, songs and speeches.
Date:: July 22, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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