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Title: Close-up of Portola´'s Expedition plaque
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1930
Publication Information: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
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: Close-up of a historical marker commemorating Portola´'s Expedition, the first overland expedition to California. The plaque reads: Governor Gaspar de Portola and Father Crespi, commanders of the expedition in search of Monterey Bay, camped and worshipped near this spot, August 2, 1769. They were the first white men to look upon the site of the future City of Los Angeles, founded 1781. This marker was was erected by the Los Angeles Chapter, Daughters of the American Colonists. The plaque shows the dates: 1769, 1930.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00008144
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
N-005-145.3 4x5; L.A.-Plazas-The Plaza.
CARL0000009255
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/87137
Subject: Daughters of the American Colonists.--Los Angeles Chapter
Plazas--California--Los Angeles
Portola´'s Expedition, Calif., 1769-1770
Historical markers--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.)
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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