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Olvera Street, Los Angeles, Calif

Description: Image of a woman leaning against an automobile while watching a group of Mariachi musicians playing instruments, including a double base, violin, and guitar, while standing at the edge of Olvera Street in Los Angeles, California, onlookers, shops, and the Los Angeles City Hall tower are seen in the background.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1930s
Call number: photCL_555_06_1645
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El Paseo de Los Angeles (Olvera Street)

Visual Materials

Image of a group Mariachi musicians with sombreros and guitars posing with women in Mexican costume and children seated on El Paseo de Los Angeles, present day Olvera Street in Los Angeles, California with shops at left.

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El Paseo de Los Angeles (Olvera St.)

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Image of a woman dressed in Mexican costume standing with a man dressed in a Mariachi costume holding a guitar in front of an adobe building at El Paseo de Los Angeles on Olvera Street in Los Angeles, California. There are other men in Mariachi costume seated on the porch behind them.

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At Olvera St., Los Angeles, Calif

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Image of a woman in Mexican dress holding a guitar and sitting on the edge of a fountain in a courtyard with a man in Mexican costume wearing a sombrero and a woven blanket and standing next to her on Olvera Street in Los Angeles.

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Cafe Caliente, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, Cal

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Image of mariachi musicians holding guitars and standing with waiters at the entrance to the Cafe Caliente located at 20 Olvera Street in Los Angeles, California, an outdoor patio area covered with an awning is seen at right. Lettering is printed on the window at left which reads: "Cafe Caliente luncheon .60 cents served from 11:30 to 3 pm dinner deluxe $1.00 served from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Todays menu Mexican and American dinners dancing"

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El Paseo de Los Angeles, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, Calif

Visual Materials

Image of a man and woman dressed in Mexican costumes and sombreros while standing under a tree on El Paseo de Los Angeles the original tourist site name for Olvera Street in Los Angeles, California, with tourists and buildings in the background.

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