Chief Davis hands actress Gloria Swason the paid mortgage to the Bide-a-Wee home founded by Minnie Barton, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Chief Davis hands actress Gloria Swason the paid mortgage to the Bide-a-Wee home founded by Minnie Barton, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

January 25, 1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

Chief James Edgar Davis hands Gloria Swanson, silent film actress, the mortgage to the Bide-A-Wee home for women. Swanson helped Minnie Barton, home founder, pay the mortgage by sending $100 a month for several years. The group gathered to burn the mortgage in celebration of completing payment on the home set up by Barton to help working mothers. Also pictured are Mary Brill, president of the Big Sister League, Superior Judge Georgia Bullock, and Mrs. Robert Ladd Gifford. Minnie Barton was the second woman to join the Los Angeles Police Department and also founded the Barton Home for girls in 1917. Gloria Swanson was an actress best known for her role as Norma Desmond in the film Sunset Boulevard.James E. Davis James Edgar Davis was Los Angeles Chief of Police from 1926–1931 and from 1933-1939.

Caption

Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Gloria Swanson Bide-a-Wee home.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Bide - A-Wee - Home; Burning Mortgage: Gloria Swanson, Minnie Barton, Chief James E. Davis.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Subjects

People
Women's Shelters--California--Los Angeles
Charities--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--American--California
Entertainment

Names

Swanson, Gloria, 1897-1983
Brill, Mary
Bullock, Georgia P., 1878-1957
Davis, James E. (James Edgar), 1889-1949
Barton, Minnie

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image