PORTION OF EL CAMPO SANTO CEMETERY FENCED PLOT

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

PORTION OF EL CAMPO SANTO CEMETERY FENCED PLOT

Entry/Object ID

2002.89.48.52

Description

PORTION OF EL CAMPO SANTO CEMETERY FENCED PLOT Color: Black; White A photograph of a portion of the fenced burial plot in El Campo Santo Cemetery, ca. 1932. Taken from the grass area south of the Walter P. Temple Memorial Mausoleum, the image shows the southwestern section of the nineteenth-century cast-iron fence with the brick base. In front of the fence are two sectoins of sidewalk and, in the planter bed between the fence and walk are plants, possibly roses. In the foreground are grass and some bushes, including at the far right a piece of an arbor vitae, which are still located there. In the background are portions of the Rowland, Didier, and Yorba tombstone, with walnut trees outside the cemtery in the far background. The photograph has a crinkled edge and there is a rectangular piece with two holes for mounting into a paper album, which is item 49.2. In good condition overall, the item has only minor reverse discoloration and paper bowing. Number-Units: 1

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Two-dimensional, Photographs, Raenford Military Academy, Golden State Military Academy, Cemeteries--City of Industry (Calif.)

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