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Title
El Adobe Cafe, Sonora Town
Alternative Title
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Creator
Norton & Rollins Photographers
Date Created and/or Issued
1940
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
The part of the city called "Sonora Town" was an old adobe village north of the Plaza and Church of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels. It was Los Angeles' first Mexican quarters, or barrio. The area was named for the numerous miners and families who came from Sonora, Mexico, and may have still been around in the 1930s. Now it is Los Angeles' Chinatown District.
Early adobe home located at the corner of New High and Ord Streets in Sonora Town, it was built between 1850 and 1860. It shows a New England influence; its Georgian door and window frames were brought from that section by ship. This dwelling was abandoned in 1936 and became a restaurant named El Adobe Cafe a year later. A sign promoting "The New Pepperming Gum - Wrigley's Doublemint" is painted on the adjacent building. A man stands at the corner and appears to be looking up at the name of the Cafe. Photograph dated: February 16, 1940.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00078880
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA 16; N-006-363 4x5
CARL0000079845
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/111400
Subject
Adobe Cafe (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Adobe houses--California--Los Angeles
Restaurants--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles

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