Phoebe Kropp, California Vieja, Ch. 4-5

Ch. 4

Why did the mission style of homes not take hold in So. Cal.?

What factors shaped the adoption of the Spanish style home in Rancho Santa Fe?

What themes or messages did promoters of Rancho Santa Fe emphasize in trying to entice buyers?

Why did marketers of Rancho Santa Fe use the concept of the Don?

How did the Home Owners’ Association help Rancho Santa Fe residents perpetuate the Spanish look or climate of their neighborhood?

How did race complicate Rancho Santa Fe residents’ perception of their community and how did they handle this?

Ch. 5
Why did LA before the 1930s fail to showcase a Spanish/Mexican past to visitors?

Why did some resist initial plans to develop the Plaza?

Why did Harry Chandler of LA Times actively promote Olvera Street?

Why did so many more Angelenos support Olvera St. development despite the sense that private interests seemed to benefit from it?

What made Olvera St. different from earlier representations of the El Camino Real or Rancho Santa Fe?  Why?

How did Mexican workers at Olvera St. shaped how outsiders viewed Mexican people?

How did Olvera St. help Anglos adjust or deal with modern industrial society?

How did Mexicans resist this imposing of the Anglo’s version of Mexican past on Olvera St.?