George Owen Knapp residence, reflecting pool with Aphrodite statue, Montecito, 1931
Item Overview
- Title
- George Owen Knapp residence, reflecting pool with Aphrodite statue, Montecito, 1931
- Alternative title
- George Owen Knapp residence
- Photographer
- Cornell, Ralph D.
- Architect
- Winslow, Carleton M., 1919-
- Date Created
- March 28, 1931
- Date
- 1931-03-28
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Notes
- Description
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Completed in 1920, the estate was destroyed by a forest fire in 1940. A note on photo ark no. 21198/zz00090mkj states that the architect was Carleton Winslow. Charles G. Adams was the consulting architect for planting only (Architect and engineer, vol. 78-79, July-Dec. 1924).
View towards reflecting pool with statue of Aphrodite standing on a scallop shell in the center, with cypress trees and other trees visible beyond - Caption
- Text from nitrate negative sleeve: George O. Knapp, Montecito, 3/28/1931
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Dimensions
- 4 x 5 inches
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
-
black-and-white photographs
cellulose nitrate film - Names
- George Owen Knapp Residence (Montecito, Calif.)
- Location
- California--Montecito
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Religion
People
trees
Culture
statues
reflecting pools
Environment - landscape architecture
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1411_0430
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002b6c3s
- Opac url
- 430
- Manifest url
-
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.