Boys holding U. S. flags as another boy salutes at the Children's Home Society, Los Angeles, 1935-1960

Item Overview

Title

Boys holding U. S. flags as another boy salutes at the Children's Home Society, Los Angeles, 1935-1960

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

[between 1935-1960]

Date

1935/1960

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

The Children's Home Society of California is a non-profit child welfare agency founded in 1891. It became the first licensed child placement agency in California in 1911. It was located at 919 E. 25th St. from the 1920's up to 1942, when the organization moved to the Ozro W. Childs mansion at 3100 W. Adams Blvd. where it remained until 1977.
Photograph of a boy holding a hammer in one hand and 4 United States flags in the other as a younger boy salutes. They stand in front of a pillar in a garden area at the Children's Home Society.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2593. Childrens Home. LA. Selected various - Printed stock and magazine sales.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Children's Home Society of California

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Flags--American
Children--California--Los Angeles