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.
“Apparition over Los Angeles,” (1932) presents Sister Aimee McPherson, founder of the Four-Square Church in Echo Park, Los Angeles, in the sky flanked by her mother, also nude, and her husband, above angels wearing high hats, with the Angelus Temple in Echo Park below.
Although the negative sleeve attributes this work in this image to Jock Peters, other images in this negative group represent the Bachelors haberdashery by J. R. Davidson.
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.
Two etched glass jewelry boxes, two etched glass candle holders with sculptural silver bases in the form of sea serpents, and a bowl carved from stone with a silver, stone-footed base.
Exterior view of the Pueblo Revival style house of artist Carlos Vierra, with the appearance of thick adobe walls, stepped massing of the first and second levels, flat roofs and projecting wooden roof beams (vigas), painted in an earth tone.
View of the narrow porch beneath projecting wooden roof beams (vigas) along the west facade of the Santa Fe house and studio of painter Sheldon Parsons. The house is located at 3 & 5 Cerro Gordo Road.
Alice Corbin Henderson was an American poet, author and poetry editor. William Penhallow Henderson was an American painter, architect and furniture designer.
Exterior view of the house of William Penhallow Henderson and Alice Corbin with a covered porch and projecting wooden roof beams (vigas). A bell in a bell stand is in the foreground. The house is located at 555 Camino del Monte Sol.
F. E. Olds was a manufacturer of musical instruments founded by Frank Ellsworth Olds in Los Angeles, in the early 1900s. The company made brass instruments, especially trombones, cornets, and trumpets. Olds was joined by his son Reginald Birdsall (R.B.) Olds in 1920. The company was purchased by Chicago Musical Instruments after World War II, and went out of business in 1979. [
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."
Close-up view of the bell of an F. E. Olds Military trumpet with a hammered finish. This line was introduced in about 1933. Engraving visible near the end includes the wing of an American bald eagle above "Olds" and "Military Model."
Advertisement photograph of an F. E. Olds Military trumpet with a hammered finished bell. This line was introduced in about 1933. Engraving visible near the end includes the wing of an American bald eagle above "Olds" and "Military."
Stack of 4 Ghirardelli chocolate bars arranged to appear as though they are floating one above the other. "Ghirardelli Since 1852" is embossed on the top chocolate bar.
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.