Genre: news photographs / Names: Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

John Cavanagh arrives at the Biltmore Hotel by a horse drawn coach, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: The door of the coach says in English: “Desmond’s, Dobbs, Fifth Avenue”.
Date:: October 8, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Robert G. Sproul and George E. Montgomery at a Rotary Club luncheon, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Probably connected to Los Angeles Times article, June 9, 1934, Sproul Raps Communism, Rotarians Hear U.C. Head, Says Reds Will Never Be Tolerated in California or United States, Painting of Universities as Hot Beds of Radicalism Decried by Speaker. Communism was attacked yesterday by Dr. Robert Gordon Sproul, president of the University of California, in an address at a Los Angeles Rotary Club luncheon in the Biltmore … George E. Montgomery, president of the local Rotary Club, presided.
Date:: June 8, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

President of United States Junior Chamber of Commerce E. R. West delivers speech, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: E. R. West delivers a speech form a podium at the Biltmore. Seated next to him is Dr. A. H. Giannini.
Date:: [circa June 12, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Eleanor Roosevelt leaving the Biltmore with Mayris Chaney and Malvina Thompson, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt leaving the Biltmore Hotel in a brocaded crepe de chine dress and mercurial hat with secretaries Mayris Chaney (later Martin) and Malvina Thompson following. Mrs. Roosevelt had gone to the Biltmore at 7:30 am to freshen up after the train trip to Los Angeles, before beginning her day of public events.
Date:: October 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Governor Robert LeRoy Cochran talks about the future of Nebraska, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Spend Less, Way to Sanity, Says Nebraska Governor," Los Angeles Times, 08 Jan 1939: 9.
Date:: January 18, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Einar Nilson, composer, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: With his shadow stretching along the wall behind him, Einar Nilson raises his arms in conducting a symphony that is not captured by the camera's lens.
Date:: July 28, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Pianists Mildred Titcomb Rains and Madelaine Forthmann in recital, Biltmore Hotel ballroom, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Probably related to Los Angeles Times article, May 10, 1936, "Beau Peep Whispers." … Junior League Musicale … Last Wednesday’s Junior League musicale in the quiet dignity of the Biltmore Ballroom … Madelaine Forthmann, looking blondely lovely in white chiffon, played Beethoven and Bach with exceptional skill, while Mildred (Mrs. William) Rains, in an Alice blue gown, was masterful in her contrasts of Chopin’s gay and somber moods. We thought the program rose to a new high in the talented two-piano playing of Rachmaninoff …
Date:: May 6, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Junior Chamber of Commerce members at a meeting probably at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: E. Richard West, president of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, speaks at a meeting. Judge Clarence L. Kincaid is seated 3rd from the left (behind another man) and Leroy D. Owen is seated at the foreground table (2nd from left).
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nelson Saunders and Dr. A. H. Giannini at Junior Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "Reds Scored By Giannini," Los Angeles Times, 13 Jun 1935: A1.
Date:: [circa June 12, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

C. L. Glenn, Judge Arthur Keetch, Cornelia G. Stevenson, Millson Downs, and J. Roy McClay welcome the Camp Fire Girls to the Co-operative club of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:: The Co-operative Club of Los Angeles has gained 1800 new members through their adoption of the Camp Fire Girl groups throughout the city at a ceremony at the Biltmore.
Date:: December 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

J. A. H. Kerr and J. Reuben Clark Jr. at luncheon to discuss financial agreements, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Reuben Clark Jr. standing next to J. A. H. Kerr (left) and Joe Crider at a Biltmore luncheon. They met to discuss debt payments by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Date:: June 6, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

P. G. Winnett, John F. Craig, Hubert M. Walker, and James H. Burke attend a State Chamber of Commerce meeting, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: The new officers of the State Chamber of Commerce.
Date:: May 25, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

George Horace Lorimer visits Los Angeles with his family, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Similar photograph appears with the article, "Lorimer on Visit to City," Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb 1928: A1.
Date:: February 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Yarnell at the Second Annual Navy Ball, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: Rear-Admiral Harry E. Yarnell and his wife Emily C. Yarnell at the Second Annual Navy Ball held in the Sala d'Ora room at the Biltmore on March 29, 1932.
Date:: March 29, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Einar Nilson, composer and company, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Composer-conductor Einar Nilson will arrange the full Shakespeare play with music composed by Mendelssohn with the number of performances depending on the place chosen for the performance.
Date:: July 28, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Addison B. Day, President of Los Angeles Gas and Electric, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Addison B. Day sitting at a table towards middle next to a woman, during a banquet at the Biltmore Hotel.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Pershing Square and surrounding buildings, Los Angeles, Calif., 1986

Date:: December 4, 1986
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Lubas, Ken
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

James M. Beck addresses guests at Rotary Club luncheon in the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph is likely related to the article, "Former Solicitor general to Speak," Los Angeles Times, 17 Jul 1935: 24.
Date:: July 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

L. E. Behymer is awarded the Golden Palms of the Crown of Belgium at a Rotary Club luncheon at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Reported in the article, "Honor paid To Behymer By Belgium," Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 1927: A16.
Date:: October 21, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Enrique Macagno, Emilio Mallol, and Federico Ramos Ruiz gather together at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Federico Ramos Ruiz of the mineral department of the Argentinian government was delighted to discover that his former professor Emilio Mallol was also staying at the Biltmore with his friend, Enrique Macagno. Mallol is visiting America to learn more about the mechanical engineering of the country to pass along his information to the University of Buenos Aires while Macagno studies the American dairy industry.
Date:: January 17, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lobby of the Biltmore Hotel after renovation, Los Angeles, Calif., 1986

Date:: March 16, 1986
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Meyer, Rick
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Prince Kaya of Japan with Frank Shaw, Harry L. Harper, Senichi Kushibuchi and Tomokazu Hori at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Prince and Princess Kaya undertook a seven-month world tour in 1934, visiting the United States, Great Britain, France, and Germany. The tour received extensive press coverage at the time.
Date:: August 29, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Economist David A. Weir during a speaking engagement at the Biltmore , Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photo appears (cropped) with the article, "Trade Seen in Upswing; David A. Weir, Credit Men's Official, Tells of Gains Toward Recovery." Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr., 1935: A1.
Date:: April 2, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Brigadier General Oscar Westover, Lieutenant Colonel H. H. Arnold and Colonel John H. Howard at a luncheon, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: This photograph appeares with the heading "Army Aviation Officers Feted" above the article: "Air Defence Gaining Speed." Los Angeles Times, 17 May 1933: A11
Date:: May 16, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

George Horace Lorimer with his wife Alma and their sons George Burford and Graeme, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Alma sits front center, with Graeme and George Buford sitting on either arm of her chair. Mr. Lorimer stands centered behind them.
Date:: February 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Charles Badd helps John Cavanagh out of a coach upon his arrival at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: The door of the coach says in English: “Desmond’s, Dobbs, Fifth Avenue”.
Date:: October 8, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Daisy Carr, Shirley Bernice Smith, Fanchon Brown, and Katherine Coffin are living models in a piece called "Colonial Dames", Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Daisy plays the harp while Shirley and Fanchon hold hands, posing in matching white dresses. Katherine sits on the other side of them at a spinning wheel.
Date:: September 12, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bird's-eye view of the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, [1920s?]

Description:: Biltmore Hotel, with Grand Avenue with foreground, some construction visible on ground floor, smoke visible in background
Date:: [1920s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

A.C. Roberts, T.W. McQuarrie, Frank W. Thomas, Vierling Kersey, Walter R. Hepner, and Arthur S. Gist meet at an educational conference, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: The five men surround a table covered by a tablecloth, holding paperwork and looking up at A.C. Roberts, who stands to the side.
Date:: March 10, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

P. Allen Rickles elected President of Lodge of B'nai B'rith at convention, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Rickles (center) stands at a banquet table.
Date:: July 3, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Business man Frank C. Hart visits the west coast, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Photograph of Frank C. Hart taken inside the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
Date:: March 23, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mayor James Rolph and William S. Hart use their boot jacks, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: While San Francisco Mayor James Rolph was traveling to Los Angeles he ran into actor and longtime friend Bill Hart on the train, where the men discovered that they both still use a boot jack to help remove their footwear.
Date:: January 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

L. E. Behymer and Joseph Mesmer celebrate their birthdays with Rose Mesmer at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Mesmer And Behymer Have Birthday Party," Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 1935: A1.
Date:: November 5, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

National Association of Teachers of Speech officers Gladys Borchers, Lee Emerson Bassett, and Irene Poole, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: Gladys Borchers, in fur-trimmed coat, Lee Emerson Bassett, in suit and tie, and Irene Poole, in dress and necklace, all seated at table with papers, with tapestry in background
Date:: December 29, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Biltmore Hotel at 506 South Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, Calif., 1959

Date:: February 14, 1959
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Delegates Pincus Allen Rickles, David Blumberg, Amelia Ravinsky, and Bessie Schwab gather at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: The four of them stand together in front of what looks like a large curtain.
Date:: June 30, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Scott M. Loftin, Norman Bailie, J. W. de B. Farris, Joe Crider, and William B. Himrod at a Bar Association convention, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: The American Bar Association held their 1935 convention in Los Angeles with events at the Biltmore and Philharmonic Auditorium. Approximately 3,000 barristers from around the country were in attendance.
Date:: July 17, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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