Photographs by Bergen (Firm?)
Biographical/Historical Note
Photographer's hallmark and address are embossed on a photo: Bergen, Pasadena, 147 E. Col. St. It is unclear whether Bergen
is an individual or a photographic firm.
Box:2 Folder:1
Bergen (Firm?)
[S.S. Crow house, Pasadena, Calif.] / Bergen [photographer].
[not before 1911].
2 photographic prints
brown tone
16 x 21 cm. (6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
One photo mounted on board. Board measures 25 x 30 cm. (9 3/4 x 12 in.)
In 1911 Edward Savage Crocker and his wife purchased Dr. Crow's house. "It was Crocker who was responsible for doubling the
size of the property by purchasing the land to the west of the residence and enhancing it with extensive gardens and outbuildings."
-- Greene & Greene / Edward R. Bosley. London : Phaidon, 2000, p. 145.
Photographer's hallmark embossed, lower left, on unmounted photo: Bergen, Pasadena.
Photographer's hallmark embossed, lower left, on mount of mounted photo: Bergen, Pasadena, 147 E. Col. St.
Index Terms
Subjects:
1.
Houses.
2.
S.S. Crow house (Pasadena, Calif.)
3.
Edward S. Crocker house (Pasadena, Calif.)
Geographic Names:
1.
Pasadena (Calif.)
Genre/Media:
1.
Photographic prints.
Associated Names
1.
Crow, S.S.
2.
Crocker, Edward S.
LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS
1.
NYDA.1987.003.00387.
[Property view]
2.
NYDA.1987.003.00388.
[Garden wall and pergola]
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