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El Ranchito, or Pío Pico Mansion, final home of Governor Pío Pico, Whittier, 1936

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Title: El Ranchito, or Pío Pico Mansion, final home of Governor Pío Pico, Whittier, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa January 14, 1936]
1936-01-14
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
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
The exterior of an adobe mansion, where Governor Pío Pico last lived. A large tree is in front of the mansion. Another building is to the right with a platform of some kind on the roof.
Possibly related to "Ghosts Wail at Our Landmarks," Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov 1935: I14
El Ranchito, also known as the Pío Pico Adobe or Pío Pico Mansion, was the final home of Don Pío Pico, the last governor of Alta California under Mexican rule. Groups were frequently looking for funds to be able to refurbish it from its state of disrepair.
Text on sign: El Camino Real
Handwritten on negative sleeve: Pio Pico Home [stamped:] Jan 14 1936
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12085
ark:/21198/zz002h82p6
Subject: Dwellings--California--Whittier
Adobe houses--California--Whittier
Pico, Pío, 1801-1894--Homes and haunts
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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