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Young woman and child at the Casa de Don Dolores Sepúlveda, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
The Casa de Don Dolores Sepúlveda was an adobe home an adobe home located near San Vicente Springs at South Bundy Drive and Nebraska Ave. José Dolores Sepúlveda, b. 1826-1905, was the son of Francisco Sepúlveda, holder of the original land grant for Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica. The home was once part of Rancho San Vicente.
Date:
December 20, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Young woman and child at the Casa de Don Dolores Sepúlveda, Los Angeles, 1940

Woman's Relief Corps tree dedication ceremony at the Sawtelle Veterans Home, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Members of the Woman's Relief Corps and additional participants at a tree dedication ceremony at the Sawtelle Veterans Home. A woman stands at the fore of the group holding a small box and an open program or leaflet. Six women wearing light-colored attire stand behind her, with five of the six women bearing flags over their right shoulders. Each woman wears a badge on her chest (some are Woman's Relief Corps badges with the characteristic Maltese cross attached to a ribbon and bar pin). The group is joined by several men and women. One man standing at far right holds a document with title, "Commemorative Tree Marker," followed by illegible text and an image of a rectangular plaque (inscription begins with "This Tree"). The photo was possibly taken on Veterans Day, November 11, 1938.
Date:
May 2, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Woman's Relief Corps tree dedication ceremony at the Sawtelle Veterans Home, Los Angeles, 1938

W. J. Roberts, Sam Longstreet, Cosette Longstreet, and John Ashby at the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
W. J. Roberts, Sam Longstreet, Cosette Longstreet, and John Ashby at the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park. Mr. and Mrs. Longstreet are seen in profile at the center of the photo. He holds his hands in front of himself. She wears a tall, white. The three men at the front wear hats and three piece suits. Mr. Roberts wears a ribbon on his lapel. There are other people in the background, as well as trees.
Date:
February 24, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
W. J. Roberts, Sam Longstreet, Cosette Longstreet, and John Ashby at the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, 1940

Wayne West, Maud Foreman West, H. H. West Jr., and Mertie West pose together, Los Angeles, 1941

Description:
Wayne West, Maud Foreman West, H. H. West Jr., and Mertie West pose together. H. H. West Jr. holds what may be a blanket along with a bag that is slung over his shoulder. He wears a military hat and jacket. Wayne West has a hand his hand in the pocket of his jacket. There are cars parked behind them and houses and trees across the street.
Date:
October 1941
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Wayne West, Maud Foreman West, H. H. West Jr., and Mertie West pose together, Los Angeles, 1941

Watch in a glass case at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1928-1938

Description:
Brock & Company Jewelers was the most important jewelry and giftware store in Los Angeles. Founded by George A. Brock in 1903, it was sold in 1964 and the business ended s few years later. It was located at 515 West Seventh St. and had a 2nd location at the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel.
Date:
[between 1928-1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Watch in a glass case at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1928-1938

View toward lighthouse building from Palisades cliffs above Will Rogers Beach, Los Angeles, 1940-1946

Description:
This image appears to pre-date a photograph of Caroline Bartlett taken on this spot in 1946. The image of Bartlett shows an additional structure (possibly a lifeguard tower) on the landing next to the lighthouse. The lighthouse tower has also gained an additional sign advertising "Seafood" next to "Swimsuits." (See image ark no. 21198/zz002d86c7)
Date:
[between 1940-1946]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
View toward lighthouse building from Palisades cliffs above Will Rogers Beach, Los Angeles, 1940-1946

View toward lighthouse building from Palisades cliffs above Will Rogers Beach, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:
One of a series of photographs labeled 2890 P 1-5. All were shot from the same cliff toward the lighthouse building. Images labeled “2890 P 1-3” look to be from the 1930s. The building displays minimal signage and 1930s era automobiles are in view. Images labeled “2890 P 4-5” include 1940s era cars, while the building itself has accumulated more signage and is most similar to an additional photograph (No. 2902) of Caroline Bartlett taken at the same location, dated 1946.
Date:
[1930s]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
View toward lighthouse building from Palisades cliffs above Will Rogers Beach, Los Angeles, 1930s

View toward lighthouse building from Palisades cliffs above Will Rogers Beach, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:
One of a series of photographs labeled 2890 P 1-5. All were shot from the same cliff toward the lighthouse building. Images labeled “2890 P 1-3” look to be from the 1930s. The building displays minimal signage and 1930s era automobiles are in view. Images labeled “2890 P 4-5” include 1940s era cars, while the building itself has accumulated more signage and is most similar to an additional photograph (No. 2902) of Caroline Bartlett taken at the same location, dated 1946.
Date:
[1930s]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
View toward lighthouse building from Palisades cliffs above Will Rogers Beach, Los Angeles, 1930s

View of the Pacific Ocean through eucalyptus trees, Huntington Palisades, Pacific Palisades, 1940-1946

Description:
Photograph is one of a succession of photos labeled 2890 P 4-9. The estimated creation date for photographs labeled P 4 and P 5 is 1940-1946, based on the date of a third image taken at the same location (see image ark nos. 21198/zz002d4xkp, 21198/zz002d4xm6, and 21198/zz002d86c7).
Date:
[between 1940-1946]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
View of the Pacific Ocean through eucalyptus trees, Huntington Palisades, Pacific Palisades, 1940-1946

View of the Pacific Ocean from a residence, Huntington Palisades, Pacific Palisades, 1940-1946

Description:
View of the Pacific Ocean from a residence seen at left. The brick structure is surrounded by trees and shrubbery. A eucalyptus tree stands at right. The property was probably located on the bluffs above Santa Monica Canyon, in the Huntington Palisades neighborhood.
Date:
[between 1940-1946]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
View of the Pacific Ocean from a residence, Huntington Palisades, Pacific Palisades, 1940-1946

Vase of flowers, cards, and a mug that reads "Mother" on the West's dining room table, Los Angeles, 1943

Description:
Vase of flowers, cards, and a mug that reads "Mother" on the West's dining room table. There are three chairs set around the table. There is a cabinet at the left topped with a painting, a duck, and other objects. There are magazines piled at the bottom of the cabinet and two chairs next to it. At the right, there is a sideboard with candlesticks and other objects on top and a mirror hanging above it. A curtain hangs in the doorway at the back.
Date:
May 8, 1943
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Vase of flowers, cards, and a mug that reads "Mother" on the West's dining room table, Los Angeles, 1943

Vase of flowers, cards, and a mug that reads "Mother" on the West's dining room table, Los Angeles, 1943

Description:
Vase of flowers, cards, and a mug that reads "Mother" on the West's dining room table. There are three chairs set around the table. There is a cabinet at the left topped with a painting, a duck, and other objects. There are magazines piled at the bottom of the cabinet and two chairs next to it. At the right, there is a sideboard with candlesticks and other objects on top and a mirror hanging above it. A curtain hangs in the doorway at the back.
Date:
May 8, 1943
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Vase of flowers, cards, and a mug that reads "Mother" on the West's dining room table, Los Angeles, 1943

University High School adult education graduation, Los Angeles, 1965

Description:
Photograph of a University High School commencement ceremony. Adult-aged graduates wearing caps and gowns, a number of women wearing nurses uniforms, and men and women in business attire are viewed on stage. Graduates from the back row are lined up and waiting to be called. At right, a woman is greeted by a male in cap and gown (probably the school principal). The commencement was likely held in the school's auditorium.
Date:
1965
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
University High School adult education graduation, Los Angeles, 1965

University High School adult education graduation, Los Angeles, 1965

Description:
Photograph of a University High School commencement ceremony. Adult-aged graduates wearing caps and gowns, a number of women wearing nurses uniforms, and men and women in business attire are seated on stage. They are listening to a male speaker who stands at a podium and addresses the audience (the first few rows are seen at foreground). The commencement was likely held in the school's auditorium.
Date:
1965
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
University High School adult education graduation, Los Angeles, 1965

University High School adult education graduation, Los Angeles, 1965

Description:
Photograph of a University High School commencement ceremony. Adult-aged graduates wearing caps and gowns, a number of women wearing nurses uniforms, and men and women in business attire stand on stage. Several rows of audience members are viewed at foreground, along with a photographer (at center) and an organ player (at left). The commencement was likely held in the school's auditorium.
Date:
1965
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
University High School adult education graduation, Los Angeles, 1965

Two boys playing with a "Tidy Tim" wind-up toy at the Children's Home Society, Los Angeles, 1935-1960

Description:
The tin toy, by Marx, is "Tidy Tim," identified by the inscription on trash bin, which also includes the inscriptions "D.S.C" and "Keep your City Spick & Span Says Tidy Tim the Clean-up Man" (seen online). Online examples of this toy are dated from 1933 into the 1950's.
Date:
[between 1935-1960]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Two boys playing with a "Tidy Tim" wind-up toy at the Children's Home Society, Los Angeles, 1935-1960

Two boys planting flower seeds at the Children's Home Society, Los Angeles, 1935-1960

Description:
The Children's Home Society of California is a non-profit child welfare agency founded in 1891. It became the first licensed child placement agency in California in 1911. It was located at 919 E. 25th St. from the 1920's up to 1942, when the organization moved to the Ozro W. Childs mansion at 3100 W. Adams Blvd. where it remained until 1977.
Date:
[between 1935-1960]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Two boys planting flower seeds at the Children's Home Society, Los Angeles, 1935-1960

Two boys making sandwiches at the Children's Home Society, Los Angeles, 1935-1960

Description:
Photograph of 2 boys seated at a table making sandwiches at the Children's Home Society. The boy on the left is opening a jar with a home-made label reading "Jam." The boy on the right holds a slice of bread lifted from a stack of bread slices on a plate on the table in front of him next to a loaf of bread and a knife. The label on the loaf of bread reads "Honey Kurl Wheat Bread," and the top of the jam jar is labeled "Kraft..."
Date:
[between 1935-1960]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Two boys making sandwiches at the Children's Home Society, Los Angeles, 1935-1960

“Traviata” production with dancers performing, Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles, 1951

Description:
Dancers dressed as Gypsies perform for party guests in a Los Angeles Civic Grand Opera production of “La Traviata,” Act 2, Scene 2. Cast members, wearing gowns and coattails, watch as the dancers perform center stage. The setting is a room in a Parisian home. The set’s design and props reflect an opulent space, including decorative wall treatments, a curtained window, upholstered chairs and settee, and a chandelier hanging above the center space. View from orchestra pit.
Date:
September 15, 1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
“Traviata” production with dancers performing, Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles, 1951

“Traviata” production with dancers performing, Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles, 1951

Description:
Dancers dressed as Gypsies perform for party guests in a Los Angeles Civic Grand Opera production of “La Traviata,” Act 2, Scene 2. Cast members, wearing gowns and coattails, watch as the dancers perform center stage. The setting is a room in a Parisian home. The set’s design and props reflect an opulent space, including decorative wall treatments, a curtained window, upholstered chairs and settee, and a chandelier hanging above the center space. View from orchestra pit.
Date:
September 15, 1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
“Traviata” production with dancers performing, Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles, 1951

Travel flask set and travel diary at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
Brock & Company Jewelers was the most important jewelry and giftware store in Los Angeles. Founded by George A. Brock in 1903, it was sold in 1964 and the business ended s few years later. It was located at 515 West Seventh St. and had a 2nd location at the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel.
Date:
1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Travel flask set and travel diary at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1930

Tract of land photograhed for architect John C. Lindsay, Los Angeles, 1953

Description:
Tract of land photographed for architect John C. Lindsay. The tract, seen from the street, is a field with trees behind a post fence, with houses just visible beyond. The negative sleeve annotation suggests it may be on Riverside Drive in the San Fernando Valley or Happy Valley, a neighborhood in the eastside of Los Angeles near Montecito Heights.
Date:
March 6, 1953
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Tract of land photograhed for architect John C. Lindsay, Los Angeles, 1953

Tract of land photograhed for architect John C. Lindsay, Los Angeles, 1953

Description:
Tract of land photographed for architect John C. Lindsay. The tract, seen from the street, is a field with a grove of trees behind a post fence. A man opens the trunk of automobile parked on the street. The negative sleeve annotation suggests it may be on Riverside Drive in the San Fernando Valley or Happy Valley, a neighborhood in the eastside of Los Angeles near Montecito Heights.
Date:
March 6, 1953
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Tract of land photograhed for architect John C. Lindsay, Los Angeles, 1953

Tract of land photograhed for architect John C. Lindsay, Los Angeles, 1953

Description:
Tract of land photographed for architect John C. Lindsay. The location is an intersection apparently in front of the tract. Behind is a garage and house and a hill beyond.The negative sleeve annotation suggests it may be on Riverside Drive in the San Fernando Valley or Happy Valley, a neighborhood in the eastside of Los Angeles near Montecito Heights.
Date:
March 6, 1953
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Tract of land photograhed for architect John C. Lindsay, Los Angeles, 1953

Tract of land photograhed for architect John C. Lindsay, Los Angeles, 1953

Description:
Tract of land photographed for architect John C. Lindsay. The tract, seen from the street, is a field with trees behind a post fence, with houses beyond. The negative sleeve annotation suggests it may be on Riverside Drive in the San Fernando Valley or Happy Valley, a neighborhood in the eastside of Los Angeles near Montecito Heights.
Date:
March 6, 1953
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Tract of land photograhed for architect John C. Lindsay, Los Angeles, 1953

Tract of land photograhed for architect John C. Lindsay, Los Angeles, 1953

Description:
Tract of land photographed for architect John C. Lindsay. The tract is a field with trees on a hill, with houses in the middle ground. The negative sleeve annotation suggests it may be on Riverside Drive in the San Fernando Valley or Happy Valley, a neighborhood in the eastside of Los Angeles near Montecito Heights.
Date:
March 6, 1953
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Tract of land photograhed for architect John C. Lindsay, Los Angeles, 1953

Tract of land photograhed for architect John C. Lindsay, Los Angeles, 1953

Description:
Tract of land photographed for architect John C. Lindsay. The tract, seen from the street, is a field with trees behind a post fence. The negative sleeve annotation suggests it may be on Riverside Drive in the San Fernando Valley or Happy Valley, a neighborhood in the eastside of Los Angeles near Montecito Heights.
Date:
March 6, 1953
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Tract of land photograhed for architect John C. Lindsay, Los Angeles, 1953

Tract of land photograhed for architect John C. Lindsay, Los Angeles, 1953

Description:
Tract of land photographed for architect John C. Lindsay. The tract, seen from the street, is a field with trees behind a post fence, with houses beyond. Three boys are on the sidewalk and a blurred automobile enters the image from the left. The negative sleeve annotation suggests it may be on Riverside Drive in the San Fernando Valley or Happy Valley, a neighborhood in the eastside of Los Angeles near Montecito Heights.
Date:
March 6, 1953
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Tract of land photograhed for architect John C. Lindsay, Los Angeles, 1953

Teresa Kirbe, actress, [rephotographed], Los Angeles

Description:
This image appears to be a rephotograph of a print of Teresa Kirbe. Teresa Kirbe was an actress who played the Queen of Paflagonia, in the opera "The Rose and the Ring", as mentioned by the February 25, 1957 articles in the Los Angeles Examiner, the Los Angeles Herald and Express, and the San Diego Tribune. She wears pearl earrings, a pearl necklace, a scoop neck and a swept up hairdo.
Date:
[1950s]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Teresa Kirbe, actress, [rephotographed], Los Angeles