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Two women pose around the cross at the entrance to Olvera St., Los Angeles, 1943

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Title: Two women pose around the cross at the entrance to Olvera St., Los Angeles, 1943
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1943-09-03
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights Information: Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California
specol@usc.edu
Description: Photograph. "Mary Georgie van der Leck, left, and Lorenita Forster decorate the De Neve cross at the entrance to Olvera street in preparation for tomorrow's celebration of the 162nd anniversary of the founding of the city of Los Angeles. The hand-carved cross bears the lettering: 'El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles.'" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 3 September 1943.
Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier: examiner-m3085
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-STR-032
http://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m3085
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-STR-032.jpg
Subject: Los Angeles--City--Streets--Olvera
Time Period: circa 1943-09-03
Place: -118.23692,34.0597
-118.23668,34.05614
-118.23711,34.05471
-137.28114,32.49452
California
La Plaza
Olvera Plaza
Los Angeles
Olvera Street
USA
Source: 3-1275-02805-8411 [Barcode]
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-STR-032 [Original Filename]
Subjects 320 [Print Box]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation: Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
examiner-m4404

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