FRONT ENTRANCE TO EL CAMPO SANTO CEMETERY

Photograph

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

FRONT ENTRANCE TO EL CAMPO SANTO CEMETERY

Entry/Object ID

2000.271.1.25

Description

Color: Black; White A black and white reproduction photograph of the entrance to El Campo Santo Cemetery, ca. 1920s, taken in 1995. Across the back is the brick west with the cast iron gate ajar at the center. Behind wall is the front elevation of the Walter P. Temple Memorial Mausoleum. At the right of this are the tops of palm trees. A concrete walkway is at the front of the cemetery and across the center of the foreground is a heart-shaped planter. A palm tree is in the planter at the left as well as many flowers scattered throughout. Part of Puente or "P" Hill is at the far left of the background. Written in blue pencil at the top right corner of the back is, "Ralph / Carol Temple collection / May 1995 / Cemetery looking East [sic]." Contact sheets for the image are items .35-37 with the negatives being items .2.1-.17. The artifact has no visible signs of damage or wear and is therefore in good condition. Number-Units: 1

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Two-dimensional, Photographs, Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum, Cemeteries--City of Industry (Calif.), Mausoleums--City of Industry (Calif.), Brick walls

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