Caroline Sherer, Robert N. Taylor, and Mrs. John R. White at the Sherer farm, Glendale, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Caroline Sherer, Robert N. Taylor, and Mrs. John R. White at the Sherer farm, Glendale, 1935

Date Created

September 2, 1935

Date

1935-09-02

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Caroline sits playing at an outdoor piano while Mr. Taylor and Mr. White watch.
150 senior citizens attended the picnic celebrating their status as being the first settlers of California. 83-year-old Caroline Sherer reminisces riding a horse to her job at a telegraph office in Los Angeles.
Photograph appears with the article, "Honor Paid To Pioneers," Los Angeles Times, 03 Sep 1935: 12.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Robert Miller Mrs. John R. White Mr - Sherer -
Text from newspaper caption: Picture shows, left to right, Mrs. John R. White, Jr., Robert N. Taylor, Civil War veteran who fought under Gen. Sherman, and J. C. Sherer as they appeared yesterday at annual old settlers' picnic in Glendale.
Text from negative sleeve: 2051 - Left to right, Mr. Sherer, Robert N. Taylor, Mrs John R. White. Pioneers gathering on Sherer farm in Glendale 9 - 2 - 35 [stamped:] Sep 18 1935

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Sherer, Caroline Shaw
Taylor, Robert
White, John Robert, Jr., b. 1870

Location

Glendale (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Pianos
Older people--California--Glendale
Picnics--California--Glendale
Veterans--American