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George Owen Knapp residence, stairs ascending to fountain framed by eucalyptus trees with mountains in background, Montecito, 1931

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Title: George Owen Knapp residence, stairs ascending to fountain framed by eucalyptus trees with mountains in background, Montecito, 1931
Alternative Title: George Owen Knapp residence
Contributor: Cornell, Ralph D.
Winslow, Carleton M., 1919-
Date Created and/or Issued: March 28, 1931
1931-03-28
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Cornell (Ralph D.) papers
Rights Information: copyrighted
Copyright is owned by the UC Regents. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Completed in 1920, the estate was destroyed by a forest fire in 1940. A note on photo ark no. 21198/zz00090mkj states that the architect was Carleton Winslow. Charles G. Adams was the consulting architect for planting only (Architect and engineer, vol. 78-79, July-Dec. 1924).
View towards semicircular stairs ascending to fountain with statues framed by eucalyptus trees with mountains in background
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: George O. Knapp, Montecito, 3/28/31
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1411_0429
429
ark:/21198/zz002b6c28
Language: English
Subject: People
Trees
Fountains
Gardens
Stairs
Statues
Environment
Landscape architecture
George Owen Knapp Residence (Montecito, Calif.)
Source: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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