Description
Arthur Letts residence, also called Holmby House, Hollywood, ca.1905 (CHS-5523).jpg
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English:
Arthur Letts residence, also called Holmby House, Hollywood, ca.1905
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Photograph of the
Arthur Letts
residence and gardens, also called "Holmby House," in the
Los Feliz
district of Los Angeles (eastern Hollywood area), ca.1905.
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The 1890s
Category:Tudor Revival style
three-story house situated on a hill features dormer windows, cant windows, stone masonry walls, a covered porch, several chimneys, and window awnings.
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An garden adorned with tress, shrubs, and well-manicured lawns precedes the house. The long walkway approaches the mansion through the garden.
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"Six years later, wealthy retailer Arthur Letts bought the entire property for $100 an acre ($2,000,000). Letts, an Englishman, was the founder of the Broadway Department Store and was an initial investor in a similar enterprise founded by his former employee, John G. Bullock. Letts' interest and involvement in Los Angeles retailing made him very comfortable financially. He owned a large estate in Hollywood, a Tudor mansion surrounded by formal gardens filled with statuary. Always interested in downtown real estate development, he also invested in ranch land and subdivisions in Hollywood as well. He was particularly attracted to the Wolfskill ranch because its diversity made it suitable for a variety of uses. Unlike Wolfskill and the Santa Monica Land and Water Company, whose activities had been based around the Beverly Glen/Santa Monica Boulevard area, Letts was primarily interested in developing estate parcels, which he called
'Holmby Hills'
after his birthplace, on the northwestern edge of the rancho near Beverly Hills."
-- unknown author.
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Call number
: CHS-5523
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Legacy record ID
: chs-m3281; USC-1-1-1-3353
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Photographer
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creator QS:P170,Q61995887
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Filename
: CHS-5523
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Coverage date
: circa 1905
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Part of collection
: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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Type
: images
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Geographic subject (city or populated place)
: Hollywood; Los Angeles
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Repository name
: USC Libraries Special Collections
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Accession number
: 5523
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Microfiche number
: 1-31-46
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Archival file
: chs_Volume40/CHS-5523.tiff
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Part of subcollection
: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
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Repository address
: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
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Geographic subject (country)
: USA
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Format (aacr2)
: 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
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Rights
: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Subject (adlf)
: residential sites
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Project
: USC
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Repository email
: [email protected]
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Contributing entity
: California Historical Society
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Date created
: circa 1905
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Publisher (of the digital version)
: University of Southern California. Libraries
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Format (aat)
: photographic prints; photographs
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Geographic subject (state)
: California
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Subject (file heading)
: Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- Architecture -- Domestic (identified)
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Format
: glass plate negatives
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Access conditions
: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
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Geographic subject (county)
: Los Angeles
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Geographic subject (roadway)
: Franklin Avenue
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Subject (lcsh)
: Dwellings; Architecture, Domestic
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Subject
: Letts, Arthur
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