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. A portion of the home can be seen, surrounded by foliage, with an awning covering the back porch with numerous patio chairs and tables. Twelve Oaks Lodge, located at 2820 Sycamore Ave, Glendale, CA 91214, is a thirteen-room home built by the late James Clark Fifield and his wife Effie Woodward Fifield. Photograph appears with the article, "Plight of Old Friend Inspires Philanthropy," Los Angeles Times, 04 Aug 1935: C12. Handwritten on negative: 7-18-35 Text from negative sleeve: 1650 - Twelve Oaks Lodge. Home of Mrs. Effie Woodward Fifield of La Crescenta. Devoted to home for the aged. 7-18-35 [stamped:] Aug 22 1935 Text from newspaper caption: Twelve Oaks Lodge, thirteen-room home of the late James Clark Fifield, Minneapolis publisher, at La Crescenta, which the widow, Mrs. Effie Woodward Fifield, has deeded to the International Sunshine Society for the benefit of the elderly homeless. Inset, Mrs. Fifield.
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