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Order Number	00078975
Title	Rancho La Cienega O' Paso de la Tijera, adobes
Collection ID	Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Collection
Location/Accession	C-(2969)
Date	1924
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;12 x 17 cm. on board 16 x 21 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	Rancho La Cienega O' Paso de la Tijera is a series of adjoining adobe structures located on the eastern side of the Baldwin Hills; an area determined to be approximately 4,481 acres. The unusual title of the Rancho is actually two names combined: "La Cienega" ("The Swamp"), refers to the marshes in the area between Baldwin Hills and Beverly Hills; the latter half of the name "Paso de la Tijera" ("Pass of the Scissors"), was a name used by the early Spanish to describe the pass through the nearby hills that resembled an open pair of scissors. The area remained unclaimed for many years following the first Spanish settlements in California, and squatters from the pueblo, considering these lands public, built the La Tijera adobe as early as 1790 or 1795 for the purpose of raising cattle on surrounding land. In 1843, Manuel Michaeltorrena (then Mexican Governor of Alta California) formally granted Rancho La Cienega O' Paso de la Tijera to Vicente Sa´nchez. Rancho La Cienega O' Paso de la Tijera was declared Historic Cultural Monument #487 on May 1, 1890. Years later, a portion of it became the center of Sunset Fields public golf links located at 3725 Don Felipe Drive, off Crenshaw Boulevard; in 1959, Bernadette Fathers sold the property to Park View Women's Club.
Description	View of Rancho Cienega O' Paso de la Tijera located on the 2400 block of S. Crenshaw Boulevard in the Baldwin Hills area. It shows two adobes, both single-story, with what appears to be a wooden well in the area between them.
Subject	Adobe houses--California--Los Angeles. Dwellings--California--Los Angeles. Ranches--California--Los Angeles. Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments. Sa´nchez, Toma´s A.,1826-1882. Rancho La Cienega O' Paso de la Tijera (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	Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Photo Collection