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Casa de Adobe courtyard, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, circa 1915

Card type
Real photo

About this postcard

The courtyard of Casa de Adobe, an adobe house on El Paseo de Los Angeles, now Olvera Street, in Los Angeles. A tile floor and wrought-iron furniture sit among potted plants, and a group of people is seated on a porch in the background. A dark archway or opening frames the view. Olvera Street runs through the old pueblo center where Los Angeles began. The adobe courtyard reflects the Spanish-Mexican building tradition that later shaped the street's identity as a Mexican marketplace.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Little Mexican St in IA

Addressed to

No address detected

Postcard record

Series3
ConditionVery good
Place depictedCasa de Adobe, Los Angeles, CA
Place mentioned151 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012
Place mentionedOlvera Street, Los Angeles, CA
Stampnone printed stamp box inscription (PLACE STAMP HERE) with corner letters D-O-P-S
NotesWhite border; sepia real-photo print; printed caption in white; number '3' at lower right. No postmark. Divided-back card with white border; matte sepia real-photo texture. Stamp box with D O P S corner letters. Pencil annotation "RMLJ 5.00" at top (dealer price). Handwritten note on correspondence side reads "Little Mexican St in LA". No stamp, no address.

Cite this card

Casa de Adobe courtyard, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, circa 1915, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/casa-de-adobe-courtyard-olvera-street-los-angeles-circa-1915. Accessed November 2, 2026.