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Order Number	00078969
Title	Sonora Town adobes
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	L.A.-Adobes-Sonora Town.; S-003-271 4x5
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;12 x 19 cm. on sheet 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	View looking north on Castelar Street, from Sunset Boulevard. Houses of wood and adobe are seen along the street, which has a paved sidewalk, but a dirt road.
Subject	Adobe houses--California--Los Angeles. Dwellings--California--Los Angeles. Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles. Sonora Town (Los Angeles, Calif.).
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