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Constance D. Simpson and James Roche in court over an Olvera Street dispute, Los Angeles, 1929

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Title: Constance D. Simpson and James Roche in court over an Olvera Street dispute, Los Angeles, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued: 1929
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Ms. Simpson's suit is covered in the article "Court Airs Avila Adobe Paving Row" in the Los Angeles Times, February 1, 1930, pg. A1
Constance D. Simpson and James Roche in court to prevent the improvement of Olvera Street. Ms. Simpson argued that planned improvements to Olvera Street would result loss of street access to commercial property belonging to her and result in a loss of value of the property.
Handwritten on negative: Constance D... Simpson. A James Roche
Text from negative sleeve: Simpson, Constance D. 1929
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_2786
ark:/21198/zz002ckg85
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Olvera Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Legal
Roche, James
Simpson, Constance D
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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