Santa Rosa Avenue lined with cedrus deodara trees, Altadena, 1913

Item Overview

Title

Santa Rosa Avenue lined with cedrus deodara trees, Altadena, 1913

Date Created

1913

Date

1913

Language

English

Collection

Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Notes

Description

View of Santa Rosa Avenue, unpaved, facing south, lined with tall cedrus deodara trees (also called deodar cedar, Himalayan cedar, or deodar / devdar / devadar / devadaru).
The trees were planted in 1885 by real estate magnate John P. Woodbury, to line the driveway of an estate that was never built. Every Christmas season, since 1920, the trees have been decorated with lights as a spectacle called Christmas Tree Lane

Caption

Text from negative folder: street trees & palms, 1912-1915
Text from photograph caption: Cedrus deodara - Sta. Rosa Ave. - Altadena - 1913

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic print

Keywords

Genre

black-and-white photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Location

California--Altadena

Resource type

still image

Subjects

trees

Landscape architecture--California--Los Angeles
Landscape design--California--Los Angeles