Copy of Governor James Rolph silhouette by Gene Ross, 1933

Item Overview
- Title
- Copy of Governor James Rolph silhouette by Gene Ross, 1933
- Artist
- Ross, Gene
- Date Created
- [circa July 29, 1933]
- Date
- 1933-07-29
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Collection
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Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Notes
- Description
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This silhouette appears in a photo spread titled, "Southland Entertains Distinguished Governors with Rounds of Fetes," Los Angeles Times, 30 Jul. 1933: 14
A silhouette of Governor James Rolph by Gene Ross lies against a black paper or canvas background. The paper containing the silhouette lies at center. The silhouetted image of Governor Rolph captures him in profile from the chest, up, and facing left. Handwriting on the paper reads, "not autographed," and "Gov. Rolph." A wooden frame stretches along both the left and top edges.
Handwritten on negative: James Rolph Jr.
This silhouette appears with the article, “Cannons Boom Welcome to Governors at Harbor,” Los Angeles Times, 30 Jul. 1933: 1. - Caption
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Text from newspaper caption: As Gene Ross, silhouette artist, caught them. With her scissors, at various phases of their whirling tour of two days through Los Angeles and environs. [Los Angeles Times, 30 Jul. 1933: 14]
Text from negative sleeve: Rolph, James Gov. [handwritten:] Rolph, James Gov. X [end handwritten]
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
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news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
portraits - Names
- Rolph, James, 1869-1934
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Silhouettes
Governors--American--California
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002h9g3n
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Rights Holder
- UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
- Rights Country
- US
- Funding Note
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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. - License
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .