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Beverly Ridge estate, Los Angeles, 1928
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Beverly Ridge estate, Los Angeles, 1928
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E.L. Doheny mansion, Chester Place, Los Angeles, 1910
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Residence of Adolphus Busch (co-founder of Anheiser-Busch), Pasadena, 1916
A little sign on the yard reads:

It is requested not to use driveways for carriages and automobiles.
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Residence of Adolphus Busch (co-founder of Anheiser-Busch), Pasadena, 1916
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Hildreth Mansion, Hope Street, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, 1895
View of orange groves and El Miradero Mansion; view from one of El Miradero Mansion’s many arches, south towards Glendale and Los Angeles, 1906
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The Brokaw mansion, 5th Avenue at 79th Street, New York, 1910
(note: the mansion was styled after the French chateau Chenonceau, and included a moat, which was covered over in 1906 after a spooked horse floundered into it.)