Pallbearers carry the coffin of Arthur Letts toward a funeral wagon at Holmby House, Los Angeles, 1923

Title: Pallbearers carry the coffin of Arthur Letts toward a funeral wagon at Holmby House, Los Angeles, 1923
Date Created: [May 21, 1923]
Date: 1923-05-21
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Pallbearers carry the flower-covered coffin of Arthur Letts to a hearse at his estate, Holmby House. The wooden sides of the hearse have bas-relief carving in the form of trompe l'oeil curtains framed by classicizing columns. The Tudor style mansion is visible behind the hearse.
Arthur Letts founded the Broadway Department Store and was a philanthropist. His Hollywood residence, Holmby House, was an estate with formal gardens in the Los Feliz neighborhood, bounded by Franklin Avenue, Vermont Avenue, Los Feliz Boulevard and Laughlin Park. His widow demolished the gardens in 1927 and developed the property.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Letts, Arthur

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Letts, Arthur, 1862-1923
Location: Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Longitude: 34.107186
Latitude: -118.297314
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Pallbearers --California--Los Angeles
Hearses--California--Los Angeles
Mansions--California--Los Angeles
Funeral rites & ceremonies--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_10566
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hbjvf
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Rights Country: US
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