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Plan for Glen Haven Memorial Park, San Fernando, circa 1940

Description:
Park is now (2012) called Glen Haven & Sholom Memorial Park. The Park offers graves, crypts, niches, above and below ground, scattering garden, and private gardens in a grassy space in the Los Angeles National Forest between Kagel and Lopez Canyons in the San Gabriel Mountains. Plan includes a sketch of the park and a road map showing its location
Date:
[circa 1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Plan for Glen Haven Memorial Park, San Fernando, circa 1940

Ketchaoua Mosque, view of the main entrance, Algiers, 1929

Description:
Main entrance to Ketchaoua Mosque in Algiers. At the entrance, 29 steps lead up to a marble portico, with an octagonal minaret on each side. The Mosque is located at the foot of the Casbah, facing the Mediterranean Sea. Between 1845 and 1962, under French rule, the Mosque was converted into the Cathedral of St. Philippe, but was then converted back.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Ketchaoua Mosque, view of the main entrance, Algiers, 1929

Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, view of stairs leading down toward the main palace building, San Ildefonso, Spain, 1929

Description:
Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso in the small town of San Ildefonso, which is in the hills near Segovia, north of Madrid, Spain. The palace is in a baroque style. It was once the summer residence of the Kings of Spain, now it is open to the public. This view shows a gradually declining staircase, lined with small plinths and a lion statue. The stairs lead to a pool and a small statue of several women perched on a rock. The main palace building is beyond the pool.
Date:
[May 17, 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, view of stairs leading down toward the main palace building, San Ildefonso, Spain, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, view of two men walking down a road with a horse-drawn wagon, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view of two men walking down a road with a horse-drawn wagon, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, view of a path winding around the base of a hill, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view of a path winding around the base of a hill, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, view of roses and flowering shrub, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view of roses and flowering shrub, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Grosvenor Park, view trees in front of the ruins of St. John the Baptist's Church, Chester, England, 1929

Description:
Two conical trees on a lawn in front of the ruins of St. John the Baptist's Church (later rebuilt adjacently) in Grosvenor Park in Chester, England on the River Dee. The park is in Victorian style and it has a Grade II ranking in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The conical trees are probably llex aquifolium (Lilly Gold English Holly).
Date:
July 17, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Grosvenor Park, view trees in front of the ruins of St. John the Baptist's Church, Chester, England, 1929

Woman and two men in traditional Dutch clothing standing in front of the ocean, Holland, 1929

Description:
Woman standing between two men in traditional Dutch clothing. The woman is wearing a stiff lace cap, elbow-length sleeves and a layered skirt. The men have on wide-leg trousers and long-sleeved layered tops. One man is wearing a fur hat; the other has on a flat cap. All three are wearing wooden shoes called klompen. Ocean is in the background.
Date:
[1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Woman and two men in traditional Dutch clothing standing in front of the ocean, Holland, 1929

La Concepcion Historical-Botanical Gardens, view of a fountain, Málaga, Spain, 1929

Description:
The gardens of La Concepcion Historical-Botanical Gardens (La Concepción Jardín Botánico-Histórico de Málaga) were created by Amalia Heredia Livermore and her husband Marquis Jorge Loring Oyarzabal in 1850. They collected over three thousand species of plants from all around the world for the gardens.
Date:
May 29, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Concepcion Historical-Botanical Gardens, view of a fountain, Málaga, Spain, 1929

Grosvenor Park, view of the Grosvenor Park Lodge, Chester, England, 1929

Description:
Hiawatha Roses and llex aquifolium (Lilly Gold English Holly) in front of the Grosvenor Park Lodge in Grosvenor Park. The Lodge was designed by John Douglas, a local architect. It was originally the park keeper's residence but it is now (2012) the parks and gardens office for the city council.
Date:
July 17, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Grosvenor Park, view of the Grosvenor Park Lodge, Chester, England, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, view of superintendent S. W. McLeod Braggins near an entrance, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
April 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view of superintendent S. W. McLeod Braggins near an entrance, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Preliminary Study for the California Arboretum, Santa Anita, 1947

Description:
Structure labeled "exist. adobe building" is probably the Hugo Reid Adobe, which is the only area in the site that has been excavated by archaeologists. Hugo Reid, who was married to a Tongva woman, was the first recorded owner of the land. The site is now called the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden and is currently (2011) open daily during business hours for visitors, at a fee. Cornell was a member of the Southern California Horticultural Institute, which created the Arboretum, and was on the board for several years and acted as chairman of the board for a number of years.
Date:
March 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Preliminary Study for the California Arboretum, Santa Anita, 1947

George Owen Knapp residence, reflecting pool with Aphrodite statue, Montecito, 1931

Description:
Completed in 1920, the estate was destroyed by a forest fire in 1940. A note on photo ark no. 21198/zz00090mkj states that the architect was Carleton Winslow. Charles G. Adams was the consulting architect for planting only (Architect and engineer, vol. 78-79, July-Dec. 1924).
Date:
March 28, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
George Owen Knapp residence, reflecting pool with Aphrodite statue, Montecito, 1931

La Mortola botanical garden, view down a walkway enclosed by a pergola supporting Wisteria sinensis, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view down a walkway enclosed by a pergola supporting Wisteria sinensis, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, two views of Lady Banks' Rose, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
April 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, two views of Lady Banks' Rose, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, view of a path winding through Wisteria and other plants, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view of a path winding through Wisteria and other plants, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, view of lavender plants growing along a path, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view of lavender plants growing along a path, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Woman and two men in traditional Dutch clothing sitting in front of a brick building, Volendam, Netherlands, 1929

Description:
Woman sitting between two men in traditional Dutch clothing. The woman is wearing a stiff lace cap, elbow-length sleeves and a layered skirt. The men have on wide-leg trousers and long-sleeved layered tops. One man is wearing a fur hat; the other has on a flat cap. All three are wearing wooden shoes called klompen. Brick building and a shop with a window full of teapots are in the background.
Date:
[July 7, 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Woman and two men in traditional Dutch clothing sitting in front of a brick building, Volendam, Netherlands, 1929

Exterior view of the ramparts around the fortified town of Carcassonne, France, 1929

Description:
Exterior view of the ramparts, round towers and notched brick walls around the fortified French town of Carcassonne. The town was officially founded in the fifth century but the settlement was fortified by the Romans even earlier. Structures include fifty-three towers and a double ring of ramparts around the outskirts of the town.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Exterior view of the ramparts around the fortified town of Carcassonne, France, 1929

Plan for Glen Haven Memorial Park, San Fernando, circa 1940

Description:
Park is now (2012) called Glen Haven & Sholom Memorial Park. The Park offers graves, crypts, niches, above and below ground, scattering garden, and private gardens in a grassy space in the Los Angeles National Forest between Kagel and Lopez Canyons in the San Gabriel Mountains. Plan includes a sketch of the park and a road map showing its location.
Date:
[circa 1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Plan for Glen Haven Memorial Park, San Fernando, circa 1940

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

La Mortola botanical garden, view of garden superintendent S. W. McLeod Braggins standing in front of a Giant Agave plant, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
April 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view of garden superintendent S. W. McLeod Braggins standing in front of a Giant Agave plant, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, view of Japanese maples, blue marguerites and tulips growing on a hillside, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
April 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view of Japanese maples, blue marguerites and tulips growing on a hillside, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, view of a path winding through cactus and haworthia plants, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view of a path winding through cactus and haworthia plants, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, view of a large terracotta urn underneath a tree, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view of a large terracotta urn underneath a tree, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, view of a stairway through the trees, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view of a stairway through the trees, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, main garden axis with view of lavender plants, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, main garden axis with view of lavender plants, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Collective housing on Avenue de la Porte de Montmartre in Paris, France, 1929

Description:
Collective housing on Avenue de la Porte de Montmartre in Paris. The brick building is six stories high and has many windows and small balconies. There are a series of small shops around the base of the building. The overhang on one shop says "Sunlight - Savon Le Premier Du Monde." A collective settlement is a type of co-habitation that is often motivated around a shared goal or interest.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Collective housing on Avenue de la Porte de Montmartre in Paris, France, 1929

Grassy area between the ramparts and towers in the fortified town of Carcassonne, France, 1929

Description:
Grassy area in between the notched brick walls and conical towers in the fortified French town of Carcassonne. The town was officially founded in the fifth century but the settlement was fortified by the Romans even earlier. Structures include fifty-three towers and a double ring of ramparts around the outskirts of the town.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Grassy area between the ramparts and towers in the fortified town of Carcassonne, France, 1929

Collective housing on Avenue de la Porte de Montmartre in Paris, France, 1929

Description:
Collective housing on Avenue de la Porte in Paris. The brick building is six stories high and has many windows and small balconies. There is a series of small shops around the base of the building. A collective settlement is a type of co-habitation that is often motivated around a shared goal or interest.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Collective housing on Avenue de la Porte de Montmartre in Paris, France, 1929