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Title: Earliest known photograph of the Los Angeles Plaza, circa 1858
Alternative Title: Early Los Angeles buildings and maps (photographs)
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1858]
1858
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Early photograph of Los Angeles taken from Fort Moore hill and facing southeast towards the Plaza, with vineyards, orchards and fields visible beyond. The Plaza Church (constructed in 1822) is in the lower left corner, a brick reservoir (built in 1858) is in the middle of the Plaza, on the right is the Jose Antonio Carrillo adobe and, behind it, the house of Pio Pico, the last governor of Mexican California (both houses were demolished for the construction of the Pico House hotel).
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b03_f10_009a.tif
ark:/21198/z11g2481
Subject: Los Angeles Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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