Genre: black-and-white photographs / Location: California--Los Angeles / Collection: Connell (Will) Papers - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Overhead view of The Bachelors haberdashery from the back of the shop, designed by Julius Ralph Davidson in an art deco style "featuring panels of Makassar ebony set into aluminum frames, brown and tan carpeting laid in strips..." (Christopher Long, "The Rise of California Modern Design, 1930-41." in ed. Wendy Kaplan, California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way (2012), 65.
Date:: [cira 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

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

Description:: Detail view of art deco cabinet with wood paneling and aluminum strips in The Bachelors haberdashery, designed by Julius Ralph Davidson. Men's brief cases and satchels are on top of the cabinet and a cactus (?) in a pot stands next to the cabinet, in front of venetian blinds functioning as a room divider. The carpeting is composed of brown and tan strips.
Date:: [circa 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Two wedding ring sets and one diamond brooch at Brock & Company jewelry and gift store.
Date:: 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Stanley Reckless was born Stanley Zbytniewski. In 1913 he enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), studied under Daniel Garber. In 1915, 1916 he was awarded 2 Cresson Traveling Scholarships, and traveled to Paris, enrolling briefly at the Academie Julian. In 1920 he moved to Lumberville, Pennsylvania and started exhibiting at PAFA, the National Academy of Design, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. In 1924 he settled in New Hope, Pennsylvania, where he painted the landscape and shared a studio with Charles Hargens. In 1930 he moved to California where he painted portraits of members of the film industry. He co-founded the Art Center School in Los Angeles.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Photograph of artist Stanley Reckless seated on a bench on a balcony of his home overlooking Silver Lake. He holds a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other. He is dressed in light colored trousers, a white shirt and light colored tie.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Photographic portrait of artist Stanley Reckless seated in his studio wearing light-colored trousers, a white shirt and light-colored tie, and holding a drink and a cigarette. Visible behind him are 3 paintings on the wall, and the backs of 2 paintings leaning against the wall.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Photograph of Stanley Reckless drawing in his studio as he stands at a table in front of a window. A small painting of a man is on the wall.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Raymond Griffith was one of the great silent movie comedians. Bertha Mann was a stage actress who appeared in at least one silent film.
Date:: 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

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