Find results with:

Add another field

Search by date

to

Searching collections:

California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Add or remove collections

Home The residence and gardens of Paul De Longpre on the corner of Cahuenga Avenue and Hollywood...

Reference URL

Share

Comment

Save to favorites

To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document

To embed this object, paste this HTML in website

The residence and gardens of Paul De Longpre on the corner of Cahuenga Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, ca.1908

View Description

Download

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

Print

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

Submit

Cancel

...

Back to top

Powered by CONTENTdm®

Title	The residence and gardens of Paul De Longpre on the corner of Cahuenga Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, ca.1908
Description	Photograph of the residence and gardens of Paul De Longpre on the corner of Cahuenga Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, ca.1908. To the left, the two-story, Moorish-style mansion of the French-born painter can be seen with its spires and decorative moldings, in front of which, the lush vegetation of the gardens can be seen, bordered by a hedgerow. A sidewalk follows to the right of this, which is in turn bordered by a chickenwire fence on which what appears to be ivy is growing. A large tree stretches in from the extreme right, hanging a branch over the rest of the picture. De Longpre relocated to Hollywood with his wife and family after his traditional watercolor paintings of flowers sold well neither in Paris or New York. It was there that he met Daieda Wilcox, the land-rich widow of the founder of Hollywood, who enlisted De Longpre in her campaign to promote culture in the town. She turned three lots on Cahuenga Boulevard over to him, which he turned into a widely-visited tourist attraction where people would come to see his mansion and lavish gardens.
Subject	DeLongpre, Paul
Subject (adlf)	residential sites
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- Architecture -- Domestic -- DeLongpre
Subject (lcsh)	Dwellings Architecture, Domestic Gardens
Geographic subject (roadway)	Hollywood Boulevard & Cahuenga Avenue
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Hollywood; Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1908
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1908
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographs
Accession number	6534
Call number	CHS-6534
Microfiche number	1-31-78
Legacy record ID	chs-m3249; USC-1-1-1-3321
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-6534
Archival file	chs_Volume40/CHS-6534.tiff

USC Libraries

University of Southern California

USC Digital Library

Find results with:

Searching collections:

Home The residence and gardens of Paul De Longpre on the corner of Cahuenga Avenue and Hollywood...

The residence and gardens of Paul De Longpre on the corner of Cahuenga Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, ca.1908

Description

Comments

Collaborative Projects

USCDL Supporters

USC Digital Library