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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior view of the Gilmore Adobe on Rancho La Brea, [s.d.]
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Exterior view of the Gilmore Adobe on Rancho La Brea, [s.d.]
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Photograph of the exterior of the Gilmore Adobe on Rancho La Brea, [s.d.]. The adobe building has a terra cotta tile roof with two chimneys protruding from it. There are three rectangular windows with heavy wooden shutters visible along the wall. To the left of the middle window, there is a wooden butter churn and a wooden bucket; to the right of the left window are two sacks of flour and another wooden bucket. There is a vine growing up the side of the house near the window on the right. There is a tree in the background. Rancho La Brea adobe built by James [John?] Thompson in 1852 and expanded and renovated by Arthur Gilmore around 1900. Marked on June 28, 1930 by the Native Daughters of the Golden West Parlor #247.; "From humble origins it became the seat of a gas and oil empire whose idiosyncratic promotional images dotted the Western landscape. But while the kingdom has been downsized, the Gilmore Adobe endures in modest anonymity, an idyllic vestige of another time. Nestled between Farmers Market and CBS studios, shielded from public view by a fortress of foliage, the Gilmore Adobe dates back to 1852. Originally called the Rancho La Brea Adobe, it eventually became the home of rancher-turned-oilman Arthur F. Gilmore, whose brilliantly eccentric son Earl turned the Gilmore Oil Company into a legendary part of America's burgeoning car culture. Today [2002], the adobe--which now serves as headquarters for the A.F. Gilmore Company, owner and operator of Farmers Market (as well as the adjacent Gilmore Bank)--stands as a bucolic island of tranquility in the heart of the city. The building is an elegant hybrid of California Mission and Spanish Colonial, reflecting a series of renovations over the past century. While modern amenities have been added, original features such as the wood-and-clay-brick ceiling have been preserved. Earl Gilmore's bedroom--remarkably small for a titan of modern capitalism--remains frozen in time, complete with his extensive pipe collection and elaborately designed horse saddle. Outside, terracotta tiles adorn a courtyard where Rudolph Valentino once preened for the camera in Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Chickens roam the northern side of the property, while on the eastern edge a pair of towering Mexican fan palms keep watch over the adobe (which is closed to the general public). From inside the grounds, one can almost envision 19th century Los Angeles--a city without cars or freeways or smog, awaiting men like Earl Gilmore and the onslaught of the future." -- Danny Feingold.
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior view of the Gilmore Adobe on Rancho La Brea, [s.d.]
Subject
Adobe houses
(lcsh),
Architecture, Domestic
(lcsh),
Dwellings
(lcsh),
Gilmore, Arthur
(subject),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Domestic -- Adobes
(file heading),
Native Daughters of the Golden West
(subject),
residential sites
(adlf),
Thompson, James [John?]
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1768
Identifier
10072 (
accession number
), CHS-10072 (
call number
), CHS-10072 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-2625 (
legacy record id
), chs-m1768 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-1820 (
legacy record id
), 1-33- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
2625
Unique identifier
UC116539
Legacy Identifier
CHS-10072.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.7 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Description
The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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