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Description
File proof no.: X-13-20. Not original Mott prints, made from Mott negatives. Mott no. 500 refers to Mrs. K. Stone. 2003-0439 (500-99). General view of the gardens showing Japanese garden, statue of sacred ox and minster in foreground -- 2003-0440 (500-103). Detail of interior -- 2003-0441 (500-104). Exterior view of gardens and lake -- 2003-0442 (500-105). General view of the estate -- 2003-0443 (500-106). View of gardens -- 2003-0444 (500-109). Shows house from garden, statue of sacred ox and minister in foreground -- 2003-0445 (500-116). Interior view showing tapestries. Adolph Lawrence Bernheimer was born in 1866. Arrived in Los Angeles in 1911 and with brother Eugene started the Bernheimer Oriental Gardens. In 1921 bought property in Pacific Palisades where built residence modeled after Chinese summer palace (known as Oriental Gardens). Collected Asian art which he put on display in his Pacific Palisades home. Died in 1944 in Los Angeles.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
7 photographic prints ; 8 x 10 in. and 10 x 8 in.
Identifier
(C)001501712CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Bernheimer, Adolph Lawrence,, 1866-1944--Homes and haunts--California--Los Angeles--Photographs Art, Asian--Photographs Mansions--California--Los Angeles Gardens--California--Los Angeles Piers & wharves--California--Santa Monica Bay Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs Santa Monica Bay (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints
Place
California Los Angeles Santa Monica Bay Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles, Calif.) Santa Monica Bay (Calif.)
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