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Painting of Luis and Maria Petra Quintero, 1781 founders of Los Angeles, of African descent

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Title: Painting of Luis and Maria Petra Quintero, 1781 founders of Los Angeles, of African descent
Alternative Title: Luis and Maria Petra Quintero, founders of Los Angeles, of African descent.
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1930-1989]
1930/1989
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Painting representing Luis and Maria Petra Quintero, founders of Los Angeles, standing beside two horses, by a staff artist of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.
Luis Manuel Quintero was a New Spain-Colonial tailor from Guadalajara, Jalisco, who later became one of the 44 original settlers of the Pueblo de Los Angeles (present-day Los Angeles, California) on September 4, 1781. Quintero's wife María Petra Rubio was born near 1741 and came from Álamos, Sonora. She was described as a mulatta, or a person of mixed Spanish and African descent. (Wikipedia)
Photo label: Luis Quinteros and his wife Maria Petra Quintero, L.A. founders of African descent. Painting by staff artist of the L.A. County Museum of Natural History.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b01_f04_001a.tif
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Subject: Colonists
Quinteros, Luis, b. circa 1725 - 1810
Quinteros, María Petra Rubio, b. circa 1741
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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