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Description
Photographer's name is illegible. Interior of the Mission Revival/Islamic style Hollywood residence and art gallery once owned by artist Paul de Longpre´. Several of the artist's rose paintings are on display here. The flowers depicted in the paintings came from his famed garden, which at one time consisted of approximately 4,000 roses. The home was located on the west side of Cahuenga Blvd. at Hollywood Blvd. on property Longpre´ obtained from Mrs. Wilcox Beveridge after he moved to Los Angeles in 1889. The artist, who was born in Lyons, France, desired the 65-foot-deep lots for his famed flower garden. The residence was a popular tourist destination between the late 1890s and the late 1910s and was demolished in 1927.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w Photographic prints
Identifier
00073930 Security Pacific National Bank Collection A-000-404 4x5; Hollywood-Residences-De Longpre. CARL0000076345 http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/114672
