LA CASA NUEVA'S LIBRARY

Photograph

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

LA CASA NUEVA'S LIBRARY

Entry/Object ID

96.7.18.1

Description

Color: Black; White A black and white photograph of La Casa Nueva's Library, ca. 1920s. At the left is a rug and a table covered with a sarape with books and a framed photograph on the top. Against the table is a bench with pillows at the corners, and on the right is a fireplace flanked by leather chairs and a metal box. Tile lines the front floor of the fireplace which has a screen at the front and a zig-zag panel on the inside walls. On the wall above the fireplace is the framed Guy-Fawkes Day plaque, and to the left of this a lighting fixture with two flame-shaped bulbs. At the left of the background is a leeather chair and the east wall. On the wall is a tapestry and three framed documents. At the center of the back is a stamp with the words, "ANDERSON / Photo Service / EL MONTE." At the bottom right corner is the number, "31." 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 water damage and stains along the top, the artifact is in fair condition. Number-Units: 1

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Interior decoration

Search Terms

Two-dimensional, Photographs, Anderson Photo Service, Architecture--Details, Architecture, Spanish colonial--City of Industry (Calif.), Dwellings--City of Industry (Calif.), House funishings, Firepleces

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photographs