Drawing of the first school (and Sisters of Charity Orphanage) in Los Angeles, made in 1869 by a student, I. J. Hughes, from a picture in a school scrapbook. It was called Los Angeles Charitable Institute, later the Los Angeles Orphan Asylum, but in Spanish, Casa de las Hermanas.
Los Angeles Charitable Institute (Los Angeles, Calif.) Sisters of Charity School (Los Angeles, Calif.) Schools--California--Los Angeles Orphanages--California--Los Angeles
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