Title supplied by cataloger. Charles Fletcher Lummis founded the Southwest Museum in 1907. The museum moved from Downtown Los Angeles to its current location at 234 Museum Drive in Mt. Washington in 1914, and has been there ever since. The 1914 building was designed by architects Sumner P. Hunt and Silas Reese Burns. It became part of the Autry National Center in 2004. The building is registered on the National Register of Historic Places #92001270. The Southwest Museum as seen from below from a park along the Arroyo Seco. Groups of men, women and children are reclining on the grass or strolling down the paths.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Southwest Museum of the American Indian Museums--California--Los Angeles Museum buildings--California--Los Angeles Native Americans--Museums--California--Los Angeles Urban parks--California--Los Angeles Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Spanish influences Historic sites--California--Los Angeles Lummis, Charles Fletcher,1859-1928 Hunt, Sumner P Burns, Silas Reese
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