Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and Bill Jenkins sit atop bicycles and pose with fellow Wheelmen during a meeting, Los Angeles vicinity, 1938

Item Overview

Title

Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and Bill Jenkins sit atop bicycles and pose with fellow Wheelmen during a meeting, Los Angeles vicinity, 1938

Photographer

Arnott, Andrew Hugh, 1905-1985

Date Created

November 14, 1938

Date

1938-11-14

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

A similar photograph of the same Wheelsmen’s organization meeting appears in a photospread titled, “Italy Pours 20,000 Emigrants From 15 Liners Into African Colony, Libya,” and captioned, “Old-Time Cyclists To Hold Annual Dinner Meet Bill Jenkins, left, Tracy Q. Hall and Sheriff Gene Biscailuz, members of Wheelmen’s organization, stand beside one of the vehicles which they rode over Southland roads in past century, as they talk over the plans for the annual dinner to be held Saturday night. Times photo,” Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 1938: 22
This photographis related to the article, “Wheelmen Plan Dinner: Annual Fete to Be Held Saturday,” Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 1938: A2
Several members of the club, Wheelmen of the Past Century, don suits and pose, off-center to the right, in a parking lot. Two among the group sit atop bicycles. Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz sits front and center atop a bicycle. He and the bicycle are viewed from the side, facing right. He turns his head to smile to the camera. An unidentified man kneels on the ground to the right of Sheriff Biscailuz's front tire and points up towards Sheriff Biscailuz. Behind and to the right of Sheriff Biscailuz, Bill Jenkins sits on a high-wheeler. He and the bicycle face towards the left. He too turns his head towards the camera. Six more men stand around the bicycles and either look to the camera or look towards Bill Jenkins. Beyond the parking lot the group stands in, a cliff wall stretches across the background. A building, in partial view, rises along the left edge.

Caption

Handwritten text from negative sleeve: 14978 - wheelsmen + Sheriff Biscailuz 11-15-38 [date stamp:] NOV 23 1938 [credit stamp:] TIMES PHOTO BY ANDREW H. ARNOTT
Handwritten on negative: wheelmen 11-14-38 7 x [?...]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Group portraits

Names

Jenkins, William
Biscailuz, Eugene W., 1883-1969

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Bicycles & tricycles--American--California--Los Angeles
Clubs--California--Los Angeles
Meetings--California--Los Angeles