Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A piano sits to the right of a built-in shelving unit in a sitting room at Shea's Castle. 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. Text from negative sleeve: Shae’s [sic] Castle nitrates Handwritten on negative: Shae’s [sic] Castle 3-16-35
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