Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the first home of the author Jeanne C. Carr and her husband Dr. Ezra C. Carr located on Orange Grove Avenue on the northeast corner of Colorado Boulevard, ca.1895. House is covered in wisteria and roses and there is a large succulent in the foreground. Land was later purchased by city and and called Carmelita Park. Jeanne Carr bought property to establish a resort and horticulture school for women. She and her husband were liberals from the central valley, who were instrumental in establishing the California Grange, and in advocating dress reform and women's suffrage.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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