Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a line drawing of the Los Angeles Plaza representing a photo by Horation Penelon, ca.1871. The plaza and fountain are shown to the right of center, the Josefa Dominguez home represented in front of it. The plaza church is shown to the left, while in the right bottom corner, the first Los Angeles Gas Works is depicted. A caption above the image reads: "Photograph of the Los Angeles Plaza taken by Horatio Penelon in 1873. From the collection of Charles Prudhomme who supplied identifications to Glenn Palmer of the Times Staff". The back of the photoprint identifies the structures pictured from left to right: (top) Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles "Plaza Church" ([...]berela Belfry) Jonas Jones home, ancestor of the Lankershim family Judge Augustin Olveras, Home and Court Room Pablo dor(?) Narvaros Adobe Becente Luego Home, later Saint Vincentia College now Loyola Don Ignacio del Valle home. Bottom: Plaza Church's campo Santo (cemetery) First Gas Works and Adobe of Dona [B]enancia Dotello de Dominguez. Photoprint also reads "Padre Blas Ra[...] in 1860 on the restoration of the church was the pastor".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs maps
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