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Landscape plan for Will Rogers recreation park, Unit B, Los Angeles, 1942

Description:
Inset map shows Reseda Boulevard intersecting with Sunset Boulevard. According to Los Angeles Times, March 20, 1998, "Crossroads of Confusion," a plan to extend Reseda to Sunset and the Santa Monica area began in the 1920s and was scrapped in 1977. Some city maps incorrectly show an intersection between Reseda and Sunset.
Date:
Dec. 31, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Landscape plan for Will Rogers recreation park, Unit B, Los Angeles, 1942

Cutting garden for Dr. and Mrs. P. G. White residence, Los Angeles, 1933-1938

Description:
Below the landscaping plan there is also a distant perspective view of the cutting garden. The house on the property was probably designed by the architecture firm of Webber, Stanton and Spaulding. It was constructed in 1927 by the firm Chisholm, Fortine & Meikle, Architecture, Engineering & Construction. The house was featured in Architectural Digest in 1928. The date for the cutting garden is from the nitrate negative sleeves for the photographic images.
Date:
1933-1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Cutting garden for Dr. and Mrs. P. G. White residence, Los Angeles, 1933-1938

Rosita Dee Cornell with a dog and a teddy bear in Lafayette Park, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
Two pictures of 22-month-old Rosita Dee Cornell, daughter of landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell, in Lafayette Park. One photo shows Rosita Dee with an unknown man and woman and a dog; the other shows her holding a teddy bear. "Rumpus" on the label might be Rosita Dee's nickname?
Date:
August 20, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Rosita Dee Cornell with a dog and a teddy bear in Lafayette Park, Los Angeles, 1932

Exterior view of the Mr. and Mrs. Byron F. Hill residence and patio, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
View of exterior portion of the residence facing a garden and patio or possibly facade of the Byron F. Hill residence. The residence is located on 1733 Curson in Hollywood. The residence is landscaped with potted plants, ivy, a tree, and various types of flowers. Patio furniture can also be seen in the picture.
Date:
August 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Exterior view of the Mr. and Mrs. Byron F. Hill residence and patio, Los Angeles, 1937

Exterior view of the Mr. and Mrs. Byron F. Hill residence and patio, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
View of exterior portion of the residence facing a garden and patio or possibly facade of the Byron F. Hill residence. The residence is located on 1733 Curson in Hollywood. The residence is landscaped with potted plants, ivy, a tree, and various types of flowers. Patio furniture can also be seen in the picture.
Date:
August 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Exterior view of the Mr. and Mrs. Byron F. Hill residence and patio, Los Angeles, 1937

Unidentified residence at 3936 East First Street, Garden fence with gate beneath trellis with vine, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Two images of an unidentified East First street residence with a garden fence with gate beneath trellis with vine. The picket fence and arbor are made from unpainted wood. In the left image a little boy wearing overalls leans against a gate post. In the right image Josephine Uribe, in a dress and dress shoes, leans against a gate post
Date:
September 6, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Unidentified residence at 3936 East First Street, Garden fence with gate beneath trellis with vine, Los Angeles, 1931

Bird's-eye view towards the entrance to Santa Monica Canyon on the Pacific Coast Highway, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Bird's-eye view towards Santa Monica Canyon where Chautauqua Blvd. and West Channel Road end at Pacific Coast Highway on the coast, with the ocean and the Pacific Palisades cliffs beyond. The canyon area has buildings and open land and there are two houses on the beach. A sign at the top of the cliff reads: "This is Huntington Palisades." A sign on a building on West Channel Road reads: "Law's Pharmacy."
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Bird's-eye view towards the entrance to Santa Monica Canyon on the Pacific Coast Highway, Los Angeles, 1928

Asphalt trucks and workers on road under construction in Huntington Palisades, Pacific Palisades, 1929

Description:
View of road under construction in the Huntington Palisades area of Pacific Palisades. The curbs and sidewalks are complete. Three trucks with asphalt, two asphalt rollers and fifteen workers holding rakes and shovels are on the road as a man in a light colored suit and cap standing near a parked car observes. Signs on the asphalt trucks read: "...REX TEELE, INC.,...Santa Monica." Signs on the rollers read: "L.A. Paving Co. Incorporated, E. R. Werdin, Gen. Mgr." Eucalyptus trees are visible beyond
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Asphalt trucks and workers on road under construction in Huntington Palisades, Pacific Palisades, 1929

John Bradbury residence on Hill Street on Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Exterior view of the Bradbury mansion, located at the corner of Hill Street and Court Street (now gone, Court St. was located between first St. and W. Temple St.). The photograph was taken the year before the mansion was demolished in 1929. The mansion is an example of Queen Anne style architecture with turrets, scale pattern shingles and carved moldings.
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
John Bradbury residence on Hill Street on Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, 1928

View of housing development areas in Santa Monica Canyon and Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
View across Santa Monica Canyon towards Pacific Palisades. A sign in the foreground reads: "This is picturesque Santa Monica Canyon, mountains, country, sea shore. For vacant and improved property see Albert Leonard, 4th and Wilshire Blvd., phone 21627, Santa Monica." A sign across the canyon in the background reads "The California [Riviera]," a Pacific Palisades housing development initiated in the 1920's.
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
View of housing development areas in Santa Monica Canyon and Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, 1928