Title supplied by cataloger. The orphanage was founded in 1880 as the Los Angeles Orphans Home Society by Mrs. Frank Gibson, a school teacher, and Mrs. Dan Stephens, a philanthropist. The original site was a house of Fort Street, between Fifth and Sixth. The second site was an eight acre plot on Figueroa Street. The orphanage then moved again to a two-story building on the northwest corner of Yale and Virgin (later Alpine) Street. In 1888, a new three-story brick building designed by Kyser, Morgan & Wells replaced the existing buildings and in 1910, Charles M. Stimson donated the five acres at 815 N. El Centro Avenue for the orphanage's last reincarnation. Architects Parkinson & Bergstrom designed an orphanage based on cottages rather than a single institutional structure. In 1935 the orphanage became home to nine-year-old Norma Jeane, later known as Marilyn Monroe. In 1956, the orphanage was rebuilt and in 1957 was renamed Hollygrove Orphanage. Orphans at the Los Angeles Orphan's Home, dressed in pinafores, pose in rows in front of the orphanage at Yale and Alpine St. The children at the orphanage are between the ages of 2 and 14, then the legal age. In the back, a woman dressed in a nun's habit stands beside another wearing a dress. The orphanage is a wooden, Victorian structure with a small porch covering an entrance.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.
Share your story
Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.
