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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
We've seen many images of The Plaza over the years on NLA. I think there's a possibility we haven't seen this one before.
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I should know that impressive residence in the background....but I don't. 
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postscript: Well the photograph isn't as rare as I first thought.
I just found a black and white version of this stereoview at http://waterandpower.org/museum/Earl...20(1800s).html
They name one of the buildings as the Cape House Restaurant, but i don't know if they mean the small building to the left of the Plaza Church
or the impressive building I mentioned earlier. |
Yes, the impressive two-story building behind and to the left of the church is the Cape House Restaurant on New High Street. The smaller building to the left of the church wall is the Andres Pico adobe. This is very early, maybe around 1880, as Jacob Philippi has yet to build his saloon up on Fort Moore Hill. It would appear, in 1882, on the crest of the hill on a direct line with the north wall of the church building. This image appears in The Los Angeles Plaza (Estrada) on page 86. They have it dated ca.1881.