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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of John A. Forthmann, Sr.'s home at Eighteenth Street and Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, ca.1900. Horace Forthmann, Johan A. Forthmann, Sr., and W. B. Bergin are in a horse-drawn buggy in the foreground at left, while Anne M. Forthmann and Nora Forthmann are seated on the porch railing. The view of the large, two-story Victorian house is obscured by large trees, including a palm tree in the foreground at right. Presented to collection by Los Angeles Soap Company, Andrew K. Forthmann, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, December 5, 1975. Picture file card reads: "1900, John A. Forthmann, Sr. home, 18th and Figueroa. In buggy: Horace Forthmann, John A. Forthmann, Sr., and W.B. Bergin. On porch: Anne M. Forthmann and Nora Forthmann".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 10 x 13 cm. photographic prints photographs
Architecture, Domestic Horses Leaded Glass Forthmann, John A Forthmann, Horace Forthmann, Anne M Forthmann, Nora Forthmann, Andrew K Bergin W. B Los Angeles Soap Company Los Angeles--Architecture--Domestic--Figueroa Street Residential sites
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
-118.27015,34.03649 -118.26928,34.03566 -118.27023,34.03445 -118.27142,34.03593 California Los Angeles South Figueroa Street at 18th Street USA
Source
1-3-53 [Microfiche number] 14116 [Accession number] CHS-14116 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-4656 [Identifying number]
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