"The Human Orchid"
After Judge Clinton N. Sterry died in 1903, 2607 Wilshire was sold to Dan Murphy, a big LA name in his day, and in 1905 to Isaac Milbank (one "L" is correct), recently an executive of the Borden Milk company of which his uncle was a cofounder. Isaac's second cousin Eleanor Milbank Anderson Tanner of 671 Wilshire Place was one freaky mother, at least as she was portrayed by newspapers nationwide:
It seems that the baby was eventually sprung from her bubble and managed to survive to adulthood.
Illustrations from
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct 23, 1910