Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A small house made out of stones with a slanted roof and open door sits in the corner of the garden against high walls with stones arranged in patterns. There are multiple types of cacti planted on either side of a short stepping path. Photograph appears with the article, "Confessions of a Garden Wall," Los Angeles Times, 23 June 1935: H19. L.D. Smith's garden (3940 South St. Andrews Place) is surrounded by a cement wall covered in adornments such as jewels, bottles, broken glass, teapot lids, and other miscellaneous objects. Smith was an occupational contractor in the cement and brick industry. Text from newspaper caption: A sequestered corner along one of the most different of all garden walls; the spineless cactus in the foreground has been grafted with many varieties of cacti. Text from negative sleeve: 1344 - Garden Wall of L. D. Smith x GARDEN OF Wall - L.D. SMITH [stamped:] Jul 31 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7820 ark:/21198/zz002dfkhv
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Gardens--California--Los Angeles Garden walls--California--Los Angeles Plasterwork--California--Los Angeles Cactus--California--Los Angeles
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