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Typewritten description of photographs of Will Rogers lighthouse building and Mary Virginia McCormick residence, Pacific Palisades, 1930

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Text reads in part: Adelbert Bartlett, 535 15th Street, Santa Monica. 281R1694, 287R1694, 286R1694, 285R1694, 284R1694. NOTE: See copies of newspaper stories attached in re McCormick family member of which is Will Roger's next door neighbor in story below -- Will Rogers private beach and "lighthouse" bathouse, cafe, soft drink and hot dog stand, below Huntington Palisades, Santa Monica (Los Angeles beach), California, will shortly pass into ownership of the County of Los Angeles, if plans of supervisors in their effort to acquire more privately owned beach lands for public use go through ... Will's beach has been free to all comers. ... Will has for immediate neighbors Miss Virginia McCormick and her large staff ... on the choicest building plot ... relatives all multimillionaire heirs of the McCormick harvester millions. (see negatives enclosed) The McCormick estate stands high and secluded ... tightly-locked gates ... Will Roger's open-handedness in making the public at home on his beach near-by is in striking contrast with the McCormick situation mentioned above.
Date:
1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Typewritten description of photographs of Will Rogers lighthouse building and Mary Virginia McCormick residence, Pacific Palisades, 1930

Typewritten description of photographs of Los Angeles Plaza buildings, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Text reads, in part: Adelbert Bartlett, 535 15th Street, Santa Monica, California. Los Angeles, fifth city in the latest census, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary, has cataloged its historical landmarks ... the Plaza, old community center dating from the Spanish occupation ... the Church of Our Lady Queen of the Angels ... original Pico House (now the National Hotel) ... Olvera Street, the old Calle Olvera ... the oldest remaining adobe house in Los Angeles, the Avila home ... (See accompanying pictures)
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Typewritten description of photographs of Los Angeles Plaza buildings, Los Angeles, 1929

Manuscript with photographs regarding a Santa Monica Civic Opera production of “Lucia di Lammermoor,” Santa Monica, 1951

Description:
Mock-up manuscript page titled, “Impressions of the Opera,” by Adelbert Bartlett. The article describes a Santa Monica Civic Opera production of “Lucia di Lammermoor,” giving special attention to the performance by Betty Herrick in the title role. As with the article, most of the accompanying photographs feature Herrick. The article was intended for publication.
Date:
1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Manuscript with photographs regarding a Santa Monica Civic Opera production of “Lucia di Lammermoor,” Santa Monica, 1951

Manuscript titled, “Impressions of the Opera,” by Adelbert Bartlett, 1951

Description:
Manuscript titled, “Impressions of the Opera,” describing a Santa Monica Civic Opera production of “Lucia di Lammermoor,” giving special attention to the performance by Betty Herrick. Attached to the left-hand corner of the document is a photograph of Herrick holding a bouquet of roses during a curtain call. Article written for, “That’s It,” a periodical. Photograph taken in Santa Monica.
Date:
1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Manuscript titled, “Impressions of the Opera,” by Adelbert Bartlett, 1951