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Identifier	clloy_166
Title	Palm Drive from Singleton Court looking towards Adams Street, Los Angeles, Cal.
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1908
Subject (Topic)	Streets--California--Los Angeles; Palms--California--Los Angeles; Dwellings--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Name)	Singleton Court (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Subject (Place)	Los Angeles (Calif.); Adams Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	DE
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher	M. Reider
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Cal.
Language	eng
Description	A view through an elaborate iron archway, looking toward the Singleton Court residence, with its two lines of palm trees lining the street. The stables and clock tower, both overgrown with ivy, are just visible to the left of the street.
Historical Background	Singleton Court, located on 3 1/2 acres at 2400 South Flower Street in the West Adams district of Los Angeles, was a Colonial Revival style home, and the residence of John Singleton. Singleton made his fortune as the president of the Yellow Aster Mining Co. in Randsburg, California. Sometime before 1918, the house was destroyed by fire, leaving only the brick stable building. A later owner, John Brockman, deeded the property to the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Foundation, and the stables were converted into a clinic. The clock tower was removed to Brockman's estate in Glendale. Between 1880 and 1925, West Adams was a fashionable neighborhood for the very wealthy, and many of Los Angeles' finest architects designed homes there. During the 1950s and 1960s, the construction of the Santa Monica and Harbor Freeways resulted in the destruction of many historic buildings, but in the 1990s, three areas of West Adams were designated as Historic Preservation Overlay Zones by the city of Los Angeles, preventing further destruction.
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: No. 4415
Additional Notes	Approximate date from postmark; Made in Germany.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection