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Luncheon given in honor of La Argentina, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
Guests at a luncheon given in honor of the dancer La Argentina (also known as Antonia Mercé y Luque). Seated, from left: Ruth Eleanor Howard (founder of The American Dancer magazine), Lettie Niese and Henry C. Niese (Argentine Consul), La Argentina, and L. E. Behymer (music and theatrical manager). Standing, from left: Maurice Kusell (dancer and actor), Thomas M. Shelby, Alisa Ryan, Arnold Meckel (manager for La Argentina), and Norma Gould (dancer, choreographer and dance educator). The event was sponsored by the Dancing Teachers’ Business Association and the Dancers’ Protective League of Southern California, at the Jonathan Club. Reported, with a photo of La Argentina, in “TERPSICHOREAN QUEEN URGES NATIONAL DANCE,” Los Angeles Times, 01 Mar. 1932: A2.
Date:
February 29, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Luncheon given in honor of La Argentina, Los Angeles, 1932

Symphonic Band of the Royal Belgian Guards at City Hall, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
The Symphonic Band of the Royal Belgian Guards (now known as the Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides) on the steps of the City Hall on the day that they arrived in Los Angeles for a tour of Southern California. The group includes the band leader, Arthur Prévost (front row, 2nd from right); Andre Rouseyrol, a tenor from Belgium who resided in Los Angeles (2nd row, left); behind Rouseyrol, L. E. Behymer, who managed the band during their tour (on the 3rd step up, on the left, in a white dress shirt and tie), and Geroge D. Lyon, American Legion member (on the 3rd step 2nd from left, in a cap and white cress shirt and tie). Their arrival is reported in "WAR'S DEAD GET TRIBUTE OF BELGIANS: Leader of Royal Guards Band Places Wreath at Base of Monument," Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 1929: A2.
Date:
April 26, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Symphonic Band of the Royal Belgian Guards at City Hall, Los Angeles, 1929

Joseph Tomes, Betty Stewart, Jean Burt, Helen Carson, and Patrick McGeehan dressed in costume to celebrate Constitution Day, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
This photograph appears with the article, “Hoover Upholds Human Rights; City Celebrates Constitution: PAGEANTRY MARKS FETES School Children Hail Document Scouts Take 100,000 Copies of Guarantee to Homes; Clubs Hear Warnings Americans of Future Honor Historic Document in Ceremonies at Schools PATRIOTISM RULES CITY Constitution Day Observed Schools, Civic Clubs and Legion Posts Celebrate Birth of Rights,” Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 1935: 1.
Date:
September 18, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Joseph Tomes, Betty Stewart, Jean Burt, Helen Carson, and Patrick McGeehan dressed in costume to celebrate Constitution Day, Los Angeles, 1935

Credit men posing for a picture, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:
David Weir was the assistant manager of the National Association of Credit Men. A. A. Normandin was head of the of the Los Angeles Credit Men's Association, while Ernest I. Kilcup was head of the National Association of Credit Men. Henry H. Heimann also held the position of executive director of the National Association. J. M. Rust represented the Union Oil Company.
Date:
1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Credit men posing for a picture, Los Angeles, 1933

Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and Bill Jenkins sit atop bicycles and pose with fellow Wheelmen during a meeting, Los Angeles vicinity, 1938

Description:
A similar photograph of the same Wheelsmen’s organization meeting appears in a photospread titled, “Italy Pours 20,000 Emigrants From 15 Liners Into African Colony, Libya,” and captioned, “Old-Time Cyclists To Hold Annual Dinner Meet Bill Jenkins, left, Tracy Q. Hall and Sheriff Gene Biscailuz, members of Wheelmen’s organization, stand beside one of the vehicles which they rode over Southland roads in past century, as they talk over the plans for the annual dinner to be held Saturday night. Times photo,” Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 1938: 22
Date:
November 14, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Arnott, Andrew Hugh, 1905-1985
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and Bill Jenkins sit atop bicycles and pose with fellow Wheelmen during a meeting, Los Angeles vicinity, 1938