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Accession number: P604 See accession numbers P601 for another interior view; P154 for photograph of Mother Colony House exterior. Mother Colony House, Anaheim; built in 1857 by George Hansen, who sold the house to Francisco Rodriguez in 1863; moved in 1928 from North Los Angeles (now Anaheim Blvd.) and Sycamore Streets to 414 North West Street; dedicated as a museum on March 14, 1929, making it the oldest museum in Orange County; deeded to the city of Anaheim by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1954; image shows interior view of parlor room with piano at left (brought around Cape Horn for Anna Fischer), a round table and chair, over which hangs a chandelier owned by Señora Vincenta Carrillo, who lived in the house, a window with curtains in the center, and five-tierd shelf displaying ceramics in right corner; two oval portraits are visible hanging on wall to left of the window; drapery with tassel fringe visible in foreground.
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