Advertisement photograph with a wood floor with an "x"-shaped area cleaned with "Double X Floor Cleaner." Used in a photomontage in image ark no. 21198/zz002j948t.
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.
Woman seated in a rattan chair, speaking or singing, in front of sound recording equipment (?) at a sound stage or radio station. A technician has his hand on a dial. This may be related in some manner to the National Auto Shop reference on the negative sleeve.