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Main Street and Bowers Home, c. 1920
Unknown photographer; Santa Ana, California
Photographic…
Main Street and Bowers Home
Main Street and Bowers Home, c. 1920
Unknown photographer; Santa Ana, California
Photographic…
Main Street and Bowers Home, c. 1920 Unknown photographer; Santa Ana, California Photographic print; 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 in. 2007.7.3 Gift of Judith M. Castagno

Main Street and Bowers Home

ClassificationsPhotographs
Datec. 1920
Place DepictedSanta Ana, California, United States, North America
MediumPhotographic print
Dimensions3 1/4 × 4 1/4 in. (8.3 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Judith M. Castagno
Object number2007.7.3
DescriptionPhotograph of a street scene on Main Street, Santa Ana. The house in the background, mostly obstructed by trees, was that of Charles and Ada Bowers. In the foreground are a dirt road and telephone posts. Written on back in ink: Santa Ana, Ca

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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