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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Dr. Ezra and Jeanne Carr

Relaxing among the numerous exotic plants and trees on 
the grounds of their home, "Carmelita." 

Dr. Carr was a noted physician, chemist and geologist.
He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin before
accepting a position at the University of California at 
Berkley in 1869.  In 1875, Dr. Carr became Superintendent
of Public Instruction for the State of California.

Jeanne Carr was an expert in horticulture and responsible
for planning and planting the famous gardens where she was
a gracious hostess to  such famous people as John Muir and
author Helen Hunt Jackson.   
Courtesy Pasadena Public Library

"Carmelita"
  
The cultural center of early Pasadena, this forty-two-acre plot 
was located on the north-east corner of  Colorado Street and 
Orange Grove Avenue, on the east bank of the Arroyo Secco.

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