Portrait photograph of Ruth Haroldson, faculty member of the Whittier College Music Department, violinist, and conductor of the Whittier College Community Orchestra.
The west-facing side of Pio Pico's adobe mansion is viewed at an angle as it stretches back through the image. In front of it at right, the ruins of a wall stand. A wooden window frame remains inset into the ruins. At left, overgrown plants grow in front of the building. Three dormers sit atop El Ranchito's sloped roof.
At left, the front of Don Pio Pico's El Ranchito stretches back towards center. The 2-story facade is viewed at an angle. A front porch extends forward from the ground level. A balcony on the second floor hovers over it. In the foreground, a tree rises along the right edge.