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Originally Posted by Mackerm
Did you get any feedback on whether this is indeed the oldest known photo of Los Angeles?
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Thanks for asking -- and finding those maps --
Mackerm, but no, I have not. Maybe the Sisters of Charity building is just out of frame
on the right in the upper photo, dated 1860 at the Autry.
We may have seen this image before, but since we're talking about the old Sisters of Charity building, I believe this is it in its final days,
looking west at its "back" side, with the 1891 LA High School tower in the distance at the right edge:
Catalog Number SCWHR-P-002.2-1708R at
Seaver Center