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Old Posted Oct 12, 2010, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality View Post
Also, thanks for the history of the General Harrison Otis house. It is much appreciated 'GaylordWilshire'.
I didn't even know the address, let alone the connection to the Otis Art Institute.
A few more shots of the Harrison Gray Otis house (once at 2401 Wilshire, at Park View), which became the Otis Art Institute. I wasn't aware that on its grounds were a stone folly in the form of the downtown Times building that was bombed in 1910.

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Otis Art Institute, 1939


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Before both the eagle and the bombing, ca. 1885

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October 1, 1910: The eagle survives


See also http://wilshireboulevardhouses.blogs...e-see-our.html

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