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Description:: Mabel "Toots" Herriman and Barbara "Bobbie" Herriman (1908-1939), were the daughters of George Joseph Herriman, an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Krazy Kat (1913–1944).
Date:: [between 1925-1931]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Entrance portal with elaborate relief sculpture and tall wooden doors with metalwork, and framed by cypress trees at the Pierce Brothers Mortuary, located at 720 W. Washington.
Date:: [between 1925-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Three-quarter length, three-quarter pose portrait photograph of George Herriman, seated and holding a cigarette, wearing a 3-piece suit
Date:: [between 1925-1931]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Advertisement photograph of an F. E. Olds Military trombone with a hammered finished bell. This line was introduced in about 1933. Engraving visible near the bell includes an American bald eagle above "Olds" and "Military."
Date:: [between 1933 to 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Raymond Griffith was one of the great silent movie comedians. Bertha Mann was a stage actress who appeared in at least one silent film.
Date:: [between 1933-1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Stanley Reckless was born Stanley Zbytniewski. In 1913 he enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), studied under Daniel Garber. In 1915, 1916 he was awarded 2 Cresson Traveling Scholarships, and traveled to Paris, enrolling briefly at the Academie Julian. In 1920 he moved to Lumberville, Pennsylvania and started exhibiting at PAFA, the National Academy of Design, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. In 1924 he settled in New Hope, Pennsylvania, where he painted the landscape and shared a studio with Charles Hargens. In 1930 he moved to California where he painted portraits of members of the film industry. He co-founded the Art Center School in Los Angeles.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Stanley Reckless was born Stanley Zbytniewski. In 1913 he enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), studied under Daniel Garber. In 1915, 1916 he was awarded 2 Cresson Traveling Scholarships, and traveled to Paris, enrolling briefly at the Academie Julian. In 1920 he moved to Lumberville, Pennsylvania and started exhibiting at PAFA, the National Academy of Design, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. In 1924 he settled in New Hope, Pennsylvania, where he painted the landscape and shared a studio with Charles Hargens. In 1930 he moved to California where he painted portraits of members of the film industry. He co-founded the Art Center School in Los Angeles.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Silver or pewter coffee pot, plate and silverware at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store
Date:: [between 1928-1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Exterior view of the Pierce Brothers Mortuary located at 720 W. Washington. On the left are 2 planting beds framed by clipped hedges and a palm tree is at the street curb.
Date:: [between 1925-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Mina Conselman was the wife of William Marien Conselman, an American screenwriter who also wrote newspaper comic strips.
Date:: [between 1927-1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

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