Aunt Ada and Uncle Wesley Bowers in Their Driveway
ClassificationsPhotographs
Date1914
Place DepictedSanta Ana, California, United States, North America
MediumPhotographic print
Dimensions5 1/2 × 3 1/8 in. (14 × 7.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Judith M. Castagno
Object number2007.7.1
DescriptionPhotograph of a car in a driveway among landscaping. Standing to the right of the car is Charles Wesley Bowers, and inside the car is Ada Bowers (nee Abbott), Ada's sister-in-law Charlotte "Lottie" Abbott (wife of Ada's brother Charles D. Abbott), and Lottie's daughter Glenna Abbott.Written in ink on the front of the photograph: Aunt Ada & Uncle Wesley Bowers in their driveway / 1914. Written the back side in ink: Aunt Ada Bowers on right hand side / Charles Wesley Bowers / In their driveway in Santa / Ana, California. / About 1914 / Glenna Abbott / Aunt Lottie Abbot / Property of Florence Fisher Reed. Florence Fisher Reed was the granddaughter of Ada Bowers' sister Helen Eliza Abbott and brother-in-law Henry Harry Reed, making her a grand-niece of Ada's.
Upon their death, Charles and Ada Bowers left their home and the land it sat upon to the City of Santa Ana under the express condition that the land be used to build a museum. Thus, Bowers Museum was built in the name of its founders.
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July 4, 1918
c. 1925
1925
c. 1920
c. 1927
Early 20th Century
Early 20th Century