Subject: Magnin, Edgar F. (Edgar Fogel), 1890-1984 / Subject: Rabbis--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: From left to right: film producer Louis B. Mayer, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, and Bishop Bertrand Stevens in the luncheon room at the Biltmore Hotel where 400 leading Californians had gathered to discuss the campaign to raise funds for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Mr. Mayer spoke at the meeting saying, "this battle is not for greed or power, but for human good without distinction of race or creed" and acknowledged the presence of Rabbi Magnin and Bishop Stevens (among others) as a sign that we live in a "land where men of different faiths combine to aid humanity"
Date:: December 12, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: From left to right: film producer Louis B. Mayer, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, and Bishop Bertrand Stevens in the luncheon room at the Biltmore Hotel where 400 leading Californians had gathered to discuss the campaign to raise funds for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Mr. Mayer spoke at the meeting saying, "this battle is not for greed or power, but for human good without distinction of race or creed" and acknowledged the presence of Rabbi Magnin and Bishop Stevens (among others) as a sign that we live in a "land where men of different faiths combine to aid humanity"
Date:: December 12, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Mayor Frank L. Shaw poses with Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, Red Cross nurse Vriginia Daniel, and D.C. McQuatters. Taken most likely at the Los Angeles County Red Cross Regional Conference where accident reduction and the establishment of first aid stations were discussed. From left to right, Mayor Shaw, D.C. McQuatters, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, Virginia Daniel, and an unidentified man.
Date:: [circa October 25, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Portrait of Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin in what appears to be his study. Books and papers are stacked on the desk and on shelves, and Hebrew letters are inscribed above the fireplace.
Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell, and Bishop William Bertrand Stevens sit together at an unknown event. Rabbi Magnin has a set of notes on the table in front of him.
Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Newton wears button on his lapel that reads, in part, "Advertising Club, H. Carlton Newton"
Date:: January 31, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: From left to right: Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin; Gladys Swarthout, opera singer; L. E. Behymer; Dr. Rufus von KleinSmid.
Date:: September 26, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph was probably taken at the time of the dedication of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple (formerly Congregation B'nai B'rith) at 3663 Wilshire Boulevard in June 1929. From left to right, Dr. David W. Edelman (president of the Congregation B'nai B'rith), Edgar F. Magnin (rabbi of Congregation B'nai B'rith), and Jack L. Warner (co-head of production at Warner Bros. Studios, who presented the Hugo Ballin murals that were dedicated to Sam and Milton Warner at the synagogue dedication). All three men are smiling and dressed in suits. They are standing in front of large glass pane doors. Reported in "DEDICATION SET FOR SYNAGOGUE: Magnificent Temple to Be Opened Tomorrow Organ Recital and Paintings Presentation Scheduled Elaborate Sunday Service Will Be Public," Los Angeles Times, 06 June 1929: A3.
Date:: June 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph is related to the article, "Honor Paid to Magnin," Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov 1935: A1.
Date:: November 6, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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