Desert cabin of Emily Brown Childress Portwig and James Rufus Portwig, Victorville, 1920s-1930s

Item Overview

Title

Desert cabin of Emily Brown Childress Portwig and James Rufus Portwig, Victorville, 1920s-1930s

Alternative title

Emily and Rufus Portwig, and their residences

Date Created

[1920s-1930s]

Date

1920/1940

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

James Rufus Portwig was a Naval officer and real estate businessman.
Emily Brown Childress Portwig was a Los Angeles pharmacist and civic leader. She married Anderson V. Childress in 1909. She was widowed by 1930. She was married to James Rufus Portwig in 1933.
Desert cabin of Emily Brown Childress Portwig and James Rufus Portwig in Victorville.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

photographs

Names

Portwig, James Rufus, 1895-1969
Portwig, Emily Brown Childress, 1896-1960

Subject Geographic

Victorville (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Cabins