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Originally Posted by tovangar2
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Sorry to belabor this but the Mme Begon story was a minor obsession with me a couple of years ago.
I found the photo of her store captioned:
"View of Castelar Street looking north from the corner of Ord Street, showing the Spanish (Mexican?) Market, Los Angeles, ca.1900-1909.
I know for a fact this was an adobe structure. The Parisian building appears to have wood sides.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/25398/rec/1
"A Store at the North West corner of Ord and North Broadway, Madame Begon, circa 1895."
http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/3656/rec/8