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Title
Avila Adobe, interior
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator
Hankey, Roy
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1980
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Built about 1818 by Don Francisco Avila, it was occupied briefly as an American headquarters in 1847. Severely damaged in the earthquake of 1971, the house is now restored as an example of the California lifestyle of the 1840s.
View of the main bedroom of the famous Avila Adobe, the first "permanent" residence in the pueblo of Los Angeles.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00059935
Roy Hankey Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
L.A.-Adobes-Avila.
CARL0000064018
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/125295
Subject
Avila Adobe (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Adobe houses--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Bedrooms--California--Los Angeles
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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