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Description
Order Number
00067789
Title
Daniel
Freeman
Collection ID
Works Progress Administration Collection
Location/Accession
WPA
1554
4x5
Physical Description
1
photograph
:b&w
Notes
Photo
reproduced
in
1937
from a
steel
cut.
;
Below
the
image
it
reads
, "
American
Historical
Society
" and "
Steel
engraving
by
Stanley
&
Dunn.
"
Historical Data
He was
born
in
1837
, on a
farm
in the
province
of
Ontario
,
Canada
.
Once
his
wife
contracted
tuberculosis
, the
family
moved
to
Julian
,
California
.
After
some
time
here in
California
,
Freeman
came
to
own
two
former
Spanish
ranchos
,
Rancho
Centinela
and
Rancho
Sausal
Redondo
,
which
he
later
developed
. His
large
land
holdings
helped
make
him a
prominent
businessman
,
whose
reputation
in the
Los
Angeles
business
community
earned
him the
presidency
of the
Los
Angeles
Chamber
of
Commerce
(1893-1894)
. He also
served
as
director
of the
Southern
California
Railway
and was an
esteemed
benefactor
of the
University
of
Southern
California
. A
hospital
in
Inglewood
, the
Daniel
Freeman
Memorial
Hospital
, was
named
after
him.
Description
Portrait
of
Daniel
Freeman
(1837-1918)
, the
founder
of
Inglewood
.
Publisher
Federal Writers' Project.
Stanley & Dunn.
American Historical Society.
Subject
Freeman, Daniel.
Businessmen--United States.
Portrait photographs.
Works Progress Administration Collection photographs.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
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