Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. L.D. Smith's garden 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. Smith uses a tool to work on a cluster of rocks framing an artistic depiction of a woman. Similar photograph appears with the article, "Confessions of a Garden Wall," Los Angeles Times, 23 June 1935: H19. 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_7824 ark:/21198/zz002dfknx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Cactus--California--Los Angeles Garden walls--California--Los Angeles Plasterwork--California--Los Angeles Smith, Lorenzo Dillison, b. 1860 or 61-1937
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