In design and feeling, the photograph itself was a plein-air landscape. The year was 1887 at El Molino Viejo, the Old Mill in what is now San Marino.

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See About archive blog posts. The year is 1887. The place, El Molino Viejo (the Old Mill) in what is now San Marino. The woman painting is Elizabeth Putnam, an art teacher from Los Angeles.