Model home at 1425 Walnut Grove Avenue
Rating
File Name
jcg_houses_exteriors_022
Title
Model home at 1425 Walnut Grove Avenue
Creator
Gordon , John C . (photographer)
Date
circa 1947
Description
View of a model home . The number by the front door reads [1]425 . The street name "Walnut Grove " is Stenciled on the curb . A sign on the lawn reads "Keep off the grass. " On the right of the photograph , partially obscured by a tree , a sign reads "M[odel] ho[me] furnishe[d] [by] Lion , Second Street at San Fernand[o] , San Jose . [Ho]urs 9 AM to 6 PM , [dai]ly including Sundays. " A utility pole is visible behind the house .
Note
The house still stands at this address. This house was part of the Kaiser Community Homes real estate development. Kaiser Community Homes was a home-building project started after World War II by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser (1882-1967) and real estate developer Fritz Burns to address the burgeoning housing needs of postwar America. These suburban communities were built in three West Coast metropolitan areas : Los Angeles (North Hollywood and Panorama City in the San Fernando Valley) , the San Francisco Bay Area , and Portland , Oregon. Lion & Sons Co. was a furniture store founded in 1856 by Lazard Lion. The company moved to the corner of Second and San Fernando Streets in 1908 and went out of business in 1967. From: Bob Johnson. "San Jose , " Arcadia Publishing. p. 20. (http://books.google.com/books?id=azqvDO8PnasC&lpg=PA20&dq=lion%20and%20sons%20san%20jose&pg=PA20#v=onepage&q=lion%20and%20sons%20san%20jose&f=false)
Subject-TGM
Model houses Utility poles Houses
Subject-LCSH
Architecture
Geographic Coverage
San Jose -- California
Object Type
Photographic prints
Format
Image/jpg
Dimensions
8 x 10 in.
Relation-Is Part Of
Series I , Box 5 , Folder : Houses - Exteriors - A
Rights
Copyright is assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Collection
John C . Gordon Photograph Collection
Repository
San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives
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