Don Eugenio Plummer lights the first fire in the new Clubhouse at Plummer Park, West Hollywood, 1938

Item Overview

Title

Don Eugenio Plummer lights the first fire in the new Clubhouse at Plummer Park, West Hollywood, 1938

Photographer

Terrell, Maurice

Date Created

December 4, 1938

Date

1938-12-04

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Nearly 500 persons attended the dedication of the new park. Father Charles Burns carried out the ceremony of "blessing the house." Patriotic and historical organizations took part in the formal dedication outside the new structure of the clubhouse center. People were dressed in early Californian attire.
Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear with the article, "Plummer Park Plant Blessed," Los Angeles Times, 05 Dec 1938: A1.
Eugenio Plummer, center, whose house has been incorporated into Plummer Park, lights the first ceremonial fire in the new clubhouse as celebrants watch. Father Charles Burns is standing behind him and Ms. Ana Begue Packman stands on the far left with a candle in her hand.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 15127 - Plummer Park Dedication [stamped:] Dec 9 1938 [stamped:] Maurice Terrell Photographer

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Plummer, Eugenio Raphael, 1852-1943
Burns, Charles Henry, 1906-1990
Packman, Ana Bégué de, 1882-1973

Location

West Hollywood (Calif.)

Longitude

34.092518

Latitude

-118.351189

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Parks--California--West Hollywood
Rites & ceremonies--California--West Hollywood
Plummer Park (West Hollywood, Calif.)
Fireplaces