Eugene R. Plummer with guitar and Indian artifacts, West Hollywood, 1927

Item Overview

Title

Eugene R. Plummer with guitar and Indian artifacts, West Hollywood, 1927

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

August 1927

Date

1927-08

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Eugene R. Plummer and his family once owned sections of Los Angeles including the Hancock Park area, mid-Wilshire, Hollywood Hills, and West Hollywood. The site of his home was purchased by the County of Los Angeles in 1937 and is known as Plummer Park, West Hollywood.
Eugene R. Plummer, seated on bench or stool in the garden of his home, playing guitar, wearing serape and hat, with pottery and grinding stone, with potted plants and fence in background

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2361 - 2362 - 2 [sleeve torn, text missing] Eugene R. Plu [sleeve torn, text missing] Hollywood, Thomas Workman Temple. Photo by Adelbert Bartlett, 535 15th Street, Santa Monica, Calif. Col. Eugene R. Plummer, Hollywood's oldest settler, showing him with 1- On horseback with women members of family, descendents [sic] of Spanish pioneers 2- With guitar and Indian relics 3- Ranch windmill and patio of home. El Rey de la Vaqueros, Aug 1927

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
portraits

Names

Plummer, Eugenio Raphael, 1852-1943
Eugene R. Plummer residence (West Hollywood, Calif.)

Location

California--Los Angeles--West Hollywood

Resource type

still image

Subjects

grinding stones
Guitars--California--Los Angeles
People
Culture
Indian pottery--California--Los Angeles