Note on back of photograph: Here a rural type garden sprawls at ease in its generous use of space. The simple axis of brick-paved walk is sufficient to tie it into the general plan of garden arrangement. 1st Installment
Bettye K. Cree (Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Cree) was born March 24, 1879. She married Raymond Cree, a founder and developer of Palm Springs, but the marriage ended in divorce. Ms. Cree then maintained an art gallery in Palm Springs. She died in Pasadena on March 16, 1944.
The Ludington estate, also known as Val Verde, Dias Felices, the Henry Dater house, and the Dr. Warren Austin home was designed by the architect Bertram Grovenor Goodhue, constructed in 1918 and then purchased by Charles H. Ludington in 1924. His son, Wright Saltus Ludington (who inherited the estate in 1927 or 1930), engaged the landscape architect Lockwood de Forest to design the gardens in 1925. Retaining the geometry of Goodhue's design and much of the wilderness, Lockwood transformed the gardens over a period of twenty-three years.
View of the Lansdowne Hermes (a Roman, marble statue from the Hadrianic period, now in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art), against a backdrop of alternating columns and hedges. On top of each column is a sculpted basket of flowers.
The Jefferson estate was donated to the Music Academy of the West in 1950. The original Macmonnies Bacchante statue belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The statue was so popular that numerous reproductions of it were cast.
Courtyard enclosed by potted flowers, cypress trees and a semicircular wall incorporating an exedra, and with a drum-shaped fountain (?) with a sculptural relief of dancing maenads in the center
View of rectangular pond with concrete rim, no water, grating visible at bottom, with metal or concrete flowers or support structures, surrounded by foliage
Plan is a three dimensional sketch of the garden.Arthur Chichester Stewart (possibly this Arthur C. Stewart), who died in 1998, was the senior vice president of Union Oil Co.
Katz was an American painter, printer, and teacher. Katz studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Vienna. He arrived in America in 1921 and later became an American citizen.
Socialites mingle at a performance of La Boheme at the Shrine Auditorium, put on by the Metropolitan Civic Opera House. This particular performance benefitted the P.-T.A. milk fund.
Two opera singers pose for a performance of La Boheme at the Shrine Auditorium, put on by the Metropolitan Civic Opera House. This particular performance benefitted the P.-T.A. milk fund.
Trees are planted to honor Los Angeles's patron of music, and as part of a ceremony marking the end of a series of concerts by the Los Angeles Philharmonic as led by conductor Otto Klemperer. The trees planted were nine eugenia trees, planted in a semi-circle around the statue of Beethoven in Pershing Square, as a represtentation of his Ninth Symphony.Pictured from left to right are Klemperer, Mayor Shaw, and John Smallman, founder of the Smallman Oratorio Society.
Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Mrs. A.J. Woodward plays the piano while Mrs. James A. Beck and Mrs. Yvonne Chrarton stand nearby. There is a large basket of flowers on top of the piano
American artist Rockwell Kent and his wife Frances Lee Kent. Kent lectured at the Philharmonic Auditorium on "Warm Hearts and Cold Feet in Greenland," where he showed motion pictures of the scenes he described.
American artist Rockwell Kent at his desk. Kent lectured at the Philharmonic Auditorium on "Warm Hearts and Cold Feet in Greenland," where he showed motion pictures of the scenes he described.
Photograph taken by Sifton Friedman of a cat walking down the stairs with a kitten in its mouth, titled "REFUGEES." The photo was featured in the annual Popular Photography exhibit displayed at Barker Bros. The exhibit features approximately 100 photographs from both amateur and professional photographers, which were chosen through an international contest
Photograph of a child walking uphill through the snow, which was featured in the annual Popular Photography exhibit displayed at Barker Bros. The exhibit features approximately 100 photographs from both amateur and professional photographers, which were chosen through an international contest
People line up to borrow art from the public library. Sign on the wall says: These prints are part of a collection of nearly two hundred works of art by Federal Artists, now available for public use without cost to holders of library cards.
Opera singers pose for a performance of La Boheme at the Shrine Auditorium, put on by the Metropolitan Civic Opera House. This particular performance benefitted the P.-T.A. milk fund.
Famed director and choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face three murder charges after he caused a car accident that resulted in fatalities after leaving a cocktail party. Witnesses reported smelling alcohol on Berkeley's breath at the time.
Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Possibly taken in relation to the investigation of actress Thelma Todd's death in December 1935. Todd's body was found in West's home where she was residing. Todd was a former co-star and close friend with Pitts and lover to West.
Santa Barbara’s float at 1936 Tournament of Roses Parade in a staging area. The float depicts the Christopher Columbus before King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella with two Indians from the New World.
Woman and two little girls model swim suits by local designers in a fashion show. The show was part of a fashion event that lasted for a week and featured designs by Mary Ann De Weese, Margit Fellegi, and Lynn Lester
Model outside after a fashion show that featured local designers. The show was part of a fashion event that lasted for a week and featured designs by Mary Ann De Weese, Margit Fellegi, and Lynn Lester
Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Ballerina dances in the Ballet Russe performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was written by Marc Platoff and performed as part of the Ballet Russe at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Ballerina dances in the Ballet Russe performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was written by Marc Platoff and performed as part of the Ballet Russe at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Harold Bell Wright (May 4, 1872-May 24, 1944) , author, poses in Los Angeles. Wright was a novelist and playwright who worked in Hollywood. He wrote fifteen original screenplays and he sold five of his novels to moviemakers (1926-1941). Movies based on his novels include The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) and The Shepherd of the Hills (1941). Wright died in La Jolla and was buried in San Diego.