Rosemary Chew and Olive Young standing in front of the Elk's Lodge No. 99, Los Angeles, 1928

Title: Rosemary Chew and Olive Young standing in front of the Elk's Lodge No. 99, Los Angeles, 1928
Photographer: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Date Created: 1928
Date: 1928
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description: Rosemary Chew and Olive Young standing hand in hand in front of the former Elk's Lodge No. 99 building (607 Park View Street) with arched windows, two angel statues and frieze near roof. The building is an outstanding example of Gothic Revival architecture style (Neo-Gothic), and was designed by Claud Beelman.
Olive Young was an actress who was a major star at the Great Wall studio in Shanghai from 1926 to 1929. Born Olive Young in St. Joseph, Missouri, she first visited China at the age of 16, when her parents sent her to Hong Kong to complete her education. Two years later she began her acting career in Shanghai. After 1929, she returned to the United States and had a brief acting career in Hollywood.
Caption: Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2357 P1-6. Pacific [illegible]. 1928. Pls ret negs. IN THE GARDEN OF THE WESTERN GODS. Olive Young, right, "Chinese Mary pickford" popular motion picture player of Chinese and oriental roles, Rosemary Chew, noted Chinese soprano and artist's model, photographed in the garden of the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles with the new Elk's Club as a back ground. Showing frieze of heroes etc. on wall - thus, in a garden of the Western gods.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
exterior views
Names: Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 99 (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Buildings
Chew, Rosemary
Location: California--Los Angeles
Longitude: 34.0605747868408
Latitude: -118.27926456928253
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Artists' models
Gothic revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--Chinese--California
Singers
Friezes (Ornamental bands)--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--American--California
Landmarks
Lifestyle
Historic buildings--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: 0127
uclamss_1300_0127
In the garden of the Western gods
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002bd7pb
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.