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Historical wooden cross, Olvera Street, view 5

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Order Number	00078916
Title	Historical wooden cross, Olvera Street, view 5
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	L.A.-Adobes-Avila.; N-001-687.5 4x5
Date	Circa 1928
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;14 x 11 cm. on sheet 26 x 21 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	The 149-year-old wooden cross was erected at the south end of Olvera Street, the oldest street in the city of Los Angeles, which opened with great festivity as a colorful Mexican marketplace on Easter Sunday (April 20th), 1930.
Description	View 5 - Close-up view of an elaborately hand-carved wooden cross with an inscription that reads, "El Pueblo de Nuestra Sen~ora la Reina de Los Angeles. Felipe de Neve. September Fourth 1781"; this historical cross commemorates the founding of El Pueblo de Los Angeles in 1781.
Subject	Crosses--California--Los Angeles. Avila, Francisco. El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument (Los Angeles, Calif.). Olvera Street (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