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The structure was built in 1875 by Miguel Leonis, a Spanish land baron and cattle rancher, as the "seat" of his West Valley empire. The fate of the historic Leonis adobe may hinged on a zone change and the Calabasas site could become a shopping center. Photo shows supporters for the Adobe home holding signs which read, "Progress is for City Folk," "Help!! The Valley's most important landmark" and "Last Frontier of the Old West." Photograph caption dated December 20, 1960 reads, "Teenagers picket Miguel Leonis adobe in Calabasas in protest to plans to demolish the adobe to make way for a shopping center. From left are Billy Blayock, 12; Elaine moore, 14; Franki Ward, 15; and Susie de la Torre-Bueno, 16, all of Calabasas."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Leonis Adobe (Los Angeles, Calif.) Adobe houses--California--Calabasas Dwellings--California--Calabasas Signs and signboards--California--Calabasas Horses--California--Calabasas Picketing--California--Calabasas Teenagers--California--Calabasas Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Young women--California--Calabasas Young men--California--Calabasas Calabasas (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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