Potentates Leonard P. Steuart and Hugh M. Caldwell in a Biltmore hotel suite, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Potentates Leonard P. Steuart and Hugh M. Caldwell in a Biltmore hotel suite, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

January 6, 1936

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Shrine Head Visits Here," Los Angeles Times, 06 Jan 1936: 2.
Mr. Steuart holds the transmitter of the telephone to his face and the receiver to his ear while Mr. Caldwell wraps an arm around the man's shoulder while also holding a newspaper.
Potentate Leonard P. Steuart of Washington, D.C. have been taking part in a Shrine-survey tour since Christmas Day across the nation - together, he and Deputy Imperial Potentate Hugh M. Caldwell of Seattle discuss upcoming events involving Shriners' conventions, luncheons and banquets.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Pictured in their Biltmore suite during their Los Angeles visit, Hugh Caldwell, left, Seattle, Deputy Imperial Potentate of the Shrine, and Leonard P. Steuart, Washington (D. C.) Imperial Potentate, are discussing convention plans with local nobles.
Handwritten on negative: Leonard P. Steuart Hugh M. Caldwell
Text from negative sleeve: 4337 - Hugh M. Caldwell Leonard P. Steuart Potentates [stamped:] Jan 7 1936

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Fraternal Organizations--California--Los Angeles
Telephones

Names

Caldwell, Hugh M. (Hugh Milton), 1881-1955
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America
Steuart, Leonard P., b. 1879 or 1880

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.049813

Latitude

-118.253938

Resource type

still image