Landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell's wife, Ruth Iva, sitting on the ground outside with their twenty-six-month-old daughter, Rosita Dee. Text on the negative says "M.A.C." indicating that Ralph D. Cornell's mother, Maude Cornell, is the adult in the photo. However, it really appears to be Ruth Iva Cornell.
Three photographs: a bird of paradise plant; one of baby Rosita Dee Cornell (daughter of landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell); baby Rosita Cornell held by her grandmother, Maude Cornell
Two pictures of a woman named "Robie" holding baby Rosita Dee Cornell, daughter of landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell. Rumpus is Rosita Dee's nickname. Text on nitrate negative sleeve seems to identify Robie as Ruth, but the woman pictured in the photograph is definitely not Ralph D. Cornell's wife Ruth Iva.
Bust-length double portrait of actress June Marlowe, wearing a dark dress with a lace collar, and Peggy Hamilton, wearing a light silk dress and matching silk headband.
Arthur Goebel was a pilot who worked as a barnstormer and also as a stunt flyer for the movie industry during the 1920's and 1930's . In 1927 he won the Dole Pineapple Company air race from Oakland, CA to Honolulu, HI. In 1928 he won the first transcontinental non-stop air race from New York, NY to Los Angeles, CA.
Adrian (Adolph Greenberg), an American costume designer during the 1930s and 1940s, designed costumes for over 250 films. In the 1940's he became a fashion designer as well.
Peggy Hamilton entertains Clara Schofield, wife of Admiral Frank H. Schofield, of the Pacific Fleet, at the Warner Bros Studio. This photograph was taken during the filming of a scene by John Barrymore in the movie "Svengali."
Peggy Hamilton standing at the bottom of a grand spiral staircase with a man (probably the designer Adrian). Hamilton is wearing a regal evening gown with empire lines in ivory satin embroidered with pearls and rhinestones, with puffed sleeves and a flared stand-up collar of Alençon lace. Her red velvet train, 15 yards in length, flowing down the staircase and spilling onto the floor below, is decorated with large flowers created from gold metallic ribbon and has an ermine border. Her crown is ornamented with diamonds and pearls. Her escort is wearing a double-breasted suit with a white handkerchief in the jacket pocket and a white shirt and tie.
Paul Rotha and Margaret Rotha standing next to a stone wall in Baghdad during the filming of "Contact." Paul Rotha leans against the wall with one hand and Margaret Rotha holds a book. At their feet a wooden box holds produce and three wisk brooms and there is more produce beside it on the stone pavement.
Two double portraits of Rosita Dee Cornell, landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell's 4-year-old daughter, sitting on a stool next to Gloria Weil. There is also a baby doll in one of the portraits.
Double portrait of Rosita Dee Cornell, landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell's 4-year-old daughter holding a teddy bear with Gloria Weil. Portrait of Rosita curtsying for the camera.
Engineer Joseph L. Wosser (left) and Captain Allen A. Sawyer (right), wearing maritime uniforms and each holding a maritime instrument, on board the S. S. Calawaii, a passenger steamship that travelled between Los Angeles and Hawaii
Portrait painter Josef Sigall with his wife Marie Sigall. Josef wears a double-breasted suit with a vest and Marie wears a felt hat and a coat with a fur collar and fur cuffs.