Ada Bowers, Helen Reed, and Eugenia 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 number2007.7.6
DescriptionPhoto of the Bowers home in Santa Ana with sisters Ada Bowers and Helen Abbott Reed with Helen's great-granddaughter Eugenia Reed standing in front, 1925. The inscriptions written on this photograph are by Florence Fisher Reed, granddaughter of Helen Abbott Reed. Eugenia Reed, who would have been about 5 years old when this photo was taken, was the niece of Florence Fisher Reed.Written on the front: Bowers home in Santa Ana - / California - 1925. On the reverse: Summer of 1925 / Home of Mr. & Mrs. / C.W. Bowers - / 2010 N. Main Street, / Santa Ana, California. / From left to right / Aunt Ada Bowers / Grandmother Helen / Abbott Reed - / Aunt Ada's sister / who was visiting her / and / little Eugenia Reed / who was visiting / Aunt Ada.
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