Captain Wesley White demonstrates polo strategies to Charlie Farrell, Frank Borzage, and Johnny Mack Brown, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Captain Wesley White demonstrates polo strategies to Charlie Farrell, Frank Borzage, and Johnny Mack Brown, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

May 1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Captain White leans over the table wearing a white V-neck sweater and clenching a pipe between his lips. Borzage, Farrell, and Brown adjust the miniature horses and polo players.
NOTE FOR MARTHA: please change Charles Farrell to an LCNAF
Captain White has officially taken command of Uplifters' polo activities. They will be playing against Midwick on Rustic Canyon turf.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Captain White's Polo Reign Starts Today," Los Angeles Times, 19 May 1935: 22.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1548 - Charles Farrell Capt Wesley White Frank Borzage John Mack Brown Capt White is explaining polo with his miniature field at uplifters Aug/35 [stamped:] Aug 14 1935
Handwritten on negative: L to R- Charles Farrell Aug/35 Capt Wesley White - Frank Borzage John Mack Brown

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Actors--American--California--Los Angeles
Pipes (Smoking)
Miniature works
Polo--California--Los Angeles
Motion picture producers & directors--American--California--Los Angeles
Coaches (Athletics)--California--Los Angeles

Names

Farrell, Charles, 1900-1990
White, Wesley, (Captain)
Brown, Johnny Mack
Borzage, Frank

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image