Ada E. Abbott Bowers and Helen E. Abbott Reed
ClassificationsPhotographs
Date1925
Place DepictedSanta Ana, California, United States, North America
MediumPhotographic print
Dimensions4 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (11.4 × 7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Judith M. Castagno
Object number2007.7.2
DescriptionPhoto of sisters Ada Abbott Bowers and Helen Abbott Reed standing next to a house with gardens in foreground and background. The inscriptions written on this photograph are by Florence Fisher Reed, granddaughter of Helen Abbott Reed.Written in ink on front: Bowers home - Aunt Ada & / Grandmother 1925 / Santa Ana, Cal.
On backside in ink: Summer of 1925. / Home of Mr. & Mrs. C.W. Bowers / 2010 N. Main Street / Santa Ana California. / From left to right: Aunt Ada Bowers and her sister, grandmother Helen Abbott Reed who was visiting her.
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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1925
c. 1925
July 4, 1918
c. 1920
Early 20th Century
Early 20th Century
Early 20th Century
c. 1927