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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

F. E. Olds Military trumpet with a hammered finished bell, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

Description:
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.
Date:
[between 1933 to 1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
F. E. Olds Military trumpet with a hammered finished bell, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, Los Angeles, (circa 1930?)

Description:
Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, with art deco style furnishings including two x-back chairs with upholstered seats framing a curtained doorway, a round wall mirror. The floor is covered in carpet with a design formed by thin rectangles. A room with a wall covered in striped panels is visible beyond.
Date:
[circa 1930?]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, Los Angeles, (circa 1930?)

Mission Dry Sparkling carbonated fruit beverage bottles in a tub of ice, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:
Photograph of bottles of Mission Dry Sparkling carbonated fruit beverage in a tub of ice. The flavors identified on the bottle caps are orange, lemon, and grapefruit. The bottle label text includes "Mission Dry Sparkling," "Serve Ice Cold," "Without Artificial Color or Flavor," and " Turn Upside Down Before Opening."
Date:
[circa 1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Mission Dry Sparkling carbonated fruit beverage bottles in a tub of ice, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, Los Angeles, (circa 1930?)

Description:
Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, with art deco style furnishings including an upholstered chair, a wood paneled cabinet, the walls decorated with a sconce, a bas-relief sculpture of a woman's head and two framed fashion illustrations.
Date:
[circa 1930?]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, Los Angeles, (circa 1930?)

Hilda Adams and painter Kenneth Adams at home, Ranchos de Taos, 1932

Description:
Kenneth Miller Adams studied with G.M. Stone in Topeka, at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York, and then travelled to Italy and France for further instruction. He summered in Woodstock, NY with Andrew Dasburg, painting the landscape and developing his skills as a modernist. In 1924 Adams moved to Taos and became the last and youngest member of the Taos Society of Artists. He was also one of the most emotionally taught at the University of New Mexico, Taos. In 1938 He moved to Albuquerque during the winters, where he worked on nudes, portraits and still life, returning to Taos in the summer to focus on Indian subjects, with whom he had a close connection. He taught at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, as well, eventually earning a tenured professorship and a membership to the National Academy of Design.
Date:
1932
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Hilda Adams and painter Kenneth Adams at home, Ranchos de Taos, 1932

Bert Geer Phillips, artist, Taos, 1932

Description:
Bert Geer Phillips was an American artist and a founding member of the Taos Society of Artists. He was the first artist to permanently settle in Taos, New Mexico (1898) and is considered to be the founder of the Taos art colony. He is known for his paintings of Native Americans, New Mexico, and the American Southwest.
Date:
1932
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Bert Geer Phillips, artist, Taos, 1932

Living room of a house possibly designed by J. R. Davidson or Jock Peters, Los Angeles County, 1928-1934

Description:
View from the dining room, with a built-in china cupboard with undulating wood forming the sides and shelf ends (left), into the living room of a house furnished with upholstered chair and a small table arranged in front of the fireplace, a built-in bookcase, a partially visible piano and 2 additional upholstered chairs. Possibly designed by Jacob (Jock) Detlof Peters or J. R. Davidson.
Date:
[between 1928-1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Living room of a house possibly designed by J. R. Davidson or Jock Peters, Los Angeles County, 1928-1934

Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, Los Angeles, (circa 1930?)

Description:
Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, with art deco style furnishings including an upholstered chair and 2 matching ottomans, an x-back chair with uphlstered seat, the walls decorated with a sconce, and four framed fashion illustrations. The floor is covered in carpet with a design formed by thin rectangles.
Date:
[circa 1930?]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, Los Angeles, (circa 1930?)

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

Description:
Sketch of an advertisement layout of gift photographic images for the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store with roughly sketched illustrations in labeled rectangular compartments. The top banner reads" Gifts for the Ho[...]. The lower banner reads: Brock's [...]. Label captions include: Boys, Watches, Bracelets, Cigarette Cases, Charms, Jade, Clips, Clocks, and Rings.
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

Technician making a brass horn at the F. E. Olds and Son plant, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

Description:
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. Their address was 1914 Raymond Ave., Los Angeles, from about 1922 to 1956. The company was purchased by Chicago Musical Instruments after World War II, and went out of business in 1979.
Date:
[between 1933 to 1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Technician making a brass horn at the F. E. Olds and Son plant, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

Carlos and Ada Vierra, Santa Fe, 1932

Description:
Carlos Vierra (1876 – 1937) studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute (now part of the San Francisco Art Institute) under Gottardo Piazzoni in the 1890s, and also studied illustration in New York. He was the first resident artist in New Mexico and one of the first 3 members of the Santa Fe Art Colony. He was a strong advocate for preserving landmark buildings in New Mexico and promoted a modern architectural style now called the Pueblo Revival Style architecture that reflects this historic architectural heritage.
Date:
1932
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Carlos and Ada Vierra, Santa Fe, 1932

Early watercolor version of "Apparition over Los Angeles," (painted in 1931), by Barse Miller, 1931-1939

Description:
“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.
Date:
[between 1931-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Early watercolor version of "Apparition over Los Angeles," (painted in 1931), by Barse Miller, 1931-1939

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