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Title
Murray & Ready aka Agusti´n Olvera adobe
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Agusti´n Olvera arrived from Mexico in 1834 where he had been a Justice of the Peace, and held various offices in the Mexican administration. In 1842 he was granted Rancho Mission Viejo, and three years later, was also granted the 35,501-acre Rancho Cuyamaca. Olvera is noted for helping to bridge the gap between the governance of California by Mexico and the U.S.; helping sign the Treaty of Cahuenga, thus ending the war in California; was appointed to be Judge of the First Instance in 1849; was elected as the first county judge of the newly formed County of Los Angeles in 1850; and eventually entered private practice law. In 1877, the Los Angeles City Council changed the name of Wine Street to Olvera Street in his honor. Marchessault Street is named for French Canadian, Damien Marchessault, who served as mayor of Los Angeles from 1859-1860, and again from 1861-1865. During his term in office, the Plaza Church was rebuilt and the City Gas Company was organized. Marchessault committed suicide in the city council chamber in 1868, after becoming despondent over public criticism of the water system and over gambling debts.
View of Agusti´n Olvera adobe, located on the corner of Marchessault and Olvera streets, after it had been converted into office space for Murray & Ready. A man can be seen riding his bicycle on the unpaved road toward the left.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;18 x 24 cm. on board 21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00081454
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Adobes-Olvera, Agusti´n.
CARL0000081579
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/112440
Subject
Olvera, Agusti´n--Homes and haunts
Dirt roads--California--Los Angeles
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Adobe houses--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles

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