Names: Letts, Arthur, 1862-1923 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Pallbearers carry the flower-covered coffin of Arthur Letts to a hearse at his estate, Holmby House. The wooden sides of the hearse have bas-relief carving in the form of trompe l'oeil curtains framed by classicizing columns. The Tudor style mansion is visible behind the hearse.
Date:: [May 21, 1923]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Arthur Letts founded the Broadway Department Store and was a philanthropist. He was also President of the local council of Boy Scouts.
Date:: [May 21, 1923]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to the photo piece, "Construction Progresses on Arthur Letts, Jr., Dwelling," Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 1927: E6. The caption reports that plants and trees for the landscaping were being provided by the estate of Letts deceased father (Holmby House in Los Feliz), who had an extensive garden of several acres in. The garden of his father's estate was destroyed in 1927 for development and rare plants also went to the Huntington Gardens.
Date:: [circa 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Arthur Letts founded the Broadway Department Store and was a philanthropist.
Date:: [May 21, 1923]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Knights Templar stand at attention with raised swords as pallbearers carry the coffin of Arthur Letts at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Bystanders watch from the top of a mausoleum in the background.
Date:: [May 21, 1923]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Arthur Letts founded the Broadway Department Store and was a philanthropist.
Date:: [May 21, 1923]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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