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Greenhouse for the estate of Arthur Letts, Jr., as it is transported on a residential street, Los Angeles, circa 1927

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Title: Greenhouse for the estate of Arthur Letts, Jr., as it is transported on a residential street, Los Angeles, circa 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1927]
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph of a greenhouse for the Holmby Hills estate of Arthur Letts, Jr., as it is transported on a flatbed on a residential street on the rain.
Related to the photo piece, "Construction Progresses on Arthur Letts, Jr., Dwelling," Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 1927: E6. The caption reports that plants and trees for the landscaping were being provided by the estate of Letts deceased father (Holmby House in Los Feliz), who had an extensive garden of several acres in. The garden of his father's estate was destroyed in 1927 for development and rare plants also went to the Huntington Gardens.
Handwritten on negative: Arthur Letts Jr. glass house
Text from negative sleeve: Letts, Arthur
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10569
ark:/21198/zz002hbjz0
Subject: Greenhouses--California--Los Angeles
Letts, Arthur, 1891-1959
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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