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Description
Photograph of the exterior view of an adobe house (houses?) in Sonora Town, Los Angeles, ca.1895. The single-story house (or stretch of houses) appears to be used for commercial use. Different store names are displayed on the windows offering food to hair cutting service. The stucco is peeling from the worn and chipped adobe bricks that form the walls. There is a door and doorsteps at every two or three yard intervals. Utility poles line the sidewalk. Heavy track marks line the dirt road in front of the house. Legible signs include: "El Monte Mexicans", "Liberria Mexican[...]", "El Poplar, semanario independ[ence] noticioso, P. Gomez, editor, director y propietorio, Ga[...] Fernando, num. 660", "menudo, enchiladas y café", "barber shop", "for rent", "original Mexican, dining room, Sra. Lolita B. Bolt", "entrance".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w glass plate negatives photographs
Adobe houses Architecture, Domestic Dwellings Aguilar, Christobol Don Los Angeles County--Los Angeles--Sonora Town--Streets--North Spring Street Residential sites
Time Period
circa 1895
Place
658-668 North Spring Street California Los Angeles USA
Source
1-15-66 [Microfiche number] 5297 [Accession number] CHS-5297 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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