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Sonora, Los Angeles

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Description
Elevated view of the Plaza district of Los Angeles (also known as Sonora Town) as seen from Fort Hill (also known as Fort Moore Hill), looking north with Buena Vista Street (now North Broadway) at right, and Bellevue Avenue (later Sunset Boulevard and now Cesar E. Chavez Avenue), the first intersecting road below.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
approximately 1881-1886
Call number
photCL 555
Creator
Marquez, Ernest (1924-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased in part by the Library Collectors' Council from Ernest Marquez, January 2014.
Associated people
Allen, D. C. (1887-1966,)
Bailey, Chas. Z. (1819-1903,)
Bartlett, Adelbert, (1843-1916,)
Bierstadt, Charles, (1873-1945,)
Blanchard, James B., (approximately 1842-1902,)
Bonine, Elias A., (1825-1900,)
Bonine, R. (1879-1963,)
Brewster, John Calvin, (1853-1921,)
Brigandi, Philip, (1842-1914,)
Clarke, William M., (1827-1903,)
Davis, James M., (1829-1915,)
Ellis, Lemuel S., (1850 or 1851-1937,)
Fletcher, W. H. (1843-1942,)
Frese, Adolf, (1833-1903,)
Godfrey, W. M. (1827-1909,)
Haley, George W., (-1888,)
Haynes, F. Jay (1830-1904,)
Hazard, George Washington, (1834-1910,)
Hazeltine, M. M. (approximately 1845-)
Houseworth, Thomas, (1861-1946,)
Jackson, B. D., (1838-1894,)
Jackson, William Henry, (1860-1949,)
Johnson, C. W. J. (1861-)
Kilburn, B. W. (1830-1912,)
Morrison, E. G., (active 1883-1884,)
Muybridge, Eadweard, (1839-1915,)
Parker, F. (Francis), (1861-1927,)
Parker, Joseph C. (1829-1916,)
Payne, H. T., (1879-1932,)
Pierce, C. C. (1844-)
Pierce, Edward W.,
Plunkett, Bob,
Putnam, J. R.,
Rea, William J.,
Reilly, John James,
Rieder, M.,
Rile, H. F.,
Schumacher, Frank G.,
Stanton, Thomas E.,
Taber, I. W.
Tuttle, W. N.,
Tyler, O. E.,
Varela, A. C.
Waite, C. B.
Watkins, Carleton E.,
Weaver, M. F.
Wesner, H. B.,
Westervelt, James D.,
Withey, Henry F.,
Associated organizations
California Art Foto Company,
Charles Beseler Co.,
Continent Stereoscopic Company,
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm),
Ellis & Son (Los Angeles, Calif.),
F. H. Rogers & Co.,
Garden City Photo Co.,
Graham Photo Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.),
Griffith & Griffith,
H.C. White Co.,
Hayward & Muzzall,
Jarvis (Firm : Pasadena, Calif.),
Kelley & Chadwick,
Keystone View Company,
Payne, Stanton & Co.,
Powell Press Service,
Putnam & Valentine,
Spence Air Photos (Firm),
Strohmeyer & Wyman,
Underwood & Underwood,
Universal Photo Art Co.,
Webster & Albee,
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