Dr. Joseph Widney celebrates his 90th birthday with a cello, Los Angeles, 1931

Title: Dr. Joseph Widney celebrates his 90th birthday with a cello, Los Angeles, 1931
Date Created: December 1931
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Dr. Widney is a man with a long white beard. He sits in a chair with his cello in his lap, holding a bow against the instrument. In the background there are other instruments and several bookcases visible.
Civil War army surgeon and one of the founders of U.S.C. entertained guests at his home to celebrate his 90th birthday.
Photograph appears with the article, "Dr. J.P. Widney at Milestone," Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec 1931: 14.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: J. P. Widney
Handwritten on negative: Dr. J.P. Widney
Text from newspaper caption: Dr. Joseph P. Widney

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Subjects: Violoncellos
Physicians--American--California--Los Angeles
Floor coverings
Bookcases--California--Los Angeles
Birthdays--California--Los Angeles
Veterans--American
Names: Widney, Joseph Pomeroy, 1841-1938
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1429_2623
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dcf08
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Rights Country: US
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