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Gas regulator equipment created by the Wilgus Manufacturing Company, Los Angeles, circa 1931

Description:
Close-up view of gas regulator equipment manufactured by the Wilgus Manufacturing Company, illuminated from both sides creating 2 shadows on the table. The parts are metal-cast with embedded inscriptions identifying the company and, on some, the part number, for example: “Wilgus Mfg. Co. 972." The location might be the Wilgus Manufacturing plant located at 1722 East Sixteenth Street from 1921 to at least 1944.
Date:
[circa 1931]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Gas regulator equipment created by the Wilgus Manufacturing Company, Los Angeles, circa 1931

Ornate Arrowhead water cooler bottle embossed with logo arrowheads over the entire surface, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of an ornate Arrowhead 5 gallon bottle (demijohn) with the diamond-shaped arrow logo embossed over the entire surface of the bottle (over 400 arrowheads) and a paper label. The bottle is set on a stoneware water cooler with "Arrowhead" incised (bottom center) in it.
Date:
1935
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Ornate Arrowhead water cooler bottle embossed with logo arrowheads over the entire surface, Los Angeles, 1935

Soda siphon bottles in wooden crates, probably at the Arrowhead-Puritas bottling plant, Los Angeles, 1929-1939

Description:
Array of soda siphon (syphon) bottles, or seltzer bottles, with nozzle tops in wooden crates, probably at the Arrowhead-Puritas bottling plant that appears in the upper left corner of the image. Connell has replaced the background with white along the right side of the image.
Date:
[between 1929-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Soda siphon bottles in wooden crates, probably at the Arrowhead-Puritas bottling plant, Los Angeles, 1929-1939

"Double X Floor Cleaner," "Savabrush," and "Waxoff" athletic figures pole vaulting in an advertisement photograph, circa 1936

Description:
Containers of "Double X Floor Cleaner," "Savabrush," and "Waxoff" ornamented to resemble athletes with arms, legs and athletic shorts and shoes added, positioned to look like they are pole vaulting over a bar with a sign reading "A New Sales-High For 1936."
Date:
[circa 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
"Double X Floor Cleaner," "Savabrush," and "Waxoff" athletic figures pole vaulting in an advertisement photograph, circa 1936

Sketched advertisement layout for the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, 1928-1939

Description:
Brock & Company Jewelers was the most important jewelry and giftware store in Los Angeles. Founded by George A. Brock in 1903, it was sold in 1964 and the business ended s few years later. It was located at 515 West Seventh St. and had a 2nd location at the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel.
Date:
[between 1928-1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Sketched advertisement layout for the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, 1928-1939

Sterling silver tableware at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1928-1938

Description:
Brock & Company Jewelers was the most important jewelry and giftware store in Los Angeles. Founded by George A. Brock in 1903, it was sold in 1964 and the business ended s few years later. It was located at 515 West Seventh St. and had a 2nd location at the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel.
Date:
[between 1928-1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Sterling silver tableware at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1928-1938

Watch in a glass case at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1928-1938

Description:
Brock & Company Jewelers was the most important jewelry and giftware store in Los Angeles. Founded by George A. Brock in 1903, it was sold in 1964 and the business ended s few years later. It was located at 515 West Seventh St. and had a 2nd location at the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel.
Date:
[between 1928-1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Watch in a glass case at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1928-1938

Six Pearl necklaces at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1928-1938

Description:
Brock & Company Jewelers was the most important jewelry and giftware store in Los Angeles. Founded by George A. Brock in 1903, it was sold in 1964 and the business ended s few years later. It was located at 515 West Seventh St. and had a 2nd location at the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel.
Date:
[between 1928-1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Six Pearl necklaces at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1928-1938

Table lamps made from Asian-inspired sculpture at Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1928-1938

Description:
Brock & Company Jewelers was the most important jewelry and giftware store in Los Angeles. Founded by George A. Brock in 1903, it was sold in 1964 and the business ended s few years later. It was located at 515 West Seventh St. and had a 2nd location at the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel.
Date:
[between 1928-1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Table lamps made from Asian-inspired sculpture at Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1928-1938

Interior view of The Bachelors haberdashery designed by Julius Ralph Davidson, Los Angeles, circa 1929

Description:
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.
Date:
[circa 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Interior view of The Bachelors haberdashery designed by Julius Ralph Davidson, Los Angeles, circa 1929

Interior view of The Bachelors haberdashery designed by Julius Ralph Davidson, Los Angeles, circa 1929

Description:
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.
Date:
[circa 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Interior view of The Bachelors haberdashery designed by Julius Ralph Davidson, Los Angeles, circa 1929

Stanley Reckless painting in the studio of his Silver Lake home as his wife (?) observes, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

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
Stanley Reckless painting in the studio of his Silver Lake home as his wife (?) observes, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

Bed room in the William Conselman Residence, Eagle Rock, 1930-1939

Description:
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.
Date:
[between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Bed room in the William Conselman Residence, Eagle Rock, 1930-1939

Vaudeville (?) act with two men in front of a stage curtain, 1920-1939

Description:
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.
Date:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Vaudeville (?) act with two men in front of a stage curtain, 1920-1939