Exterior view of adobe houses located at the corner of New High and Ord Streets in Sonora Town. This early form of duplex has two small doorways and two large windows and appears to be abandoned. The history of this adobe is unknown. A man is seen purchasing ice cream from a vendor and his mobile cart in front of the home. The part of the city called "Sonora Town" was an old adobe village north of the Plaza and Church of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels. It was Los Angeles' first Mexican quarters, or barrio. The area was named for the numerous miners and families who came from Sonora, Mexico, and may have still been around in the 1930s. Now it is Los Angeles' Chinatown District. May 29, 1936.
Ice cream, ices, etc.--California--Los Angeles Abandoned houses--California--Los Angeles Adobe houses--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Sonora Town (Los Angeles, Calif.) Works Progress Administration Collection photographs
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