Eugene Biscailuz with a group of Navajo Indians at gathering of 'Nobles of the Mystic Shrine', Los Angeles, 1925

Item Overview

Title

Eugene Biscailuz with a group of Navajo Indians at gathering of 'Nobles of the Mystic Shrine', Los Angeles, 1925

Date Created

June 1, 1925

Date

1925-06-01

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Undersheriff Eugene Biscailuz was in charge of the Indian Committee for the Los Angeles gathering of 'Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.' In this image, wearing a Shriner's hat, he greets Navajo Indians at a train station. On the left is Tall Scout (aka Slau-ee-Nez), a Navajo who had worked as a scout and tracker for the U. S. Army. On his right is a Navajo man named Willow Fence. On the far left holding a blanket is B. I. Staples, a white man who joined the Navajo tribe in 1923. Reported in "SHRINE INVASION REACHES HIGH WATER MARK TODAY: Medinah Temple of Chicago Will Arrive With 1500 in Party; Islam Here in Force," Los Angeles Times, 01 June 1925: A1

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Biscailuz, Eugene. Group shots.
Handwritten on negative: L to R- Tall Scout - Gene Biscailuz - Willow Fence - B. I. Staples.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Dimensions

10 x 12.5 cm.

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
glass plate negatives

Names

Staples, B. I.
Nez, Slau-ee
Fence, Willow
Biscailuz, Eugene W., 1883-1969

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Freemasons--California--Los Angeles County
Navajo Indians
Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles County
Indians of North America--Clothing
Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles