Western Union messenger, Gerry Cooke, feeds pigeons in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1938

Item Overview

Title

Western Union messenger, Gerry Cooke, feeds pigeons in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1938

Photographer

Jakobsen, Robert Anders, 1915-1970

Date Created

[circa December, 1938]

Date

1938-12

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

A similar photograph of the same messenger in Pershing Square appears in the photospread, “’Call a Messenger!,’” Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1938: F8
Gerry Cooke, a Western Union messenger, crouches down at right in Pershing Square. He appears to feed pigeons at left. About a dozen or so pigeons gather around some seed that lies on the ground at center. In the near distance, a long row of benches passes across the image. A few people sit on the benches facing away from camera and a few stand nearby and look towards Gerry Cooke. Downtown buildings rise in the distance.
A photograph of the same event is captioned, "’Send messenger No. 61 Gerry Cooke, to Pershing Square-- feed pigeons 2:30 p.m. daily until further notice.,’" Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1938: F8

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Western Union Telegraph Company
Cooke, Gerry

Location

Downtown (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Messengers--California--Los Angeles
Animal feeding--California--Los Angeles
Pigeons--California
Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.)