Gaillard Wardwick instructs Robert Brayman in charcoal, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Gaillard Wardwick instructs Robert Brayman in charcoal, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

February 1936

Date

1936-02

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Whole Families Enroll in City Night Schools," Los Angeles Times, 07 Feb 1936: A1.
More than 16,000 adult men and women in Los Angeles are taking adult classes on everything from landscaping, interior decorating, cooking, sketching, knitting, and learning a second language.
Miss Wardwick leans against Robert's easel. He uses a charcoal stick to work on a portrait of a woman's face.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 3594 - I.W. Barnett Irene Cunningham Mrs. Marnie Dean Mr. Warner Antonson Jerry Lee Michero Miss Mary Sato Miss Lucille Stafford Mrs Ann Smith Mrs Morris Maretick Douglas Tuck Robert Brayman Miss Gaillard Wardwick (Berdiero Hi School - Adult classes) 2/4/36 [stamped:] Feb 11 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Charcoal is the medium for beginners in the life class, conducted by Miss Gaillard Wardwick at Berendo Night High School. Her young pupil is Robert Brayman.
Handwritten on negative: Miss Gaillard Wardwick Robert Brayman

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Wardwick, Gaillard
Brayman, Robert, 1914-1980

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Students--American--California--Los Angeles
Artists' materials
Charcoal drawings
Adult education--California--Los Angeles
Teachers--California--Los Angeles