Charles Kemp holds a frame with a historic locket, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Charles Kemp holds a frame with a historic locket, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

[February 21, 1936?]

Date

1936-02-21

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

The history of the locket's ownership is traced as such: after Washington's death it was given to Col. Tonsard. In 1916 it was given to Maud Yoder by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stocker - Mrs. Stocker's maiden name was Clara Baldwin, daughter of E.J. Baldwin. Col. Tonsard is assumed to be an ancestor of Stocker's mother, who was a friend of Maud Yoder.
Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Hair From Head of Washington Owned Here," Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb 1936: A3.
Kemp holds up a small picture frame holding a oval-shaped locket with an inscription written on it.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Chas. A. Kemp 2-19-36
Text from negative sleeve: 3767 - Chas A. Kemp + Geo Washington's Hair 2-19-36 [stamped:] Feb 21 1936

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Kemp, Charles A., b. 1889

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lockets
Portrait photographs