Ana Bégué de Packman with demolition workers, Casa de Don Dolores Sepúlveda, Los Angeles, 1940

Item Overview

Title

Ana Bégué de Packman with demolition workers, Casa de Don Dolores Sepúlveda, Los Angeles, 1940

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

December 20, 1940

Date

1940-12-20

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Ana Bégué de Packman stands atop a pile of rubble next to what remains of the Casa de Don Dolores Sepúlveda. She, in overcoat and hat, rests against the structure, while a worker sits atop a wall of adobe bricks. A second man stands against the wall at right. Remnants of spackle remain attached to the wall, while wooden rafters and door frames remain intact.
The Casa de Don Dolores Sepúlveda was an adobe home an adobe home located near San Vicente Springs at South Bundy Drive and Nebraska Ave. José Dolores Sepúlveda, 1826-1905, was the son of Francisco Sepúlveda, holder of the original land grant for Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica. The home was once part of Rancho San Vicente.
Ana Bégué de Packman served as Secretary of the Historical Society of Southern California, and was a charter member of the First Families of California. She was a descendant of Juan Francisco Reyes, alcalde (municipal magistrate) for the Pueblo de Los Angeles (1790 and 1793-95). She was also a descendant of Maximo Alaniz, who owned much of what is now Westwood.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2554. 12/20/40. Mrs. Beague [sic] Packman. Old adobe house. Bundy Drive WLA, 1940. See also Bartlett earlier photos …enclosed.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs
exterior views

Names

Packman, Ana Bégué de, 1882-1973
Casa de Don Dolores Sepúlveda (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Adobe houses--California--Los Angeles