This series of photos showed the scenes and life in the Green Dragon Colony in La Jolla. Anna Held came to San Diego in 1894 as a governess for the family of Ulysses St. Grant Jr., the 18th president’s son. She purchased an undeveloped hillside for $165. Her friend Kate Sessions, the famous horticulturist, planted lush eucalyptus trees here.  It attracted more and more artists, musicians, writers, and actors to visit and became an extraordinary artistic center in the early days of La Jolla. The only intact part left of the original Green Dragon Colony today is its fireplace. The original German inscription in Held's own handwriting remains on it. It translates to: “Sacred to me is my hearth; sacred to me is my home.”

• 1894 Photo Gallery of Green Dragon