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

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
Robert G. Sproul and George E. Montgomery at a Rotary Club luncheon, Los Angeles, 1934

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
Pianists Mildred Titcomb Rains and Madelaine Forthmann in recital, Biltmore Hotel ballroom, Los Angeles, 1936

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

Lucien Brunswig, F. F. Pellissier, Captain Yves Donval, and Henri Didot at a Lions Club meeting at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Captain Yves Donval, commander of the French training ship, Jeanne d'Arc, conferred decorations on four Los Angeles citizens at a Lions Club meeting at the Biltmore, led by F. F. Pellissier, president of the French Chamber of Commerce of Southern California, and dairy rancher. Henri Didot, French consul, did the introductions.
Date:
January 18, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Lucien Brunswig, F. F. Pellissier, Captain Yves Donval, and Henri Didot at a Lions Club meeting at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1935

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

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

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

John C. Porter, Frank Merriam, Harry Chandler, James Rolph, and Charles Curtis at a Biltmore Hotel banquet, Los Angeles, 1932-1934

Description:
At the Tenth Olympiad banquet at the Biltmore, John C. Porter (Mayor of Los Angeles), Frank Merriam (Lieutenant Governor 1932-1934), Harry Chandler, James Rolph (Governor of California 1931-1934), 1 unidentified man, Adolph Schleicher (President of the Chamber of Commerce), Charles Curtis (Vice President 1929-1933) and others seated on one side of a banquet table in the Biltmore Hotel ballroom.
Date:
[July 29, 1932]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
John C. Porter, Frank Merriam, Harry Chandler, James Rolph, and Charles Curtis at a Biltmore Hotel banquet, Los Angeles, 1932-1934

Enrique Macagno, Emilio Mallol, and Federico Ramos Ruiz gather together at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Federico Ramos Ruiz of the mineral department of the Argentinian government was delighted to discover that his former professor Emilio Mallol was also staying at the Biltmore with his friend, Enrique Macagno. Mallol is visiting America to learn more about the mechanical engineering of the country to pass along his information to the University of Buenos Aires while Macagno studies the American dairy industry.
Date:
January 17, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Enrique Macagno, Emilio Mallol, and Federico Ramos Ruiz gather together at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1936

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
Eleanor Roosevelt leaving the Biltmore with Mayris Chaney and Malvina Thompson, Los Angeles, 1935