Young woman and child at the Casa de Don Dolores Sepúlveda, Los Angeles, 1940

Item Overview

Title

Young woman and child at the 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

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, b. 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.
A young woman stands with a toddler at the Casa de Don Dolores Sepúlveda. The unidentified woman (wearing a skirt, blouse, sweater and wedge-heeled shoes) stands within a wood-framed doorway of the dilapidated structure. Burlap sacks and wooden slats (or fencing) rest against the exposed adobe brick walls. One section of the wall is gutted. Above, the roof’s rafters are exposed, with portions of the roof missing all-together. Power lines cross overhead.

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

Casa de Don Dolores Sepúlveda (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Adobe houses--California--Los Angeles