Mr. George Beckley and Mrs. Helen Beckley at the pool, Palm Springs, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Mr. George Beckley and Mrs. Helen Beckley at the pool, Palm Springs, 1935

Date Created

November 3, 1935

Date

1935-11-03

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of newlywed Mr. and Mrs. George Beckley lounging by the pool in Palm Springs. Behind them is another swimmer, a building, and some palm trees.
This photograph appears with the article, “SUNNY SEASON SHIFTS TO DESERT OASES TO ATTRACT VACATIONERS: Concert Broadcast Among Desert Vacationers’ Plans,” Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 1935: B1.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: After their Yuma elopement, Mr. and Mrs. George Beckley, Jr., of Honolulu flew to the Desert Inn to spend their honeymoon. Mr. Beckley was a student at the University of Southern California until his marriage. The bride, the former Helen Godwin, is the daughter of the Arthur Davises of Oklahoma.
Text from negative sleeve: 2790—USC Alum, Mr. + Mrs. Geo. Beckley, (Helen Godwin) in honeymoon @ Desert Inn, Palm Springs. Society. [Stamped:] NOV 15 1935.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Beckley, George Charles, b. 1914
Beckley, Helen Elizabeth Godwin, b. 1911 or 12

Location

Palm Springs (Calif.)

Longitude

33.824201

Latitude

-116.547533

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Spouses--California--Palm Springs
Honeymoons--California--Palm Springs