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Abstract painting of a person drinking from a stemmed glass by artist Mary Angela Davis, 1950-1965

Description:
In image ark no. 21198/zz002d454b, the artist holds a painting with a partially visible signature "Mary Angel..." and the negative sleeve bears the name "Angla Davis." The Los Angeles Times has 2 notices of an artist named Mary Angela Davis exhibiting: in a show called "Five Artists" at the Galleries Perreau Saussine, 7768 Santa Monica Blvd ("Art Events This Week," Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 1960: G8) and the Thora Gallery at 5504 S. Sepulveda in Culver City (Los Angeles Times 10 Mar. 1963: W2). Davis applied for Naturalization in Los Angeles on June 13, 1958 and listed as her address 11216 Barman Ave., Culver City.
Date:
[between 1950-1965]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Abstract painting of a person drinking from a stemmed glass by artist Mary Angela Davis, 1950-1965

Ada E. Bowers Memorial Fountain in the courtyard of the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, between 1936-1965

Description:
View of the Ada E. Bowers Memorial Fountain in the courtyard of the Bowers Museum, with a statue of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, discoverer of California, and bas-relief scenes behind the statue and along the base of the fountain. To the left of Cabrillo is a rocky formation from which water issues. Behind Cabrillo are 3 scenes including Cabrillo and companions facing Indians on the sea shore with a ship in the ocean in the distance, a mission church, and Indians in a wooden carat (carretta) drawn by oxen. At the base are 8 bas-relief scenes apparently depicting episodes from the mission era and later settlement by ranchers and farmers. A plaque in the center bears the text "Mrs. Bowers Memorial Fountain."
Date:
[between 1936-1965]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Ada E. Bowers Memorial Fountain in the courtyard of the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, between 1936-1965

"Apparition over Los Angeles," (1932), by Barse Miller

Description:
“Apparition over Los Angeles,” (1932) presents Sister Aimee McPherson, founder of the Four-Square Church in Echo Park, Los Angeles, nude in the sky flanked by her mother, also nude, and her husband, above angels, one in a high hat presiding over money-bag shaped clouds, with the Angelus Temple in Echo Park below. The painting is in a frame.
Date:
[between 1932-1960]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
"Apparition over Los Angeles," (1932), by Barse Miller

Barsha Bavetta with musicians, 1950-1965

Description:
Singer Barsha Bavetta standing with a young boy, a woman seated at a piano, and a group of young musicians. The group includes two young men holding guitars (one acoustic, one electric), a third young man holding a pair of bongos, and a young woman (possibly a singer). All four are dressed similarly, with white button-down shirts, "skinny ties" and dark pants or skirt.
Date:
[between 1950-1965]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Barsha Bavetta with musicians, 1950-1965

Betty Herrick [?] on beach, 1953-1964

Description:
Woman, likely Betty Herrick, standing on the shore of beach, wearing a white bathing suit, with arms raised. Bathing suit has flower and leaf appliqués at the waist and shoulder, with a single diagonal shoulder strap. Beach is most likely in southern California. Seaweed is visible on beach, cliffs and palm trees are visible in background.
Date:
[between 1953 and 1964]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Betty Herrick [?] on beach, 1953-1964

Betty Herrick [?] on beach, 1953-1964

Description:
Woman, likely Betty Herrick, standing on the shore of beach, wearing a white bathing suit, with arms raised. Bathing suit has flower and leaf appliqués at the waist and shoulder, with a single diagonal shoulder strap. Beach is most likely in southern California. Seaweed is visible on beach, cliffs and palm trees are visible in background.
Date:
[between 1953 and 1964]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Betty Herrick [?] on beach, 1953-1964

Betty Herrick [?] on beach with seashell, 1953-1964

Description:
Woman, likely Betty Herrick, sitting on a beach, wearing a white bathing suit, with an arm holding a large seashell to her ear. Bathing suit has flower and leaf appliqués at the shoulder and waist, with a single diagonal shoulder strap. Beach is most likely in southern California. Seaweed and driftwood are visible on beach; cliffs and palm trees are visible in background.
Date:
[between 1953 and 1964]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Betty Herrick [?] on beach with seashell, 1953-1964

Betty Herrick [?] on beach with seashell, 1953-1964

Description:
Woman, likely Betty Herrick, sitting on a beach, wearing a white bathing suit, with left arm holding a large seashell to her ear. Bathing suit has flower and leaf appliqué at the shoulder, with a single diagonal shoulder strap. Beach is most likely in southern California. Seaweed and driftwood are visible on beach; buildings, cliffs and palm trees are visible in background.
Date:
[between 1953 and 1964]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Betty Herrick [?] on beach with seashell, 1953-1964

Betty Herrick [?] on beach with seashell, 1953-1964

Description:
Woman, likely Betty Herrick, sitting on the shore of beach, wearing a white bathing suit, with arms holding a large seashell to her ear. Bathing suit has flower and leaf appliqués at the shoulder, with a single diagonal shoulder strap. Beach is most likely in southern California. Seaweed and driftwood are visible on beach, cliffs and palm trees are visible in background.
Date:
[between 1953 and 1964]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Betty Herrick [?] on beach with seashell, 1953-1964

Boy and girl drawing a picture 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
Boy and girl drawing a picture at the Children's Home Society, Los Angeles, 1935-1960

Boy and girl with a nurse 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
Boy and girl with a nurse at the Children's Home Society, Los Angeles, 1935-1960

Boy asleep in bed next to a toy drum 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
Boy asleep in bed next to a toy drum at the Children's Home Society, Los Angeles, 1935-1960