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Title
Whittier State School (6 views)
Creator
Martin, Frederick W., 1878-1949
Contributor
Nelles, Fred C
SoCa Digitization Project. C
Date Created and/or Issued
1922
Publication Information
Pasadena, Calif. : F. W. Martin
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Six views of the Whittier State School (later, Fred C. Nelles School); shows several two-story rustic, shingle and tile-roofed, Colonial style, ivy-covered brick buildings (one newer building looks similar to the Spanish Colonial style stucco building of the Alhambra School, see Acc. #'s Martin-6286 and Martin-3299) on grassy and tree-covered grounds. Built in 1891 as a school for juvenile offenders; 11850 E. Whittier Boulevard. Whittier.
View 1 (Martin-7133). Ivy-covered building -- view 2 (Martin-7135). Spanish Colonial style building -- views 3-4 (Martin-7139, Martin-7140). Brick building -- view 5 (Martin-7144). Rear of ivy-covered building -- view 6 (Martin-7145). Rear of brick building.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
6 photographic prints ; 6 x 8 in. and 8 x 6 in.
Identifier
(C)001385318CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-8590
Language
English
Subject
Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.)--Photographs
Schools--California--Whittier
Reformatories--California--Whittier
Buildings--California--Whittier
Whittier (Calif.)--Photographs
Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Landscape photographs
Place
California
Whittier
Whittier (Calif.)
Los Angeles County (Calif.)

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