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Originally Posted by MichaelRyerson
Thanks for the quote, Bell's book is on my very short list. If I read this correctly, she started out on Ferguson Alley (where the stable was then in business) and then moved up to Castelar. Can't be absolutely sure, the olde language and punctuation sometimes defeats me. My photo was identified as being N. Broadway but we all know about those early captions. Something unsettling about trying to eat your meal while faced with a large woman with a sword.
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This is what used to be Mme Begon's store on the corner of Ord and Castelar (now Hill St.). The "pretty property". She had an apartment in the back. You can see the entrance on the far right side of the building. In addition to the store she had the restaurant.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/25339/rec/1
Here's a better photo probably some time later judging from the telephone poles. The caption says "Ord and Broadway" but I believe that's incorrect. It was Ord and Castelar.
http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/3656/rec/8