Subject: Carson, Hersee Moody, 1878-1972 / Genre: news photographs / Subject: Auctions--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Related to the Los Angeles Times article, "Riches Sold For Charity; Castle Kalmia's Art on Block; Mrs. Hersee Carson, Widow of Inventor, to Devote Proceeds to Welfare," May 7, 1935.
Date:: May 10 , 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to the Los Angeles Times article, "Riches Sold For Charity; Castle Kalmia's Art on Block; Mrs. Hersee Carson, Widow of Inventor, to Devote Proceeds to Welfare," May 7, 1935.
Date:: May 10 , 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Hersee Moody Carson next to a Vicente Palmaroli y González portrait painting of a woman standing on a terrace overlooking the sea, following the auction of art and decorative arts in her home, Castle Kalmia (at 1486 N. Sweetzer Ave. above Sunset Blvd.). Mrs. Carson was the widow of George Campbell Carson a prospector and inventor. The painting was awarded a medal at the Exposition Universal in Paris in 1867.
Date:: May 10 , 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Browse items