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Title: Glenrosa, Pasadena, Cal
Creator: E.S. Frost & Son
Date Created and/or Issued: 1880
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: A forked path runs through trees and the landscaped grounds on the Glen Rosa estate of Thomas Nelmes in Pasadena, California. A little girl and little boy stand on either side of the fork.
Title transcribed from top front of photo-mount. Date devised by cataloger based on photograph style and subject history; Nelmes settled in Pasadena around 1881. Printed along bottom front of photo-mount: "E.S. Frost & Son, Pasadena, Cal." Handwritten in ink on the back of photo-mount: "Drive in 'Glenrosa' Pasadena, Cal. / Five years ago a Barley field / Orange grove Ave / residence of Thomas Helmes [sic]." Correct spelling of landowner is "Nelmes." The boy and girl are possibly Nelmes' children, Thomas and Jeanie.
Type: image
Extent: 1 photograph : print ; mount 13 x 21 cm (cabinet format)
Identifier: photPF
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/13668
Subject: Children--California--Pasadena
Dirt roads--California--Pasadena
Gardens--California--Pasadena
Cabinet photographs. (aat)
Place: Pasadena (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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