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Title
Mother Colony House
Alternative Title
Digital Anaheim
Contributing Institution
Anaheim Public Library
Collection
Anaheim Public Library photograph collection on Anaheim local history
Rights Information
Property rights reside with the Anaheim Public Library. Literary rights are generally retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce, please contact the Local History Curator.
Description
Accession number: P154
See accession number P155 for photograph of Mother Colony House information sign visible in this image to the left of the front door.
Mother Colony House, originally located on North Los Angeles Street (now Anaheim Blvd.) and Sycamore Street, Anaheim; built in 1857 by George Hansen, who sold the house to Francisco Rodriguez in 1863; house was moved to 414 North West Street in 1928; 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 exterior view, with white picket fence around front yard and flag pole; sign above entrance reads "PIONEER HOUSE of the MOTHER COLONY"; information sign posted to left of front door.
Type
image
Format
2 Photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Form/Genre
Photographic print
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6z09q3gq
Subject
Hansen, George--1824-1897
Houses--California--Anaheim--1857-1899
Anaheim (Calif.)--History
Anaheim (Calif.)--Historic buildings, etc
Time Period
Houses -- California -- Anaheim -- 1857-1899
Place
Houses
California
Anaheim
1857-1899
Anaheim (Calif.)
History
Historic buildings, etc

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