Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont and company at her home in Los Angeles, ca.1892
subject: Benton Fremont, Jessie
subject: Benton Fremont, Elizabeth
subject: Pasadena--Fremont--Portraits, Women
subject: Housing areas
subject: Portraits--Fremont, John C. and Jessie Benton
subject: Dwellings
subject: Women
subject: Children
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.
creator: Ellis, Lemuel S
source: University of Southern California Libraries
date: 1891
type: image