Mr. and Mrs. James Roy Willis show a map of the oil land they inherited, Los Angeles, 1936

Title: Mr. and Mrs. James Roy Willis show a map of the oil land they inherited, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created: March 15, 1936
Date: 1936-03-15
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Mr. James Roy Willis stands next to his wife, who sits on the arm of a chair. Together they hold a map.
This photograph may be associated with the article, “W.P.A. Worker Rated Millionaire by Oil Find: Swamp Land Many Believed Worth less gives Fortune to Family of Louisiana Doctor,” Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 1936: 1.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 3965 - James Roy Willis + wife (WPA job then get inheritance of swampland turned to oil land) Inherits Large Estate 3/14/36 [stamped:] Mar 19 1936
Handwritten on negative: Mr + Mrs James Roy Willis 3/11/36

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Willis, James Roy, Mrs.
Willis, James Roy, 1890-1966
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.088303
Latitude: -118.305303
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Inheritance & succession
Millionaires--California--Los Angeles
Maps
Spouses--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_12992
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hn3pm
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Rights Country: US
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