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Title
Old Calvary Cemetery, panoramic view
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Panoramic view highlighting the Old Calvary Cemetery, located on North Broadway (formerly Buena Vista Street), the unpaved road running from the left into the center of the image. The 12 acre Catholic cemetery, also known as Buena Vista Street Cemetery, was blessed by Father Thomas Estenaga on November 3, 1844 and formally consecrated in 1866 by Bishop Thaddeus Amat. The cultural diversity of early Angelenos is reflected in the grave inscriptions written in English, Spanish, French, German and Italian. The cemetery, which was closed in the 1880s or 1890s, suffered from years of neglect, leaving graves vulnerable to regular desecration and theft. Eventually in the 1920s all remains contained in the cemetery were either reinterred at the New Calvary Cememtery on Whittier Blvd. in East Los Angeles or at other local cemeteries. Cathedral High School now occupies this site.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00073997
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Cemeteries-Old Calvary Cemetery.; S-001-116 4x5
CARL0000076845
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/115349
Subject
Old Calvary Cemetery (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Cemeteries--California--Los Angeles
Tombs--California--Los Angeles

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