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Interior view of The Bachelors haberdashery designed by Julius Ralph Davidson, Los Angeles, circa 1929

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
Interior view of The Bachelors haberdashery designed by Julius Ralph Davidson, Los Angeles, circa 1929

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

Interior view of The Bachelors haberdashery designed by Julius Ralph Davidson, Los Angeles, circa 1929

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
Interior view of The Bachelors haberdashery designed by Julius Ralph Davidson, Los Angeles, circa 1929

Early watercolor version of "Apparition over Los Angeles," (painted in 1931), by Barse Miller, 1931-1939

Description:
“Apparition over Los Angeles,” (1932) presents Sister Aimee McPherson, founder of the Four-Square Church in Echo Park, Los Angeles, in the sky flanked by her mother, also nude, and her husband, above angels wearing high hats, with the Angelus Temple in Echo Park below.
Date:
[between 1931-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Early watercolor version of "Apparition over Los Angeles," (painted in 1931), by Barse Miller, 1931-1939

Stanley Reckless seated in the studio of his Silver Lake home, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

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
Stanley Reckless seated in the studio of his Silver Lake home, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

Stanley Reckless seated in the studio of his Silver Lake home, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

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
Stanley Reckless seated in the studio of his Silver Lake home, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

"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