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Louis B. Mayer, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, and Bishop Bertrand Stevens at the Biltmore Hotel for a meeting concerning fund raising for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Los Angeles, December 12, 1938

Description:: From left to right: film producer Louis B. Mayer, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, and Bishop Bertrand Stevens in the luncheon room at the Biltmore Hotel where 400 leading Californians had gathered to discuss the campaign to raise funds for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Mr. Mayer spoke at the meeting saying, "this battle is not for greed or power, but for human good without distinction of race or creed" and acknowledged the presence of Rabbi Magnin and Bishop Stevens (among others) as a sign that we live in a "land where men of different faiths combine to aid humanity"
Date:: December 12, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Louis B. Mayer, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, and Bishop Bertrand Stevens at the Biltmore Hotel for a meeting concerning fund raising for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Los Angeles, December 12, 1938

Description:: From left to right: film producer Louis B. Mayer, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, and Bishop Bertrand Stevens in the luncheon room at the Biltmore Hotel where 400 leading Californians had gathered to discuss the campaign to raise funds for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Mr. Mayer spoke at the meeting saying, "this battle is not for greed or power, but for human good without distinction of race or creed" and acknowledged the presence of Rabbi Magnin and Bishop Stevens (among others) as a sign that we live in a "land where men of different faiths combine to aid humanity"
Date:: December 12, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

American Bar Association Convention, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: A man stands and speaks with a notepad and pencil in his hand while several lawyers and others are seated from other states. The tables are separated by state and the name of the state is on the placard.
Date:: July, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Biltmore receipt for the stay of Grace and Calvin Coolidge, 1930

Date:: January 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

California Governor Frank Merriam speaking at banquet table, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Possibly related to the article, "Film Figures Tell Perils: JEWS' STATUS PRECARIOUS, CANTOR WARNS LODGEMEN," Los Angeles Times, 2 Jul. 1935: A2.
Date:: [July 1, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Mr. Stewart, Mrs. Robinson, Annis Schweppe, and Richard Schweppe at the Bachelors' Mardi Gras Ball at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Mr. Stewart and Mr. Schweppe stand on either side of Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Schweppe, wearing capes, puffed sleeves, and fancy dresses.
Date:: February 20, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

B. O. Miller (left), John E. Coffin (center), and N. J. Cordary at the Los Angeles Realty Board annual meeting, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Related to "Optimism Cheers Annual Realty Board Meeting," Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan 1934: A1.
Date:: [January 30, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

B. O. Miller, Chester Rowell, and Mason Case at the Los Angeles Realty Board Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: B. O. Miller (left), Chester Rowell (center), and Mason Case stand next to each other wearing tuxedos. Miller and Case wear black tie, and Rowell wears white tie. Case wears a boutonniere. A decorated lamp, chair, and heavy drapes are behind them.
Date:: [January 30, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union members dressed in evening gowns picket the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif., 1940

Date:: January 18, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Governor Frank Merriam, Gerald Toll, and Leo Anderson gather at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Governor Merriam stands at a dining table surrounded on either side by Anderson, Toll, and other unnamed men.
Date:: February 12, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

E. Richard West, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, speaks 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.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

James A. Moffett and Henry S. MacKay, Jr. at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: A thousand Southern California business and industrial leaders met at the Biltmore to discuss how to spend $100 million on a Los Angeles building campaign, including Henry S. MacKay, local Better Housing program chairman, and James A. Moffet, Federal Housing Administrator.
Date:: January 31, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Planning National Convention of the American Banker's Association, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "PERHAPS YOUR OPPORTUNITY," Los Angeles Times, 8 Jun. 1932: A3.
Date:: June 8, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

Description:: As president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles, E. Richard Smith guided their efforts to curb communism in 1934, assisted by other organization members, including Kent H. Redwine (attorney), Leroy D. Owen (realtor of industrial properties), Leonard Firestone (Vice-President of Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.), Judge Kincaid, Harrison Chandler (Vice-President of Times-Mirror Printing Company), and A. C. Stewart (Division Sales Manager of Union Oil Company). These members are identified as participants in the "American Crusade" effort in the article "Many Back Red Attack: Junior Chamber Drive Aided," Los Angeles Times, 15 Jul. 1934: A1.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Judges Orie Leon Phillips and John Johnston Parker have the same birthdate, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Judge Phillips is on the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, and Judge Johnston is on the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. They were both born on November 20th, 1885.
Date:: August 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Daughters of Scotia officers at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: View of the officers of the Daughters of Scotia. Front row, center, Mrs. Agnes St. Clare [sometimes spelled: St. Claire], Grand Chief Daughter of the Daughters of Scotia from 1934 to 1935. The organization's thirty-seventh annual national convention was held in Los Angeles.
Date:: September, 17, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Stanford president David Starr Jordan on stage at an award ceremony at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: Related to the article, "Jordan Sees Era of Peace: Noted Educator, Award Winner Guest of Optimists' Club Luncheon; Presentation Today," Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 1925: 20.
Date:: January 16, 1925
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:: Topics at the conference included the discussion of professional education for teachers.
Date:: March 10, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Prince Bhubal of Siam poses with his sons B. NaRanona and L. NaRanona, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Prince and Progeny Plain," Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct 1928: A3.
Date:: October 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Jack Jordan, doorman at the Biltmore Hotel raising a white flag to ward off pigeons, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph of doorman Jack Jordan replacing a white flag on top of a large metal lantern at the Biltmore Hotel. In the background is a building façade made of stone with an open window and some plants. There is also a car in a distance.
Date:: September 23, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Dixie Miller, Virginia Andrews, and Elizabeth Wilkes with an oil rig in the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "City Ready For Oil Men," Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov 1935: 28.
Date:: November-December 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

A. Calder MacKay, James M. Beck, and Reade H. Ellis at the American Bar Association Convention, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: From left to right: A. Calder MacKay, James M. Beck, and Reade H. Ellis. Beck stands as though he is about to deliver a speech.
Date:: July 17, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Earle W. Evans, past president of the American Bar Association at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, “LAWYER-CRIMINAL DRAWS FORMER BAR HEAD’S FIRE,” Los Angeles Times, 14 Jul. 1935: 9.
Date:: July 14, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Biltmore Hotel indoor pool without water, Los Angeles, [1920s?]

Description:: Indoor pool without water, with checked tile pattern on sides, steps at right, railing at sides, tiled walls and pillars in background
Date:: [1920s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lucille Schneiders, Mary Fitzgerald, Loretta Mangan, and Francis Boyle, members of the Young Ladies' Institute, have luncheon at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Misses Lucille Schneiders, Mary Fitzgerald, Loretta Mangan, and Francis Boyle gather for luncheon at the Biltmore Hotel to discuss the coming year of the Young Ladies' Institute, Los Angeles chapter.
Date:: August 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Senator Samuel M. Shortridge and National Oratorical Contest winner Lucylle Goldsmith, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, August 20, 1932, Girl Orator Will Take Stump, Contest Winner Out for Shortridge
Date:: August 19, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Paul Hoffman, Mayor Frank Shaw, and W.J. Braunschweiger at luncheon, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Pictured from left to right: Studebaker Corporation executive Paul G. Hoffman, Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw, and Bank of America executive Walter J. Braunschweiger stand surrounding a cake that reads, "47th Anniversary." In the background, a large chandaliered room can be seen, with suited men seated at white-clothed tables. Photograph was taken at the Chamber of Commerce's 47th anniversary event in the Biltmore Hotel's Biltmore Bowl, the hotel's ballroom. S.E. Gates (not pictured), as president of the Rotary Club, co-organized the luncheon.
Date:: October 11, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

M. Franklin Kline, Official Shippers Guide editor, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "Ex-Angeleno Sees World: He Still Likes Early Hobby, M. Franklin Kline Started From City Thirty-five Year Ago on Bike." Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 1935: A1.
Date:: September 23, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Thomas W. Forsyth shakes hands with Agnes St. Clare, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Mr. Forsyth and Ms. St. Clare stand next to each other shaking hands.
Date:: October 3, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Frances Steloff, bookseller, with her collection at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph appears with the article "Woman Traveling Book Seller Flies Here to Exhibit 1000 Rare Volumes." Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 1935: A3.
Date:: September 10, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Cocktail hour in the grand lobby of the at Biltmore Hotel, Calif., 1986

Date:: November 29, 1986
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Jaskol, Ellen
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

Description:: Addison B. Day was President of Los Angeles Gas and Electric.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Delegate Indalecio Sanchez Gavito talks with Justice John W. Preston at American Bar Association convention, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Mexican delegate Indalecio Sanchez Gavito found common interest in law enforcement and uniform laws with attorneys of this country as he attended the American Bar Association's convention.
Date:: July August 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Governor Frank Merriam poses with models Emerald Hale, Maxine Jelmeland, Esther Muir, and Sarah Ross, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Governor Merriam links arms with Maxine and Esther, two of the four women standing on either side of him.
Date:: August 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Thanksgiving table at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: A model of the Thanksgiving table to be served at the Biltmore Hotel on November 28, 1935. A turkey at the center of the table is surrounded side dishes, candles, and three place settings on a white table cloth.
Date:: November 20, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

W.J. Braunschweiger, S.E. Gates, and Paul Hoffman at headtable, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Sideview of Bank of America executive Walter J. Braunschweiger, Los Angeles Rotary Club president S.E. Gates, and Studebaker Corporation executive Paul G. Hoffman--seated at headtable with anniversary cake in front. Hoffman stands at small podium with microphone. Behind them are a Rotary Club banner and another cake. In the overall background, numerous men can be seen socializing in a large, chandaliered room. Photograph was taken at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce's 47th anniversary event in the Biltmore Hotel's Biltmore Bowl, the hotel's ballroom.
Date:: October 11, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Fred Cole awards checks to sweepstakes winners Dr. Albert E. Finn, Evan Briggs, and Grace Witherill, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Dr. Finn and Mr.Briggs hold their checks up smiling into the camera while Mr. Cole hands Mrs. Witherill's check to her.
Date:: October 3, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Hungarian diplomat and businessman Martin Kirschner and his secretary John Wolfgarten at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Hungarian diplomat and businessman Martin Kirschner (seated) and his secretary John Wolfgarten, at the Biltmore while visiting Los Angeles.
Date:: March 14, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

James H. Cannon passes on authority to Samuel E. Gates, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Rotarians Hail Chiefs," Los Angeles Times, 27 July 1935: A12.
Date:: July-August 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

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