Genre: black-and-white photographs and acetate film / Language: English / Location: California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Sketch of an advertisement layout of gift photographic images for the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store with roughly sketched illustrations in labeled rectangular compartments. The top banner reads" Gifts for the Ho[...]. The lower banner reads: Brock's [...]. Label captions include: Boys, Watches, Bracelets, Cigarette Cases, Charms, Jade, Clips, Clocks, and Rings.
Date:: [between 1928-1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Vintage advertisements posted online for Mission Dry Sparkling beverages showing these bottle labels date to 1930 and identify the California Crushed Fruit Corporation as the manufacturer.
Date:: [circa 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Downward view towards bottles of Mission Dry Sparkling carbonated beverage arranged on diamonds in a grid formation with the brand logotype overlaid. Flavors indicated on the bottle tops include lemon, orange and grapefruit. The diamonds appear to be created by cast shadows. [
Date:: [circa 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Advertisement photograph with 2 identical signs reading "8 A Day" on a table with a glass of Arrowhead Spring Water.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Exterior view of the Ward Refrigerator and Manufacturing Company where H. H. West's son, H. H. West, Jr. worked for a period of time. A sign reads "Refrigerator Co. Manufacturers."
Date:: August 11, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: F. E. Olds was a manufacturer of musical instruments founded by Frank Ellsworth Olds in Los Angeles, in the early 1900s. The company made brass instruments, especially trombones, cornets, and trumpets. Olds was joined by his son Reginald Birdsall (R.B.) Olds in 1920. The company was purchased by Chicago Musical Instruments after World War II, and went out of business in 1979.
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Mrs. Lee Banning Morris worked in advertising at Los Angeles Advertising Women, Inc. She also volunteered at several L.A. County hospitals, including the V.A. hospital. She helped to recruit Liberace to perform at these hospitals for patients. Don Shaw was a musician who played in different bands in the Los Angeles area, including "The Don Shaw Trio," and "Don Shaw and The Ranch Hands."
Date:: December 29, 1952
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Verdi’s “La Traviata,” produced by Francesco (Frank) Pace, was performed at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, September 15, 1951. Several notices were published in the Los Angeles Times. A critique appeared in the article, “’La Traviata’ Staged on Verdi Anniversary,” 17 Sep. 1951: B8.
Date:: September 15, 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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