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Description
Photograph of of an exterior view of the Gaujome Ranch house, home of Mr. and Mrs. Cave Johnson Couts, 1870-1880. The adobe house is at right and its front porch faces to the left. The walls of the adobe have been covered with wooden boards. The covered porch is decorated with small plants. The roof of the main part of the house is covered with terracotta tiles, and a large second-story room sticks out of the roof in the background at center. There is a large rectangular window at right, partially hidden from view by a thin tree. A ladder is visible in front of a bush at left. This photograph shows the home of Mr. & Mrs. Cave Johnson Couts, ca.1875. Itwas built in 1851 and 1853. It is of adobe but was weather boarded on the outside in later years. This view is of the front of the house, little seen room was added in later years. A big orange orchard faced both house just west of ladder.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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