Villa Academy, Burbank Calif.
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Identifier |
clloy_119 |
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Title |
Villa Academy, Burbank Calif. |
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Creator |
Unknown |
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Date Published |
circa 1940 |
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Subject (Topic) |
Girls' schools--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County); Catholic schools--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County); Schools--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County); |
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Subject (Name) |
Villa Cabrini Academy (Burbank, Calif.); |
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Subject (Place) |
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.); |
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Type |
image |
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Form/Genre |
Postcards |
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Physical Description |
1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm. |
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Institution |
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University |
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Country of Creation |
US |
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Copyright Status |
public domain |
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Copyright Statement |
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/ |
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Language |
eng |
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Description |
A view of the entrance to the Villa Cabrini Academy, surrounded by trees, and with the Verdugo Hills in the background. A sign outside the gate reads, "Villa Cabrini Academy, Accredited school for girls, 7505 Glenoaks Blvd., Elementary & High School, Resident and Day Students." |
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Historical Background |
The Villa Cabrini Academy was founded by Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first United States citizen to achieve sainthood. Prior to her arrival in Los Angeles, she had worked to establish schools and orphanages in Italy, New York, Chicago, and other cities. In 1905, she came to Los Angeles at the request of Bishop Conaty to help the city's growing community of poor Italian families. To that end, she founded the Regina Coeli Orphanage in Los Angeles in 1906. Because tuberculosis was prevalent at the time, she also wanted to provide a clean and safe environment for girls to study, and so acquired 475 acres in the Verdugo Hills where she founded the Mother Cabrini Preventorium. In 1933, the preventorium became the Villa Cabrini Academy high school. The academy closed in 1971. The building served as the interim campus of California Institute of the Arts in 1970. In 1987, Woodbury University moved onto the campus. |
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Publisher's Identifier |
Written in lower right corner of photograph:"X-141 PeV" |
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Additional Notes |
Real photo postcard printed on EKC paper. |
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Source |
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection |
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