Busch Gardens, Pasadena, California

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GUSN-330757

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Ephemera collection
Product catalogues
Agriculture and landscaping
Landscape architecture and gardening
Busch Gardens, Pasadena, California
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Ephemera collection
- Product catalogues
  - Agriculture and landscaping
    - Landscape architecture and gardening

Description

Beer magnate Adolphus Busch created extensive botanical gardens which served as a backdrop for fairy tale figures to amuse his grandchildren. The gardens were open to the public and constituted an early southern California themepark. Robert Gordon Fraser was the landscape architect and designer.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
gardens
botanical gardens
landscape architecture
landscape gardening
theme parks
fairy tales
booklets

Physical Descrption

1 booklet : color illustrations ; 5 1/4 x 7 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.12.001.004.095

Image Dimensions

5 1/4 x 7 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2017.

Places

Pasadena (Los Angeles county, California)

Record Details

Originator

Graham Photo Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) (Publisher)
Van Ornum Colorprint Co. (Printer)

Material Type

booklets

Other People

Busch, Adolphus, 1839-1913
Fraser, Robert Gordon

Subjects

Beer
Beverages

Description Level

Item

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