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"The Last Rose of Summer" float with a winged woodland elf in the Tournament of Roses Parade float, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
Voe Yoke portraying a winged woodland elf standing, in shiny costume with insect-style wings, on flower-covered float, possibly with floral sign "CLEARING" in the foreground. The float was entered by the Clearinghouse Association.
Date:
January 1, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
"The Last Rose of Summer" float with a winged woodland elf in the Tournament of Roses Parade float, Pasadena, 1927

Bird's-eye view towards the entrance to Santa Monica Canyon on the Pacific Coast Highway, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Bird's-eye view towards Santa Monica Canyon where Chautauqua Blvd. and West Channel Road end at Pacific Coast Highway on the coast, with the ocean and the Pacific Palisades cliffs beyond. The canyon area has buildings and open land and there are two houses on the beach. A sign at the top of the cliff reads: "This is Huntington Palisades." A sign on a building on West Channel Road reads: "Law's Pharmacy."
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Bird's-eye view towards the entrance to Santa Monica Canyon on the Pacific Coast Highway, Los Angeles, 1928

Asphalt trucks and workers on road under construction in Huntington Palisades, Pacific Palisades, 1929

Description:
View of road under construction in the Huntington Palisades area of Pacific Palisades. The curbs and sidewalks are complete. Three trucks with asphalt, two asphalt rollers and fifteen workers holding rakes and shovels are on the road as a man in a light colored suit and cap standing near a parked car observes. Signs on the asphalt trucks read: "...REX TEELE, INC.,...Santa Monica." Signs on the rollers read: "L.A. Paving Co. Incorporated, E. R. Werdin, Gen. Mgr." Eucalyptus trees are visible beyond
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Asphalt trucks and workers on road under construction in Huntington Palisades, Pacific Palisades, 1929

Coronation of the Fiesta Queen, copy print, Los Angeles, circa 1910-1920

Description:
Copy print photograph of the Fiesta de Los Angeles Queen at her coronation. The queen wears a paneled jacquard print dress with long gloves, necklace and tiara. Female ushers, wearing men's 17th century courtly attire, carry the train of her velvet cape. At left stands a man wearing a three-piece suit with a tall, stiff collar and narrow necktie. With exception of the females who follow her, only males are visible in the crowd. All are dressed like the man who greets the queen except for one police officer wearing a roll-collar coat with a button-down front, fabric trimmed cuffs, badge and hat with wreath-style emblem at center. Three buildings can be viewed in the background, one decorated with bunting draped over its window sills.
Date:
[circa 1910-1920]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Coronation of the Fiesta Queen, copy print, Los Angeles, circa 1910-1920

Pair of male and female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Description:
Photograph of a male ballet student, wearing silk pants and a patterned silk shirt with a ruffle at the neck and matching cap, supporting a female ballet student wearing a pancake tutu and pointe shoes. They stand on a carpeted floor with a curtain and potted plant in the background.
Date:
[circa 1951]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Pair of male and female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

California Bank, Brentwood office, Brentwood, [1957]

Description:
This building was designed by John Lindsay, as made evident by one of the signs on the building. John Lindsay was a southern California architect. Lindsay was associated with at least two the firms: Palmer, Krisel & Lindsay, A.I.A. for a brief time around 1952; and John C. Lindsay and Associates.
Date:
[circa 1951-1957]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
California Bank, Brentwood office, Brentwood, [1957]

California Bank, Brentwood office, Brentwood, [1957]

Description:
This image is of the California Bank Brentwood office under construction, which was designed by architect John Lindsay. Two signs can be seen, one reads "John C. Lindsay, A.I.A. and associates, architects and engineers, 827 moraga drive, l.a. 49 bel-air calif..." The other reads "Wohl-Calhoun Co. General Contractors". Another photo is this series shows the address as "11979 San Vincente Blvd". However, the address of the building appears to have changed and is now "11950 San Vincente Blvd".
Date:
[circa 1951-1957]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
California Bank, Brentwood office, Brentwood, [1957]

Mural behind bar, Hotel Playa de Ensenada, Ensenada, 1931

Description:
The Hotel Playa Ensenada opened on October 31, 1930. Later known as the Hotel Riviera del Pacifico, it was an elegant gambling casino developed by the North American Compañía Mexicana del Rosarito. The architect was Gordon E. Mayer. The hotel was closed and partly demolished in 1964. Partly rebuilt in 1978, the hotel was reopened as the Centro Social, Cívico y Cultural de Ensenada
Date:
1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Mural behind bar, Hotel Playa de Ensenada, Ensenada, 1931

View down Main Street during construction to widen the street, Santa Monica, 1930

Description:
View down Main Street during construction to widen the street. A woman in a white coat stands in the middle of the street watching road workers to the right next to a truck carrying gravel and another road working truck, and two men wearing suits converse in the right foreground. On the right is a circular road sign reading: "Lions International."
Date:
1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
View down Main Street during construction to widen the street, Santa Monica, 1930

Bird's-eye view of Marion Davies' house on Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, 1939

Description:
Photographs housed in this negative sleeve (labeled “P53-P56”) feature Marion Davies’ home. Two (P55 and P56) show the original rustic fence lining the path at Palisades Park. That fence was replaced around 1946. This photo was likely taken in 1939. See image ark nos. 21198/zz002d4zrr and 21198/zz002d4zpq.
Date:
1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Bird's-eye view of Marion Davies' house on Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, 1939

Bird's-eye view of Marion Davies' house on Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, 1939

Description:
Photographs housed in this negative sleeve (labeled “P53-P56”) feature Marion Davies’ home. Two (P55 and P56) show the original rustic fence lining the path at Palisades Park. That fence was replaced around 1946. This photo was likely taken in 1939. See image ark nos. 21198/zz002d4zrr and 21198/zz002d4zpq.
Date:
1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Bird's-eye view of Marion Davies' house on Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, 1939

Typewritten description of photographs of Los Angeles Plaza buildings, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Text reads, in part: Adelbert Bartlett, 535 15th Street, Santa Monica, California. Los Angeles, fifth city in the latest census, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary, has cataloged its historical landmarks ... the Plaza, old community center dating from the Spanish occupation ... the Church of Our Lady Queen of the Angels ... original Pico House (now the National Hotel) ... Olvera Street, the old Calle Olvera ... the oldest remaining adobe house in Los Angeles, the Avila home ... (See accompanying pictures)
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Typewritten description of photographs of Los Angeles Plaza buildings, Los Angeles, 1929

Mona Ohrtland, Santa Monica Players member, dressed as an Ouled Naïl girl, Santa Monica, circa 1940-1945

Description:
Mona Ohrtland, Santa Monica Players theater group member, dressed as a Berber Ouled Naïl girl. She wears a floral print veil over her head and torso and is seated on the floor handling strewn flowers in a puddle of water and holding a book with a small wooden cage next to her. She was photographed in the home of Adelbert Bartlett (535 15th Street).
Date:
[circa 1940-1945]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Mona Ohrtland, Santa Monica Players member, dressed as an Ouled Naïl girl, Santa Monica, circa 1940-1945

Los Angeles High School seniors in caps and gowns, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:
Group portrait with one male (probably the school’s principal) flanked by four female students. He is pictured passing out commencement tickets to the soon-to-be graduates. All wear graduation caps and gowns. Photographed on Los Angeles High School’s athletic field. The photograph was meant to be used in publicity for the school.
Date:
November 22, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Los Angeles High School seniors in caps and gowns, Los Angeles, 1939