Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, Dr. David W. Edelman, and Jack L. Warner standing in front of glass pane doors, Los Angeles, 1929

Item Overview

Title

Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, Dr. David W. Edelman, and Jack L. Warner standing in front of glass pane doors, Los Angeles, 1929

Date Created

June 1929

Date

1929-06

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph was probably taken at the time of the dedication of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple (formerly Congregation B'nai B'rith) at 3663 Wilshire Boulevard in June 1929. From left to right, Dr. David W. Edelman (president of the Congregation B'nai B'rith), Edgar F. Magnin (rabbi of Congregation B'nai B'rith), and Jack L. Warner (co-head of production at Warner Bros. Studios, who presented the Hugo Ballin murals that were dedicated to Sam and Milton Warner at the synagogue dedication). All three men are smiling and dressed in suits. They are standing in front of large glass pane doors. Reported in "DEDICATION SET FOR SYNAGOGUE: Magnificent Temple to Be Opened Tomorrow Organ Recital and Paintings Presentation Scheduled Elaborate Sunday Service Will Be Public," Los Angeles Times, 06 June 1929: A3.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: B’nai B'rith temple.
Handwritten on negative: Dr DW Edelman / Rabbi Magnin / Jack Warner

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

glass plate negatives
news photographs

Names

Warner, Jack L., 1892-1978
Edelman, David W. (David William), 1869-1933
Wilshire Boulevard Temple (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Magnin, Edgar F. (Edgar Fogel), 1890-1984

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.06205717

Latitude

-118.3050716

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Rabbis--California--Los Angeles