Mexican street merchant, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1953. Artist: Unknown # 2369639

Mexican street merchant, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1953. Artist: Unknown

2-369-639 - Curt Teich Postcard Archives/Heritage Images

Mexican street merchant, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1953. Vintage postcard showing a merchant dressed in Mexican garb selling his wares from a lean to in front of the historic Avila Adobe, the oldest standing house in Los Angeles, dating from 1818. Popular with tourists, Olvera Street is a recreation of old Mexico. A Mexican market has been held there since 1930.