A cabinet card photograph, 3154 A Palm Avenue, Longstreet's, Los Angeles, Cal., issued by Isaiah W. Taber, San Francisco, ca. 1880s.

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

A cabinet card photograph, "3154 A Palm Avenue, Longstreet's, Los Angeles, Cal.," issued by Isaiah W. Taber, San Francisco, ca. 1880s.

Entry/Object ID

2013.3.1.1

Description

A cabinet card photograph, "3154 A Palm Avenue, Longstreet's, Los Angeles, Cal.," issued by Isaiah W. Taber, San Francisco, ca. 1880s. The photo was taken from a sidewalk on the east side of entrance lane to the estate of Charles A. Longstreet. It was located off of Adams Street and shows the dual rows of palm trees lining the roadway as they led to the house, part of which is seen in the distance at the right. The palms, appearing to be about a dozen feet in height, became famed and some of them, now dozens of feet tall, still stand on part of the remaining roadway at Children's Hospital. The Longstreet estate, which included renowned gardens said to have been planted to a cost of over $100,000, was subdivided during the great land boom in the area in 1887. On the reverse is a stamp the "Culver Service" in New York. While the matte has small losses, abrasion and soiling, the photo appears clean and in good condition.

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Object Name

Cabinet Card Photographs