Model house worth $10,000 at the Los Angeles National Housing Exposition, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Model house worth $10,000 at the Los Angeles National Housing Exposition, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

The terrace shows wide glass doors that open to the inside of the house. The patio has two small tables and a few chairs. A fireplace is built into the brick wall. A few potted plants rest on each side of the edge of the patio and a welcome mat sits at the beginning of the path.
Photograph appears with the headline, ""Times" Prize Home at the Los Angeles National Housing Exposition," Los Angeles Times, 26 May 1935: G8.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1354 - Times Building at the Housing Exposition TIMES BUILDING HOUSING EXPO [stamped:] Jul 31 1935
Text from newspaper caption: EXTERIOR (at top, right,) of $10,000 model house, furnished in the modern manner, and with a flexibility of room arrangements which has won wide commendation. A unitype steel frame is used, and the ravages of termites and other destructive elements have been guarded against. A detailed description of the furnishings will be found in the Real Estate Section today. Left, above, living terrace.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Bricks
Terraces--California--Los Angeles
Flowers--California--Los Angeles
Outdoor furniture

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image