Electronically digitized by the Palos Verdes Library District, from the Palos Verdes Homes Association Photograph Collection held in the Local History Room. Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use. To obtain permission and images for publication purposes please contact the Palos Verdes Library District.
Description
Image shows front-facing, full-length portrait of R.E. Brownell (d. 1928), engineer for the Palos Verdes Project and General Manager of the Palos Verdes Water Company (1924-1928.) Previous to his arrival in Palos Verdes in 1922, Mr. Brownell worked as Assistant Engineer of the South Park System in Chicago, including the site of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, building from landscape designs by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. Photo Source: Palos Verdes Homes Association Citation: Palos Verdes Bulletin, October 1926, p. 4.
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