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1909 Oldsmobile Limited automobile with driver, 1939

Description:
Photograph of a 1909 Oldsmobile Limited being driven on a street. The driver is a man wearing a shirt, jacket, pants and flat cap. He is seated behind a steering wheel that is situated on the right side of the vehicle. The luxury auto has a large wheel base and rides on massive spoke wheels. The tall chassis requires two running boards to climb into the car. A spare tire rests atop the lower running board and is attached to the driver side door with metal bars and straps. All trim, lantern side lights and headlights are probably brass (standard for this vehicle). License plate frame reads: “C. Stanlee Martin Long Beach.” License plate reads: “California World’s Fair 39 3Y954.” In the background, an electricity tower sits at the edge of a vacant lot, giving way to what looks like a residential neighborhood in the distance. Location unidentified, but possibly Long Beach (where the car’s owner worked and lived).
Date:
February 2, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
1909 Oldsmobile Limited automobile with driver, 1939

Advertisement for "Double X Floor Cleaner," circa 1934

Description:
Advertisement photograph for Double X Floor Cleaner with a container of the cleaner with added arms, legs and eyeglasses on a hardwood floor. The container figure carries a bucket of suds and cleans the floor with mop ends attached to its feet. Text on the advertisement reads "Double X 'takes' the floor, Makes Varnish Vanish, Makes Old Floors New."
Date:
[circa 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Advertisement for "Double X Floor Cleaner," circa 1934

Advertisement for Ghirardelli chocolate bars

Description:
Advertisement photograph for Ghirardelli chocolate bars with a chocolate bar in the foreground, and with "Ghirardelli's" and the profile of a baker in a chef's hat and holding a baker's peel appearing as shadows in the background. In addition, "Ghirardelli's" appears in bold black letters applied to a plate of glass -- used to create the shadow. "Ghirardelli Since 1852" is embossed ion the top chocolate bar.
Date:
[between 1925-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Advertisement for Ghirardelli chocolate bars

Alberti Corral, Adriana Galvez, and William Gill rehearsing for Mexican independence commemoration festival, 1935

Description:
View of Alberti Corral, left, standing in hat, collared blouse, pants, holding guitar, Adriana Galvez, middle, standing in hat, dress, shawl, holding castanets, William Gill, right, standing in hat, embellished jacket and pants. To celebrate the 125th anniversary of Hidalgo proclaiming the freedom of Mexico, the Mexicans of Los Angeles partook in two days of planned balls, barbeques, and parades.
Date:
September 14, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Alberti Corral, Adriana Galvez, and William Gill rehearsing for Mexican independence commemoration festival, 1935

Attendees of a function held by the Alaska-Yukon Club, 1948

Description:
Attendees of a function held by the Alaska -Yukon Club of Southern California. Several attendees wear party hats on their heads. They are photographed in a room in a hotel or other venue. People in the foreground are seated at a long table strewn with coffee cups and others stand around the table to pose for a group photograph.
Date:
June 20, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Attendees of a function held by the Alaska-Yukon Club, 1948

Attendees of a function held by the Alaska-Yukon Club, 1948

Description:
Attendees of a function held by the Alaska -Yukon Club, photographed in a room in a hotel of other venue. Men and women are viewed seated at three tables outfitted with coffee cups and creamers. Additional men and women stand against the walls posing for the group photograph. While some direct their gazes away from the camera, others (like the women at foreground right) look towards the camera and smile.
Date:
June 20, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Attendees of a function held by the Alaska-Yukon Club, 1948

Attendees of an Alaska-Yukon Club picnic, 1948

Description:
Photograph of attendees of an annual picnic held by the Alaska-Yukon Club of Southern California. The men, women and children are seated on benches amongst park trees, probably in front of a bandstand, with additional attendees viewed seated and standing near buildings and other areas viewed in the background.
Date:
June 20, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Attendees of an Alaska-Yukon Club picnic, 1948

Attendees of an Alaska-Yukon Club picnic in a park, 1948

Description:
Photograph of attendees of an annual picnic held by the Alaska-Yukon Club of Southern California. The men are dressed in suits and ties; the women in dresses and hats. photographed at an unidentified park. Two girls standing in front of the group wear identical dresses and oxford shoes. Both wear badges with "Alaska" printed on them, as does the man standing behind them with a cigar.
Date:
June 20, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Attendees of an Alaska-Yukon Club picnic in a park, 1948

Attendees of an Alaska-Yukon Club picnic in a park, 1948

Description:
Photograph of attendees of an annual picnic held by the Alaska-Yukon Club of Southern California. The men, women and children are seated on benches amongst park trees, probably in front of a bandstand, their gazes directed away from the camera. Additional people are viewed standing near a structure in the background.
Date:
June 20, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Attendees of an Alaska-Yukon Club picnic in a park, 1948