Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont and company at her home in Los Angeles, ca.1892

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/44097f23185f515f06d68041cdac79f8

Title

Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont and company at her home in Los Angeles, ca.1892

Creator

Ellis, Lemuel S

Date

1891

Description

Photograph of Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont and company at her home in Los Angeles, ca.1892. Mrs. Jessie Benton can be seen at center with Miss Elizabeth "Lily" Fremont and two children of Lieutenant Fremont nearby. She relaxes in a hammock strung from the wall to a post while behind her stand two girls, a boy (sitting on the porch railing), and Lily (sitting with knitting in her lap). In the extreme background, large trees are visible. A wooden chair with a blanket draped over the seat can be seen in the foreground.; In the original record, the home's location was defined as "in Pasadena".; "The house which was built in West Adams in either 1891 or 1892 at 1101 West 28th Street (at the NW corner of Hoover). The house was designed by architect Sumner P. Hunt. It was moved in the late 30s to the Valley--sadly to the site of what became Valley College--5744 Ethel Avenue. The college then decided to build there so it moved again to 14626 Titus Street, Panorama City where it was demolished in 1959. Obviously, no one knew what they had. And it was built for Mrs. Fremont after her husband's NYC death by the women of CA and Los Angeles"--Anna Marie Brooks, Architectural Historian.

Subject

Benton Fremont, Jessie
Benton Fremont, Elizabeth
Pasadena--Fremont--Portraits, Women
Housing areas
Portraits--Fremont, John C. and Jessie Benton
Dwellings
Women
Children

Source

University of Southern California Libraries

Relation

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/getthumbnail/collection/p15799coll65/id/13129

Type

image

References

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/13129

Citation

Ellis, Lemuel S, “Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont and company at her home in Los Angeles, ca.1892,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed August 17, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/7772.

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