Dr. Tesla Nicola, his wife Ruth Nicola, and their sons Bruce and Darrell are living in the Ethiopian danger zone, Addis Ababa, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Dr. Tesla Nicola, his wife Ruth Nicola, and their sons Bruce and Darrell are living in the Ethiopian danger zone, Addis Ababa, 1935

Date Created

July 1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

A family portrait of the Nicola against a gray backdrop.
The American Legation is advising Southern California citizens and their families, medical missionaries of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, to leave Ethiopia because of the threat of war. Dr. Nicola of Montebello left for Abyssinia in 1933 and lives in Addis Ababa with his wife and their three sons.
Photograph appears with the article, "Angelenos Face Peril," Los Angeles Times, 07 July 1935: 8.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Dr Tesla C. Nicola + wife + children Bruce, left + Darrell 1-10-35 in Ethiopia
Text from negative sleeve: 1140 - Dr. Tesla C. Nicola + wife + sons Bruce. left + Darrell (in Ethiopia) 7-10-35 [stamped:] Jul 17 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Among Southern Californians in the Ethiopian danger zone, who have been advised by the American government to evacuate the country, are Dr. Tesla C. Nicola, former Montebello physician. He is shown here with Mrs. Nicola and their two children, Bruce, left, and Darrell.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

Group portraits
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Families--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa
Physicians--American--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa
Missionaries--American--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa

Names

Nicola, Darrell Allan, 1929-2011
Seventh-Day Adventists
Nicola, Bruce Eugene, 1926-2006
Nicola, Ruth, 1900-1981
Nicola, Tesla Case, 1896-1971

Location

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Resource type

still image