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Front: Photograph of the orange groves after which Orange Grove Ave. is named, facing North. Seen in the photograph are a number of Pasadena landmarks, as follows: In the far left of the frame is a two story, white house - the H. J. Holmes House. To the right of the Holmes House is another white building - this is the W.T. Clapp House. To the right of the Clapp House is the First Methodist Church. To the right of the church, under a large oak tree, is the first school house of Pasadena. To the right of the school house is a large, ornately designed house - the Gillmore House. The right-most building in the photograph - a large white structure - is the First Presbyterian Church. In the foreground of the photograph is Henry G. Bennett's House - the 4th house in Pasadena. Running behind the Bennett house is a road - now Bellefontaine Street, and from the right of the photograph running North is what is now Orange Grove Blvd. Reverse: In ink: "So Orange Grove / 1876" and "Clem Inskeep has a copy neg of this / #40 / 5-1-61." An enlargement of this photograph is framed and hangs in the Pasadena Museum of History Reading Room, labeled "Pasadena as it was in 1876." The file in which the photograph is stored includes a number of photocopies, including one with a label on the front which reads: "Orange Grove Ave. 1876. Presbyterian Church, right distance; Gilmore House near by; Holmes House left; W.T. Clapp right of Holmes & Schoolhouse under oak tree."
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