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Description
Photograph of a drawing of Don Vicente Guerrara's "Tin Smith" shop, ca.1857. Eleven doorways open into the one-story line of store fronts off of the covered boardwalk upon which three pedestrians are standing. Various tin products, including a pail, can, and pot, hang from the wall on display. A horse is tethered in front, while two women are depicted standing in the street at right.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
Adobe houses Retail trade Tin industry Mexican Americans Guerrera, Don Vincente Stores Sonora Town Los Angeles--General views--Illustrations (2 of 2) Los Angeles--Sonora Town--Architecture--Commercial Buildings
Time Period
circa 1857
Place
California Los Angeles USA
Source
1-15-26 [Microfiche number] 1461 [Accession number] CHS-1461 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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