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Title: Los Angeles Orphanage
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1900
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
The girl's orphange and school was established in 1856 by six Sisters of Charity nuns from Emmitsburg, Maryland, the motherhouse in the United States. They selected a house with vineyard and orchard belonging to B. D. Wilson for $8,000. This gave the orphanage an income from wine grapes and a supply of fresh fruits and vegetables. The 917 South Boyle Avenue site opened in 1890 on twelve acres and remained open until the it was condemned in 1953 and the orphanage moved to Rosemead.
The Los Angeles Orphanage at 917 South Boyle Avenue, southwest corner of Boyle Avenue at Stephenson Avenue (now Whittier Boulevard) in Boyle Heights. The orphanage is a five-story, brick, L-shaped building with dormer windows on the facade and a tower at the entrance that is flanked by newly-planted date palm trees. Steps lead to an arched entryway at the bottom of the tower. Several chimneys sit atop the roof.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00078491
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Buildings-L.A. Orphanage
CARL0000081437
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/112422
Subject: Los Angeles Orphanage
Orphanages--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles)
Children--Institutional care--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles)
Boyle Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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