AN UNKNOWN WOMAN AT THE FRONT OF LA CASA NUEVA
Color: Black; White
A black and white photograph of an unknown woman at the front of La Casa Nueva, ca. 1920s. The woman stands at the center on the front porch and wears a hat, long-sleeve dress, and heels. She holds a purse in front of her with both hands and smiles at the camera. Behind her is a floor-mat and the screen door which has sextagon and six-point star designs. Around the door is a plaster design with flanking columns, grape-vine, and a crest at the center of the top. At the far left and right are arched windows with shutters. At the front of each window is a planter. At the center of the back is a stamp with, "ANDERSON / Photo Service / EL MONTE." At the bottom left is the number, "26." The photograph was housed in Agnes Temple's album which is item 96.7.94.1 along with many other photographs which span 96.7.1.1-.93.1. Contact sheets 2000.159.1.1-.8 show the original positioning of the images within the album. With light stains along the top and a crease along the left side, the artifact is in overall good condition.
Number-Units: 1
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Two-dimensional, Photographs, Anderson Photo Service, Clothing and dress, Architecture, Spanish colonial--City of Industry (Calif.), Dwellings--City of Industry (Calif.), Doors, Screen doors, Architecture--Details
