B. G. Adams and Dr. Emanuel Lasker play chess as other watch at the L.A.A.C., Los Angeles, 1926

Item Overview

Title

B. G. Adams and Dr. Emanuel Lasker play chess as other watch at the L.A.A.C., Los Angeles, 1926

Date Created

[March 1926]

Date

1926-03

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

The L.A.A.C. (Los Angeles Athletic Club) was an chess club active in the 1920s and 1930s.
This photograph appears with the Colums, "Expert Chess-Player Here," Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 1926: G13

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Floods, Montrose [negative is misfiled]
G. S. G. Peterson, Clarence Webber, Dr. Emanuel Lasker
Text from newspaper caption: D. Emanuel Lasker, expert chess player, was here last week, and demonstrated his skill before several of the "rook hounds" of the city. In the group, from left to right, are B. G. Adams, of the L.A.A.C.; John Dougherty, chess and checker editor of The Times; G. S. G. Patterson, chess editor of the Mercury; Clarence Webber of the L.A.A.C., and Dr. Lasker, who is regarded as one of the world's best chess players.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Patterson, G. S. G.
Webber, Clarence
Adams, B. G.
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Lasker, Emanuel, 1868-1941
Dougherty, John, 1875-1932

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Chess