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Know Your City No.249 Front porch and marker of Avila Adobe on Olvera Street, Los Angeles, 1956

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
OpenUCLA Collections
Know Your City No.249 Front porch and marker of Avila Adobe on Olvera Street, Los Angeles, 1956

Josephine Gomez and Catalina Cruz where traditional Mexican costumes at a shrine dedicated to Sien Fa in China City, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
China City developed by Christine Sterling (Olvera Street creator), bordered by Ord, Spring, Main and Macy streets, was a walled enclave featuring Chinese style architecture, including buildings from the 1937 Hollywood production of The Good Earth. It opened in 1938 and was destroyed by an arson fire in 1949.
Date:
December 7, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Josephine Gomez and Catalina Cruz where traditional Mexican costumes at a shrine dedicated to Sien Fa in China City, Los Angeles, 1938

Rose Marie Sheran, Eleanor Devin, Virginia Smith, and Kathryn MacKechnie of the Catholic Women's Club Juniors, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Left to right, Rose Marie Sheran, Eleanor Devin, Virginia Smith, Kathryn MacKechnie stand in a store. They are dressed for an outing, with Devin wearing a jacket and Smith and MacKechnie wearing fur-edged coats. All the women wear hats, with Smith also wearing a small veil. They stand in front of a table covered with a striped tablecloth and displaying lots of either polished stone or wood items like buttons, lamps, ashtrays, small bowls and cups, vases, and candlesticks. Behind them is a postcard display featuring photography by Burton Frasher, an animal skin, and hung paintings.
Date:
[circa April 14, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Rose Marie Sheran, Eleanor Devin, Virginia Smith, and Kathryn MacKechnie of the Catholic Women's Club Juniors, Los Angeles, 1936

Olvera Street cross with a tribute to Will Rogers, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
View of the large wooden cross at the south end of Olvera Street, on a stepped circular, river stone base, bearing a floral wreath and sign in memory of Will Rogers and a large candle. The sign reads: "Will Rogers / Los Mexicanes De La Calle Olvera Lamentan In Muerta." A woman in Spanish dress a black veil over head kneels before the cross.
Date:
September 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Olvera Street cross with a tribute to Will Rogers, Los Angeles, 1935

Olvera Street memorial service for Harry Carr, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Photograph of participants in the Olvera Street memorial service for Los Angeles Times columnist Harry Carr, beneath a striped canvas awning with mourners beneath umbrellas further back. The Chito Montoya stringed orchestra plays in the foreground and singers face a microphone (for radio KMTR), in the center. It is draped with a black wreath and black-rimmed photograph of Mr. Carr bearing the farewell "Vaya Va Con Dios." Ernesto A. Romero, Vice-Culsul for Mexico in Los Angeles, wears a trench coat and glasses (right). In front of him in a black lace veil and holding a sheet of music is Consuela de Bonzo, a Mexican community leader (owner of the restaurant Casa La Golondrina at 17 Olvera St.).
Date:
January 11, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Olvera Street memorial service for Harry Carr, Los Angeles, 1936