Interior view of a built-in wall display and built-in sofa at The Bachelors haberdashery, designed by Julius Ralph Davidson in an art deco style, "featuring panels of Makassar ebony set into aluminum frames, brown and tan carpeting laid in strips, and high-quality pigskin upholstery." (Christopher Long, "The Rise of California Modern Design, 1930-41." in ed. Wendy Kaplan, California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way (2012), 65.
Detail of the art deco styled interior of The Bachelors haberdashery, designed by Julius Ralph Davidson in an art deco style. A cactus in a pot stands in front of venetian blinds serving as a room divider. The room beyond is furnished with directors chairs and a wood paneled desk, and the wall on the left is faced with closets with wood paneled sliding doors.
Lunette-shaped mural study with a male nude half-figure with his hands raised upwards and small airplanes flying around him. A caption beneath the image reads: Communication.
Watercolor painting with a vacant foreground and farming or industrial activity indicated by buildings, a truss tower and a building that appears to be on stilts in the lower hills beyond
Watercolor painting of a view towards an oceanside amusement pier with power poles lining the road down to the pier and 2 amusement rides visible beyond the pier buildings in the distance
Photograph of Stanley Reckless seated in front of a painting on an easel and holding a paint brush with a Pallet on a tripod next to him. Two paintings on the wall behind him are partially visible and other paintings are turned away and leaning against the wall.
Photographic portrait of artist Stanley Reckless wearing a white shirt and tie and seated in his studio. Visible behind him are 2 small paintings on the wall, the backs of 2 or 3 paintings and a jar filled with paint brushes.
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.
Photograph of Dave Whyte, Darryl Zanuck, Lucian Hubbard and Raymond Griffith, of the Los Indiens polo team, posing on their horses with their mallets raised. They wear t-shirts with the Indian head nickel image on the front.
View of a girl's bedroom, probably Deirdre Conselman's room, in the house of William Conselman, with wood paneled walls and furnished with a canopied bed, a chair and ottoman, and dolls.
Raymond Griffith was one of the great silent movie comedians; Darryl Zanuck was an American film studio executive and producer; and Lucien Hubbard was a film producer and screenwriter.
View of a bed room in the house of William Conselman, with wood paneled walls and an open beam ceiling, and furnished with a bed, upholstered chair and ottoman, all covered in a leopard print fabric, and a desk, chair side table and floor lamp. There are 3 prints or paintings of horses on the wall.
View of the living room in the house of William Conselman, with book cases built into the wood paneled walls, and furnished with upholstered chairs, a carved wood folding screen and Indian throw rugs.
Photograph of two men standing in front of a stage curtain, dressed in 3-piece suits, performing a vaudeville act, with one man playing a ukulele and singing with his mouth wide open next to another man who is frowning, holds a finger over the ear closest to the singer and holds his other hand over his stomach.
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).