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Title: Details of writing room at Shea's Castle, Mojave Desert, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: March 16, 1935
1935-03-16
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
The walls of the writing room, pictured here, were papered with $1,000,000 worth of defunct $10,000 German marks.
Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear with the article, “Shea Desert Castle Sold,” Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar 1935: 19.
The massive granite structure, built by R. P. Shea, was sold to three Beverly Hills women in 1935. The "castle" boasts many unique design elements that remain untouched after the purchase.
Handwritten on negative: Shae’s [sic] Castle 3-16-35
Text from negative sleeve: Shae’s [sic] Castle nitrates
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6841
ark:/21198/zz002cx4hf
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Dwellings--California--Mojave Desert
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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