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Order Number	00078773
Title	Adobe on the corner of New High and Ord, Sonora Town
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	L.A.-Adobes-Sonora Town.; N-002-037 8x10
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	The part of the city called "Sonora Town" was an old adobe village north of the Plaza and Church of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels. It was Los Angeles' first Mexican quarters, or barrio. The area was named for the numerous miners and families who came from Sonora, Mexico, and may have still been around in the 1930s. Now it is Los Angeles' Chinatown District.
Description	Early adobe home located on the corner of New High and Ord streets in Sonora Town, it was built between 1850 and 1860. It shows a New England influence; its Georgian door and window frames were brought from that section by ship. A man standing at the corner appears to be looking across the street at the photographer, and several people can be seen standing next to a horse-drawn carriage that is parked farther back, along the right side of the street. This dwelling was abandoned in 1936 and became a restaurant named El Adobe Cafe a year later. At some point after that, it changed owners and became the J.G. Medina grocery store.
Subject	Stores & shops--California--Los Angeles. Adobe houses--California--Los Angeles. Dwellings--California--Los Angeles. Horse-drawn vehicles--California--Los Angeles. Grocery trade--California--Los Angeles.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection