FRONT DOOR OF LA CASA NUEVA FROM THE INTERIOR

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

FRONT DOOR OF LA CASA NUEVA FROM THE INTERIOR

Entry/Object ID

96.7.17.3

Description

Color: Black; White A black and white photograph of La Casa Nueva's front door from the interior, ca. 1920s. The door is open at the center with bright sunshine reflecting through the screen door at the left. Throughout the arched door there are sextagon and six-point star designs. At the top is a wood panel and at the bottom is the wood floor. The wood door at the right is adorned with ten rows of metal conchas and a large iron handle at the center of the far right. At the top of the back is a stamp with the words, "ANDERSON / Photo Service / EL MONTE," and the word, "VELOX." At the top right is the number, "33." 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 some water damage and stains at the top, the artifact is in fair condition. Number-Units: 1

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Two-dimensional, Photographs, Anderson Photo Service, Architecture--Details, Architecture, Spanish colonial--City of Industry (Calif.), Dwellings--City of Industry (Calif.), Doors, Screen doors

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