Minister Michael MacWhite with his 12-year-old son Eoin, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Minister Michael MacWhite with his 12-year-old son Eoin, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

August 6, 1935

Date

1935-08-06

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Irish Envoy Visits City," Los Angeles Times, 07 Aug 1935: A1.
Eoin sits on the armrest of his father's chair and puts one arm around his shoulder while Minister MacWhite reads the newspaper.
Minister MacWhite has spent six years in Washington on behalf of the Irish Free State but for the first time has traveled to the West Coast with his family and found the weather beautiful. The family will eventually go to San Diego for a visit to the California Pacific International Exposition.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1549 - Alfred E Bennett 0 brown spots try to scan Australian Radio Man Aug/35 [stamped:] Aug 14 1935
Handwritten on negative: Michael Mac White Eoin MacWhite 11 1/2 yrs Aug/35
Text from newspaper caption: Michael MacWhite, right, who has served six years as Minister of the Irish Free State at Washington, and his family were visitors here last night. Minister MacWhite is shown with his son, Eoin, Minister Macwhite likes climate and beauty of California.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

MacWhite, Eoin, 1923-1972
Irish Free State
MacWhite, Michael, 1883-1958

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Diplomats--Irish--California--Los Angeles
Sons--Irish--California--Los Angeles
Fathers--California--Los Angeles
Travel--California--Los Angeles