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F. E. Olds Military trumpet with a hammered finished bell, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

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.
Date:
[between 1933 to 1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
F. E. Olds Military trumpet with a hammered finished bell, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

Technician making a brass horn at the F. E. Olds and Son plant, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

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. Their address was 1914 Raymond Ave., Los Angeles, from about 1922 to 1956. The company was purchased by Chicago Musical Instruments after World War II, and went out of business in 1979.
Date:
[between 1933 to 1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Technician making a brass horn at the F. E. Olds and Son plant, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

Technician polishing a trumpet at the F. E. Olds and Son plant, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

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. Their address was 1914 Raymond Ave., Los Angeles, from about 1922 to 1956. The company was purchased by Chicago Musical Instruments after World War II, and went out of business in 1979.
Date:
[between 1933 to 1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Technician polishing a trumpet at the F. E. Olds and Son plant, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

F. E. Olds cornet, Los Angeles, 1933 to 1939

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. [
Date:
[between 1933 to 1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
F. E. Olds cornet, Los Angeles, 1933 to 1939

Technician holding tubing for a brass horn at the F. E. Olds and Son plant, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

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. Their address was 1914 Raymond Ave., Los Angeles, from about 1922 to 1956. The company was purchased by Chicago Musical Instruments after World War II, and went out of business in 1979.
Date:
[between 1933 to 1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Technician holding tubing for a brass horn at the F. E. Olds and Son plant, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

Technician engraving the bell of a brass horn at the F. E. Olds and Son plant, Los Angeles, between 1933-1939

Description:
Technician applying engraved decoration to the bell of a brass horn at the F. E. Olds and Son plant (probably a cornet, trumpet or trombone). About 50 gravers with wooden knob handles are on the work bench in front of him. The horn rests on two small stacked sand bags which are raised on a small pedestal. He wears a visor and a seersucker jacket.
Date:
[between 1933 to 1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Technician engraving the bell of a brass horn at the F. E. Olds and Son plant, Los Angeles, between 1933-1939

Lathe used for the production of brass horns at the F. E. Olds and Son plant, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

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. Their address was 1914 Raymond Ave., Los Angeles, from about 1922 to 1956. The company was purchased by Chicago Musical Instruments after World War II, and went out of business in 1979.
Date:
[between 1933 to 1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Lathe used for the production of brass horns at the F. E. Olds and Son plant, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

Technician engraving the bell of a brass horn at the F. E. Olds and Son plant, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

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. Their address was 1914 Raymond Ave., Los Angeles, from about 1922 to 1956. The company was purchased by Chicago Musical Instruments after World War II, and went out of business in 1979.
Date:
[between 1933 to 1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Technician engraving the bell of a brass horn at the F. E. Olds and Son plant, Los Angeles, 1933-1939