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Originally Posted by fhammon
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 |
You're not belaboring the subject at all. I cannot tell if the building in the first photo is actually on a corner. It may be the second building along in the bottom photo after the corner store was built (?) or even, more likely, out of shot to the right. She had a store, bakery, restaurant and living quarters, which may have been in adjoining buildings. (Just guessing.)
Nice, short thingy on LA's Frenchtown, in case anyone else is interested:
http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures...ench-town.html