Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, "Olympic Building Moved to New Location," Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1933: A12. Christine Sterling, known as “the Mother of Olvera Street,” advocated for preserving historic buildings attributed to Mexican-American history and heritage in Los Angeles. Her passion was for Olvera Street, which was designated as a tourist venue during the tenth Olympic Games in 1932. The Mexican Olympic cottage on Olvera Street was offered to the Los Angeles Mexican-American population in 1933. A group of people in front of a building. Crombie Allen, center, hands dedication plaque for Mexican Olympic cottage to Mrs. Christine Sterling. On the right are Mexican-American men in sarapes--one holding a sombrero smiles into the camera. Various Mexican-American women in traditional dress watch the ceremony. To the left of Mrs. Sterling is a man in a suit with his hands on a young girl’s shoulder. Text from negative sleeve: Allen, Crombie (editor) + past Pres. of Calif. newspaper pubs. Assoc. (one or more being cleaned) Box 13 Handwritten on negative: Crombie Allen, Mrs. Christine Sterling Text from newspaper caption: Cottage used by Mexico Athletes Presented to Local Colony, Olvera Street Dedication Ceremony, Crombie Allen presenting Mexican Olympic cottage to Mrs. Christine Sterling who aced as godmother.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11102 ark:/21198/zz002h92mm
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Mexican American women--California--Los Angeles Sombreros Clothing & dress--Mexican--California--Los Angeles Mexican American youth Sarapes Lace Olvera Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Mexican Americans--California--Los Angeles Building dedications--California--Los Angeles Allen, Crombie, 1874-1946 Sterling, Christine, 1881-1963
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