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Avila Family Papers
GC 1239
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Title: Avila Family Papers
Dates: 1824-1940
Collection Number: GC 1239
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Extent: (Boxes: 1 legal)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: Documents of the Avilas, an early California family. Includes historical account by Carolina Avila. English and Spanish.
1824 - 1940, undated.
Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian
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Avila Family Papers. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
Anastasio Avila received the Mexican land grant, Rancho Tajuata, also known as Rancho de Los Cuervos, located in the present-day
Watts district of the city of Los Angeles.
Scope and Content of Collection
Documents of the Avilas, an early California family. Includes historical account by Carolina Avila. English and Spanish.
1824 - 1940, undated. [Most photographs have been moved to P-78 Portrait Collection; one photograph is in P-14 Del Valle
photograph collection.] See also GC-1318 Josefa Avila Papers
Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)