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Ada E. Bowers Memorial Fountain in the courtyard of the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, between 1936-1965

Description:
View of the Ada E. Bowers Memorial Fountain in the courtyard of the Bowers Museum, with a statue of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, discoverer of California, and bas-relief scenes behind the statue and along the base of the fountain. To the left of Cabrillo is a rocky formation from which water issues. Behind Cabrillo are 3 scenes including Cabrillo and companions facing Indians on the sea shore with a ship in the ocean in the distance, a mission church, and Indians in a wooden carat (carretta) drawn by oxen. At the base are 8 bas-relief scenes apparently depicting episodes from the mission era and later settlement by ranchers and farmers. A plaque in the center bears the text "Mrs. Bowers Memorial Fountain."
Date:
[between 1936-1965]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Ada E. Bowers Memorial Fountain in the courtyard of the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, between 1936-1965

Advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program, circa 1935

Description:
Page from a booklet advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program. The actors Bartlett Robinson, Lewis Merrill, and Betty Heistand are featured prominently in costume as biblical figures. The Sunday Players originated in Colorado Springs before their program garnered national attention and received a three-year contract from Merten's and Price, Inc., of Los Angeles.
Date:
[circa 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program, circa 1935

Advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program, circa 1935

Description:
Page of a booklet advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program. The actors Victoria Vola and Sadie Crockett are featured prominently in costume as biblical figures. The Sunday Players originated in Colorado Springs before their program garnered national attention and received a three-year contract from Merten's and Price, Inc., of Los Angeles.
Date:
[circa 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program, circa 1935

Advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program, circa 1935

Description:
Last page from a booklet advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program. Actors are featured in costume portraying a biblical scene from their program. The Sunday Players originated in Colorado Springs before their program garnered national attention and received a three-year contract from Merten's and Price, Inc., of Los Angeles.
Date:
[circa 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program, circa 1935

Advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program, circa 1935

Description:
Page from a booklet advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program. Actors are featured in costume portraying a biblical scene from their program. The Sunday Players originated in Colorado Springs before their program garnered national attention and received a three-year contract from Merten's and Price, Inc., of Los Angeles.
Date:
[circa 1935]
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program, circa 1935

Advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program, circa 1935

Description:
Page from a booklet advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program. Actors Bartlett Robinson, Charles Anderson, and Victoria Vola are featured in costume. The Sunday Players originated in Colorado Springs before their program garnered national attention and received a three-year contract from Merten's and Price, Inc., of Los Angeles.
Date:
[circa 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program, circa 1935

Advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program, circa 1935

Description:
Page from a booklet advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program. Actors Victoria Vola and John Prince are featured in costume as Mary Magdalene and Moses, respectively. The Sunday Players originated in Colorado Springs before their program garnered national attention and received a three-year contract from Merten's and Price, Inc., of Los Angeles.
Date:
[circa 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program, circa 1935

Advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program, circa 1935

Description:
Page of a booklet advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program. The actors Bartlett Robinson and Theodore Osborn are featured prominently in costume as biblical figures. The Sunday Players originated in Colorado Springs before their program garnered national attention and received a three-year contract from Merten's and Price, Inc., of Los Angeles.
Date:
[circa 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program, circa 1935

Altar of the Sacred Jade Pagoda with paliou, Beverly Hills, 1950

Description:
Photograph is page from book, caption from photograph reads "THE ALTAR OF THE SACRED JADE PAGODA--A glorious, priceless masterpiece. 'Tis not a replica but an ideal combination of the most outstanding features of Chinese architecture. For 10 years 150 craftsmen labored to create it from a mother gem weighing 9 tons. Seven stories high its designing exceeds that of old filigree. Most luxurious spectacle in the world of jade."
Date:
1950
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Altar of the Sacred Jade Pagoda with paliou, Beverly Hills, 1950

Article about poet Ina Donna Coolbrith with an 1880's portrait and an 1888 shell wreath, Santa Monica, 1953

Description:
Ornate 1888 horse-shoe-shaped shell art wreath made by poet Ina Donna Coolbrith in upper left corner. In upper right corner is a portrait of Ina Donna Coolbrith which is the frontispiece of her book Songs from the Golden Gate, 1895. The lower portion of the page is an article discussing In Coolbrith making the wreath ["Heirloom Shows Poetess' Art," Los Angeles Times, October 12, 1953]. At the time of this photograph the wreath belonged to the Perrys' nephew John H. Crum of Santa Monica. The shell wreath is an example of Victorian era domestic crafts.
Date:
1953
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Article about poet Ina Donna Coolbrith with an 1880's portrait and an 1888 shell wreath, Santa Monica, 1953

Bank of America building on Santa Monica Boulevard and 3rd Street at Christmas time, Santa Monica, 1945-1947

Description:
View of the Bank of America building in downtown Santa Monica on the NW corner of Santa Monica Blvd and 3rd Street at Christmas time. A garland of holly can be seen in the top of the photo, while people walk the crosswalk in the foreground. The building is still there (as of 2013), heavily altered but with the relief frieze still visible.
Date:
[between 1945-1947]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Bank of America building on Santa Monica Boulevard and 3rd Street at Christmas time, Santa Monica, 1945-1947

Banners advertising annual Symphonies by the Sea, Santa Monica, 1965

Description:
Banners advertising Symphonies by the Sea and scheduled performances. Sign at top reads: "28th Season - - Santa Monica's Symphonies by the Sea, Free." "Friday, July 16, Ballet Nite; Friday, Aug. 6, Meremblum Symphony; Friday Aug. 27, Die Fledermaus... 8:30 P.M. at the Open-Air Theater, Santa Monica High School, 601 Pico." Banner at bottom: "Band Concert here 2:00 P.M. Sunday." Banners posted outside of a tennis court, probably at Santa Monica High School.
Date:
July 16, 1965
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Banners advertising annual Symphonies by the Sea, Santa Monica, 1965

Beach city exhibit and model, Santa Monica, 1948

Description:
Model identified as “Miss Smith,” wearing a two-piece swim suit, photographed kneeling next to an architectural model of a beach city. The small-scale model maps neighborhoods (schools, housing, parks, streets), shopping districts, civic centers and recreational areas. Panels in the background diagram and textually describe amusement areas, civic and cultural centers, and recreation. Interests identified in the panel on the right are: Natural site location, Accessibility to transportation from extended areas, Provisions for resort trade and local residents, Segregated facilities for all ages, Open spaces and rest areas in commercial amusement center, Accessibility to beach, Development of beach,and Development of Yacht Harbor.
Date:
1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Beach city exhibit and model, Santa Monica, 1948

Beach city exhibit in progress, Santa Monica, 1948

Description:
Two men and one woman creating an architectural model of a planned beach city. The woman holds a hammer while the men add trees to the model landscape. The information panels seen behind them diagram and textually describe amusement areas, civic and cultural centers, and recreation. Interests considered in planning for recreation areas include: Natural site location, Accessibility to transportation from extended areas, Provisions for resort trade and local residents, Segregated facilities for all ages, Open spaces and rest areas in commercial amusement center, Accessibility to beach, Development of beach and Development of Yacht Harbor.
Date:
1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Beach city exhibit in progress, Santa Monica, 1948

Bird's-eye view of Main Street, Santa Monica, 1928

Description:
Legible business signs include: Bay Lumber Co. Venice, Auto Park, Craig's Market Meat Fruit Vegetables, Virginia Apts, Lee H. Young Ocean Park Public Market, Drugs, Lee H. Young Cash and Carry Grocery, Hardware, Bargain Shop, Crescent Apts. Rooms by Day Week or Month, The Minnesota Apts Rooms 1 2 and 3 Rooms Furnished, Kolbs Grocery Delicatessen, New & Used Clothing Cleaning Pressing, U.S. Shoe Renewing Carlson & Sons
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Bird's-eye view of Main Street, Santa Monica, 1928

Brochure or advertisement describing 6-day course by Dr. St. Louis Albert Estes in helath efficiency and brain breathing, 1929 or 1935

Description:
Dr. St. Louis Albert Estes (1876-1951) was an American doctor and the author of Raw Food and Health. He lived in Van Nuys, California in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and had 3 children with his first wife in the 1910s, 12 children with his second wife in the 1920s and 1930s.
Date:
1929 or 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Brochure or advertisement describing 6-day course by Dr. St. Louis Albert Estes in helath efficiency and brain breathing, 1929 or 1935

California Bank, Brentwood office, Brentwood, [1957]

Description:
Building was designed by John Lindsay, as made evident by one of the signs on the building. John Lindsay was a southern California architect. Lindsay was associated with at least two the firms: Palmer, Krisel & Lindsay, A.I.A. for a brief time around 1952; and John C. Lindsay and Associates.
Date:
[circa 1951-1957]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
California Bank, Brentwood office, Brentwood, [1957]

California Bank, Brentwood office, Brentwood, [1957]

Description:
This building was designed by John Lindsay, as made evident by one of the signs on the building. John Lindsay was a southern California architect. Lindsay was associated with at least two the firms: Palmer, Krisel & Lindsay, A.I.A. for a brief time around 1952; and John C. Lindsay and Associates.
Date:
[circa 1951-1957]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
California Bank, Brentwood office, Brentwood, [1957]

California Bank, Brentwood office, Brentwood, [1957]

Description:
This image is of the California Bank Brentwood office under construction, which was designed by architect John Lindsay. Two signs can be seen, one reads "John C. Lindsay, A.I.A. and associates, architects and engineers, 827 moraga drive, l.a. 49 bel-air calif..." The other reads "Wohl-Calhoun Co. General Contractors". Another photo is this series shows the address as "11979 San Vincente Blvd". However, the address of the building appears to have changed and is now "11950 San Vincente Blvd".
Date:
[circa 1951-1957]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
California Bank, Brentwood office, Brentwood, [1957]

California Bank, Brentwood office, Brentwood, [1957]

Description:
This building was designed by John Lindsay, as made evident by one of the signs on the building. John Lindsay was a southern California architect. Lindsay was associated with at least two the firms: Palmer, Krisel & Lindsay, A.I.A. for a brief time around 1952; and John C. Lindsay and Associates.
Date:
[circa 1951-1957]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
California Bank, Brentwood office, Brentwood, [1957]

California Bank, Brentwood office, Brentwood, [1957]

Description:
This building was designed by John Lindsay, as made evident by the sign on the building reading "John C. Lindsay, A.I.A. and associates, architects and engineers, 827 moraga drive, l.a. 49 bel-air calif..." John Lindsay was a southern California architect. Lindsay was associated with at least two the firms: Palmer, Krisel & Lindsay, A.I.A. for a brief time around 1952; and John C. Lindsay and Associates.
Date:
[circa 1951-1957]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
California Bank, Brentwood office, Brentwood, [1957]

California Bank, Brentwood office, Brentwood, [1957]

Description:
View of the California Bank Brentwood office under construction, which was designed by architect John Lindsay. A truck, cement mixer, bags of cement, gravel, and construction debris can also be seen. Another photo is this series shows the address as "11979 San Vincente Blvd". However, the address of the building appears to have changed and is now "11950 San Vincente Blvd".
Date:
[circa 1951-1957]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
California Bank, Brentwood office, Brentwood, [1957]

Clipping regarding California’s first printing press, 1956

Description:
Article titled, “Story of State’s First Press Told in Old Letter,” Santa Monica Independent, 9 Aug. 1956. Clipping discusses a then 100-year-old letter written by Enos Christman, a 20-year-old printer from Pennsylvania who became a newspaper editor and printer in Sonora, California. In the letter, Christman describes the “pioneer press” that churned out “nearly all the papers then printed in California,” noting that it was the press first used by Augustin Zamorano (California’s first printer) as early as the 1830s.
Date:
August 9, 1956
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Clipping regarding California’s first printing press, 1956

Clipping regarding Mrs. Clara Bartlett and rare trees at the Los Serranos Country Club, Chino Hills, 1953

Description:
Photograph of a newspaper article featuring Clara Bartlett, wife of Adelbert Bartlett, titled, "Chino Clubhouse Tree Sign Project Speeded," Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 1953. The article describes the efforts of Bartlett and others to identify 92 rare trees in the Chino Valley. Caption with photo reads: "Marker-Mrs. Clara Bartlett fastens metal identification on one of many unusual trees at Los Serranos Country Club, which she operates near Chino."
Date:
[circa January 15, 1953]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Clipping regarding Mrs. Clara Bartlett and rare trees at the Los Serranos Country Club, Chino Hills, 1953

Clipping regarding planned blitzkrieg of Britain, 1940

Description:
Article titled, "British Blitkrieg Dreamed Years Ago," Evening Outlook, undated. The article discusses a sketch depicting German paratroopers invading an English port. The sketch was originally published in the German magazine, "Ueber Land und Meer" in 1895. An additional sketch illustrates a similar plan of attack devised by Napoleon in 1804 - though his plot involved creating a tunnel under the English channel through which soldiers would march.
Date:
1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Clipping regarding planned blitzkrieg of Britain, 1940

Clipping regarding Symphonies by the Sea, letter by Adelbert Bartlett, 1965

Description:
Newspaper clipping featuring a letter to the editor of the Evening Outlook, written by Adelbert Bartlett, published September 6, 1965. In it, he thanks the city of Santa Monica, the Board of Education, and Music Arts Society for their cooperation during the season of Symphonies by the Sea. The letter describes the season's finale of "Die Fledermaus" as a "triumph," and notes that some 3000 people attended the event.
Date:
[circa September 6, 1965]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Clipping regarding Symphonies by the Sea, letter by Adelbert Bartlett, 1965

Clipping with review of "The Custer Myth," and a photograph featuring Custer with Indian scouts, 1953

Description:
Photograph of a newspaper clipping accompanied by a reprinted photograph. The article offers a review of "The Custer Myth," written by Col. W.A. Graham (published 1953). The book focuses on General George A. Custer's defeat at Little Big Horn. At right, is a photograph of Custer, seated, surrounded by Indian scouts during the Black Hills Expedition of 1874. The man pointing at the map is named Bloody Knife (Sioux-Arikara Indian), scout for the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment and a favorite of Custer. The men were photographed by William Illingworth.
Date:
1953
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Clipping with review of "The Custer Myth," and a photograph featuring Custer with Indian scouts, 1953

Collage commemorating the 8th annual season of the Santa Monica Civic Opera, 1951

Description:
Photograph of a collage commemorating the 8th annual season of the Santa Monica Civic Opera. The collage includes a clipping of “Santa Monica Sees ‘Traviata’,” Los Angeles Examiner, 1 Oct. 1951; photographs from performances of “Rigoletto,” La Traviata,” “Martha,” “Elisir d’Amore,” and “Lucia di Lammermoor; ” and what appears to be program ephemera announcing the schedule of performances.
Date:
1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Collage commemorating the 8th annual season of the Santa Monica Civic Opera, 1951

Collage commemorating the 8th annual season of the Santa Monica Civic Opera, 1951

Description:
Photograph of a collage commemorating the 8th annual season of the Santa Monica Civic Opera. The collage includes a clipping of “Santa Monica Sees ‘Traviata’,” Los Angeles Examiner, 1 Oct. 1951; photographs from performances of “Rigoletto,” La Traviata,” “Martha,” “Elisir d’Amore,” and “Lucia di Lammermoor; ” and what appears to be program ephemera announcing the schedule of performances.
Date:
1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Collage commemorating the 8th annual season of the Santa Monica Civic Opera, 1951

Consent for use of image, signed by Mrs. F. C. Schmid and Marjory Schmid, 1939

Description:
Waiver signed by Mrs. FC Schmid and Marjory Schmid consenting to the use of Marjory’s image. [Handwritten text:] December 5, 1939. Mr. Bartlette- You have my permission to use my photograph for the newspaper as publicity for Los Angeles High School. Sincerely, Mrs F.C. Schmid. Marjory Schmid. W 40. [Additional writing below:] Approved…Principal L.A. High School. [Notation in red pencil illegible].
Date:
[circa December 5, 1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Consent for use of image, signed by Mrs. F. C. Schmid and Marjory Schmid, 1939

Crowd at the Beach, Santa Monica, 1945-49

Description:
This image is of a crowd of people on the shore in Santa Monica. In the foreground, a man and two boys can be seen, all wearing swim shorts. The man is likely a lifeguard, as he holds a floatation device on which the letters "guards" can be seen. He also wears a hat. He leans on the bumper of a jeep, one hand on the shoulder of the boy closest to him. In the distance, other men can be seen standing in the shore in beach attire.
Date:
[between 1945-1949]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Crowd at the Beach, Santa Monica, 1945-49

Downtown Santa Monica at Christmas time, Santa Monica, 1945-1947

Description:
This image is of an intersection in downtown Santa Monica. A Sontag Drugstore is on the left. Cars line the street while people walk the sidewalks and crosswalk. Stores hawking a variety of wares, made evident by their signs, can also be seen. Christmas decorations are also visible.
Date:
[between 1945-1947]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Downtown Santa Monica at Christmas time, Santa Monica, 1945-1947

Drawing of a building by John C. Lindsay, A.I.A. Architects & Engineers, probably 1953-1957

Description:
Drawing of a building, proposed by John Lindsay, A.I.A. Architects & Engineers. The multi-unit building could be a hotel, apartment building or condominium building. It is set against cliffs with a highway in front, so the proposed location could be in Santa Monica.
Date:
[probably between 1953-1957]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Drawing of a building by John C. Lindsay, A.I.A. Architects & Engineers, probably 1953-1957

Fourth Street and Broadway at Christmas time, Santa Monica, 1945-1947

Description:
View of Fourth street from Broadway facing N in downtown Santa Monica with the Central Tower Building on the left. Numerous cars line the street while people walk the sidewalks. Stores hawking a variety of wares, made evident by their signs, can also be seen. Henshey's Department Store is in the background on the right adn the Lido Hotel is in the foreground on the right. Christmas decorations are also visible.
Date:
[between 1945-1947]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Fourth Street and Broadway at Christmas time, Santa Monica, 1945-1947

Francisco Camacho Vega, Gene Curtsinger, Nelda Scarsella and Enrico Porta, cast members and conductor for a performance of “La Traviata,” Los Angeles, 1951

Description:
Verdi’s “La Traviata,” produced by Francesco (Frank) Pace, was performed at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, September 15, 1951. Several notices were published in the Los Angeles Times. A critique appeared in the article, “’La Traviata’ Staged on Verdi Anniversary,” 17 Sep. 1951: B8.
Date:
September 15, 1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Francisco Camacho Vega, Gene Curtsinger, Nelda Scarsella and Enrico Porta, cast members and conductor for a performance of “La Traviata,” Los Angeles, 1951