Sculptress Julia Bracken Wendt and Mayor Frank Shaw next to a newly dedicated fountain that includes her work, Los Angeles, 1933

Item Overview

Title

Sculptress Julia Bracken Wendt and Mayor Frank Shaw next to a newly dedicated fountain that includes her work, Los Angeles, 1933

Date Created

September 13, 1933

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Sculptress Julia Bracken Wendt stands in front of City Hall with Los Angeles Mayor Frank Shaw next to the newly dedicated fountain honoring U.S. Senator Frank P. Flint.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Tributes Paid Flint at Rites; Memorial Fountain Unveiled on City Hall Lawn; High Officials Among 1000 Persons at Ceremony." 14 Sep. 1933: A8.
Wendt created the bronze sculpture of the senator's head that is pressed into the center of the face of the fountain.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Wendt, Julia Bracken, Artist, 1930. Mayor Frank Shaw
Handwritten on negative: Julia Bracken Wendt, Mayor Shaw

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Mayors--California--Los Angeles
Sculptors--American--California--Los Angeles
Fountains--California--Los Angeles

Names

City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Wendt, Julia Bracken, 1870-1942
Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.049773

Latitude

-118.253974

Resource type

still image