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Title
Thomas S. Wotkyns residence on Orange Grove Avenue, viewed from the street, Pasadena, 1899
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
1899
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
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Photograph of the Thomas S. Wotkyns residence at 1071 Orange Grove Avenue in Pasadena as viewed from the northeast. The house was built in 1898 and designed by Frederick L. Roehrig in the Shingle style. It is no longer standing. It has a large stone front porch, a large gable on the left, an upper balcony and an polygonal tower on the right with a crenelated balcony. A garage sits behind the house on the right. A wooden barrier blocks the driveway. A telephone pole stands in the foreground at right.
Text from negative sleeve: 405. Devils Gate, 1899. Charlie Rucher, Nella West, Louise Ambrose and I go to Devils Gate with a livery rug, thru Pasadena, then back home after lunch thru Lamanda Park and Baldwin's Ranch. We drove down Orange Grove Ave., Pasadena. Two negatives of mansions on Orange Grove. The rig, and L to R: Nella West and Chas Rucher in rear seat. Louise Ambrose in front. 3 negatives.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_000405_001
ark:/21198/zz002hqb96
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Mansions--California--Pasadena
Wotkyns, Thomas S
Roehrig, Frederick Louis, 1857-1948
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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