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Pallbearers carry the coffin of Arthur Letts toward a funeral wagon at Holmby House, Los Angeles, 1923

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Title: Pallbearers carry the coffin of Arthur Letts toward a funeral wagon at Holmby House, Los Angeles, 1923
Date Created and/or Issued: [May 21, 1923]
1923-05-21
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.
Pallbearers carry the flower-covered coffin of Arthur Letts to a hearse at his estate, Holmby House. The wooden sides of the hearse have bas-relief carving in the form of trompe l'oeil curtains framed by classicizing columns. The Tudor style mansion is visible behind the hearse.
Arthur Letts founded the Broadway Department Store and was a philanthropist. His Hollywood residence, Holmby House, was an estate with formal gardens in the Los Feliz neighborhood, bounded by Franklin Avenue, Vermont Avenue, Los Feliz Boulevard and Laughlin Park. His widow demolished the gardens in 1927 and developed the property.
Text from negative sleeve: Letts, Arthur
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10566
ark:/21198/zz002hbjvf
Subject: Pallbearers--California--Los Angeles
Hearses--California--Los Angeles
Mansions--California--Los Angeles
Funeral rites & ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Letts, Arthur, 1862-1923
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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