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Order Number	00067652
Title	Casa Santa Cruz adobe, Sonora Town
Collection ID	Works Progress Administration Collection
Location/Accession	WPA 10 4x5
Date	1936
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w
Description	La Casa Santa Cruz located at 728 N. Broadway was bought by Senora Ysabel Santa Cruz from Benito Valle in 1864. This typical Mexican town house was occupied in 1936 by a gypsy fortuneteller. A sign in Spanish posted between the doors reads: "Cuartos para rentar. A precios muy moderados. Informes en el patio de 643 N. Broadway - Sra. Amperano". 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. May 29, 1936.
Publisher	Federal Writers' Project.
Subject	Santa Cruz Adobe (Los Angeles, Calif.). Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles. Adobe houses--California--Los Angeles. Dwellings--California--Los Angeles. Sonora Town (Los Angeles, Calif.). Works Progress Administration Collection photographs.
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.
Internal Notes	Additional print in SPNB L.A.-Adobes-Sonora Town folder.
Sub-Collection Name	Works Progress Administration Photo Collection