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Title
Alex Tamale Co. Factory and Vehicles, Anaheim [graphic]
Alternative Title
Digital Anaheim.
Date Created and/or Issued
ca. 1950 (issued)
Contributing Institution
Anaheim Public Library
Collection
Anaheim Public Library photograph collection on Anaheim local history
Rights Information
Property rights reside with the Anaheim Public Library. Literary rights are generally retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce, please contact the Local History Curator.
Description
Accession number: P10406b
View of the Alex Tamale Co. factory, opened in the 1920s and located at 415 South Olive Street, Anaheim; company began in 1906 when Alex Morales, Sr. rode a horse-drawn wagon through the streets of Anaheim selling his wife's home-cooked tamales; in 1915 operated a restaurant on North Los Angeles Street (now Anaheim Blvd.); currently on Orangethorpe Avenue, Alex Foods Inc. incorporated in 1951; image shows portion of back and side of the factory at left, with eight delivery vehicles parked along the wall; vehicles painted on the side with "ALEX'S" and on the doors with "ALEX TAMALE CO. / 415 SO. OLIVE ST. / ANAHEIM, CALIF. / PHONE 3520."
Type
image
Format
1 Photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Form/Genre
Photographic print
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt329015tp
Subject
Morales, Alexander Sr--1877-1949
Alex Tamale Co.--California--Anaheim,
Mexican Americans--California--Anaheim
Immigrants--California--History
Transportation
Food industry and trade
Anaheim (Calif.)--Industries
Place
Alex Tamale Co.
California
Anaheim,
Mexican Americans
Anaheim.
Immigrants
History
Anaheim (Calif.)
Industries

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