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Title: Photograph of Madame Modjeska's Forest of Arden
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1900
Publication Information: California State University, Fullerton
Contributing Institution: California State University, Fullerton, University Archives and Special Collections
Collection: Smart Studio photographs
Rights Information: Public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Polish-born Shakespearean actress Helena Modjeska (1840-1909) kept a summer home in the Santa Ana Mountains from 1888 to 1906. It is located in the upper end of Santiago Canyon, which eventually became known as Modjeska Canyon. She named her mountain retreat the Forest of Arden, after the forest in Shakespeare's "As You Like It." The home is now an Orange County historical park.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/c8w66jjq
CFLS_013
binder number 17
Subject: Modjeska, Helena
Houses
Place: Modjeska Canyon (Calif.)

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