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 the residence of Don Agustine (Augustine) Olvera on the corner of Los Angeles and Marchesault streets, ca.1880. Built by Don Tiburcio Tapia in 1854(?--source Bill Mason lists Tapia as having died in 1847), the long, one-story house appears to be engaging in commercial interests: café tables are visible beneath its covered porch, at one of which several people are sitting. Signs adorn the outside of the house and read "Murray & Ready", "Other Offices", "Sohombres", "If your [...] call me early [...] for to morrow [...]". Both streets are unpaved. Telephone poles are visible to the front and side of the house, and man riding a bicycle can be seen at the extreme left with is back to the camera. The site would later become the location of the Mexican Methodist Church and Clinic.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Dwellings Architecture, Domestic Churches Clinics Adobe houses Los Angeles--Architecture--Domestic--Identified by owner--L-R (3 of 4) Olvera, Don Agustin Tapia, Tiburcio, Don Mexican Methodist Church Murry and Ready Residential sites
Time Period
circa 1880
Place
-118.47777,34.32215 -118.16521,34.08008 -118.39825,33.74213 -118.50695,34.02658 California Los Angeles Murray & Ready USA
Source
1-14-19 [Microfiche number] 6351 [Accession number] CHS-6351 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-4410 [Identifying number]
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