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,)
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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