Ada E. Bowers Memorial Fountain in the courtyard of the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, between 1936-1965

Title: Ada E. Bowers Memorial Fountain in the courtyard of the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, between 1936-1965
Photographer: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Date Created: [between 1936-1965]
Date: 1936/1985
Language: English
Collection: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description: View of the Ada E. Bowers Memorial Fountain in the courtyard of the Bowers Museum, with a statue of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, discoverer of California, and bas-relief scenes behind the statue and along the base of the fountain. To the left of Cabrillo is a rocky formation from which water issues. Behind Cabrillo are 3 scenes including Cabrillo and companions facing Indians on the sea shore with a ship in the ocean in the distance, a mission church, and Indians in a wooden carat (carretta) drawn by oxen. At the base are 8 bas-relief scenes apparently depicting episodes from the mission era and later settlement by ranchers and farmers. A plaque in the center bears the text "Mrs. Bowers Memorial Fountain."
In March of 1931 the Santa Ana City Council accepted the offer of a $100,000 museum and site established by Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Bowers. The museum was completed in September 1932 and opened in 1936.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 2805. San Diego. Old Town historical sites. Bowers museum. Juan Bandini. Old Town.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1300_4149
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002d6259
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.