Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Four photographs of different people on the ranch, horses appear in some of the photos. Mrs. EC. Converse is in first three photos and Mr. EC. Converse is in first one. Edward C. Converse (aka Edmund C. Converse, Jr.) is one of three heirs to a fortune of more than $100,000,000 from his father's death. First photograph appears in the article, "Cowboy is Multimillionaire," Los Angeles Times, 05 Feb 1922: II1. On the property of the original Mexican land grant of Rancho Santa Paula y Saticoy. The ranch was purchaseed by Edmund C. Converse, Jr. in 1908. Handwritten on negative: Converse ranch Text from newspaper caption: Mr and Mrs EC. Converse on the range Text from negative sleeve: CONVERSE RANCH
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1616 ark:/21198/zz002dc3vc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Cowboys--California--Santa Paula Horses--California--Santa Paula Ranches--California--Santa Paula Cowgirls--California--Santa Paula Converse, Edmund C., Jr., Mrs., b. 1890 or 91 Converse, Edmund C., Jr., 1882-1826
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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