California Craftsman Bungalow and Suburban Rail Corridor (Circa 1927)

A two-story California Craftsman airplane bungalow with deep gabled eaves, wide front porch, and unpaved streetcar tracks in the foreground. — California Craftsman Bungalow and Suburban Rail Corridor (Circa 1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

Documenting Southern California's rapid residential expansion following his return from Detroit, Donald A. Hall Sr. photographed this classic two-story Craftsman "airplane bungalow." Featuring exposed timber rafters, wide covered veranda, cobblestone pillars, and palm trees, the home faces a wide dirt right-of-way carrying double Pacific Electric streetcar tracks, illustrating the intersection of residential architecture and suburban rail transit in 1920s Los Angeles County.