1870, Area Drawing

Drawing of the Chavez Ravine area in Los Angeles, ca.1870. The drawing shows a valley between two mountain ranges in which cropland is being cultivated.

1902, Chavez Ravine

1902. Near the left edge of the image is the Barlow Respiratory Hospital. Just left of the center is the Los Angeles Brick Company.

1929, Wedding

Flora Cano (at left) with best man and other bridesmaid in Chavez Ravine.

1937, Chavez Ravine Hillside

View from above Chavez Ravine and Sunset Boulevard and just east of Innes Avenue, looking northwest over city of Los Angeles. Chavez Ravine Road[?} and a few buildings are visible at right.

1930s, Adobe St. & Chavez Ravine

ca.1930-1939. The sign that reads "Adobe St." and "Chavez Ravine"

1946, Chavez Ravine

1946. View of the Mexican American community Chavez Ravine, near present day Elysian Park and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, from a nearby hillside.

1937, Downtown from Chavez Ravine

1937. View from above Chavez Ravine and Sunset Boulevard and just east of Innes Avenue, looking southwest over city of Los Angeles. City hall and the courts buildings are in center left of the cityscape.

1946, Walking to Chavez Ravine

1946. Two women walk along the road between Chavez Ravine and downtown Los Angeles, near present day Elysian Park and Dodger Stadium Bus lines to and from Chavez Ravine and Los Angeles were contested through the 1950s

1948, Children and Houses

A 1948 view of children playing on dirt streets in Chavez Ravine.

1947, Chavez Ravine Woman Walking

A woman carries her packages down a street in Chavez Ravine, near present day Elysian Park and Dodger Stadium.

1949, Old Woman, Child, and Dog

An older woman walks down a Chavez Ravine street in 1949 holding a bucket and accompanied by a young child and a dog.

1950, Country-like Setting

A 1950 view in Chavez Ravine showing a county-like setting with farm animals, a pick-up truck, and grassy landscape.

1950, Country-like Setting

A 1950 view in Chavez Ravine showing ramshackled and undeveloped land among the hills.

1950, Hilly Dirt Roads

A 1950 view of steep and unpaved streets in Chavez Ravine.

1950, Hillside Goats

Goats hang out on a Chavez Ravine hillside, demonstrating the rural feeling of the neighborhood.

1950, Hilltop View

View of hillside homes in Chavez Ravine in 1950.

1950, Hilltop View

A view from a Chavez Ravine hilltop in 1950.

1950, Partially Developed Land

A 1950 view in Chavez Ravine showing a partially developed landscape.

1950, Street in a Canyon

A 1950 view of a Chavez Ravine street in a canyon lined with homes.

1950, Two Children in the Street

A 1950 view of a dirt Chavez Ravine street with two children in the middle of it.

1950, Street Scene

Street scene in Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles (Calif.) (The GPS information for this image is an educated guess)

1951, Inspectors

1951. Land use inspection in Chavez Ravine. John Carmona and Fred Ross inspect the Mexican American community of Chavez Ravine, located near present day Elysian Park and Dodger Stadium.

1951, Navarro Family

"The Navarro family pose at their Chavez Ravine home before their relocation to the William Mead Homes Housing Project. Blasito Navarro (divorced), lived with her 3 children in this 5 room house which rented for $25 per month."

1951, Protest

1951. Chavez Ravine property owners protest.

1951, Residents

1951. Angry housewives, Mrs. Agnes Cerda, left, and Mrs. Angie Villa, two of leaders of Chavez Ravine's fight against eviction by Elysian Park Heights housing plan

1951, Hillside View

View from a Chavez Ravine hillside.

1951, Julian Moves Out

A proposed public housing project forced long-time Chavez Ravine resident Julian to pack up and move on May 14th, 1951.

1951, Planning Commission Protest

"400 sign-waving residents of Chavez Ravine, protesting a proposed housing project that would take the sites of their homes, appeared April 26, 1951, at the City Planning Commission's final hearing on the matter. Sporadic booing and hissing swept over the crowd when a speaker suggested immediate approval of the project."

1951, Women Protest to Mayor

"Forty irate women property owners protest to Mayor Fletcher Bowron over the impending loss of their homes in Chavez Ravine for a housing project. Bowron is shown telling the "dear ladies" how his hands are tied, but his sympathies are with them. Photo date: May 12, 1951."

1951, City Hall Protest

"'We don't want to be renters! We want to be property owners and tax payers!' Thus were the loud protests of these Chavez Ravine home and property owners jamming City Council chambers on June 21, 1951. They revolt against a Los Angeles Housing Authority plan for a $100,000 low-rent housing project in the ravine."

1951, Women Property Owners Protest in Mayor's Office

"Chávez Ravine women property owners in sit-down strike at Mayor Fletcher Bowron's office protesting a plan proposed by the City Planning Commission to demolish their homes for a housing project. Sitting in chairs, on the floor and on the desk or standing in doorways and against the walls, they are waiting for Mayor Bowron to appear. Photograph dated May 11, 1951."

1952, Mailboxes at Intersection

A row of mailboxes sits at an intersection of dirt streets in Chavez Ravine in 1952.

1951, Hillside View

1951. View from a Chavez Ravine hillside.

1952, Ravine and City Hall

A 1952 hilltop view of a Chavez Ravine neighborhood with City Hall visible in the background.