Generations of the Leach family in front of their Grain and Milling building, Downey, 1956

Item Overview

Title

Generations of the Leach family in front of their Grain and Milling building, Downey, 1956

Photographer

Laursen, Rene

Date Created

circa October 14, 1956

Date

1956-10-14

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Nineteen members of the Leach family in a group portrait at their family compound with the Leach Grain & Milling Co. building and residential houses behind them.
Photo appears with the article "The Leaches of Downey are one big, happy family," Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 1956: L1.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: OFF TO WORK --- Three sons and a son-in law accompany Roy B. Leach, right, in center group to work in family mill in Downey. They are Willis, Roy C. Leach, Ross Barb and Paul Leach. In group at left are Rose Barb and baby Richard, Jan Leach, Mrs. Paul Leach [Jane Tanksley Leach], Mrs. Roy B. Leach [Rosa Bay Leach] and granddaughter Renette Barb, Mrs. Willis Leach [June M. G. Bonner Leach], Mrs. Roy C. Leach [Margaret Olsen Leach] and children, Lynne and Bruce. In group at right are Randy Barb and Willis, Dorothy and Ray Leach.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
black-and-white photographs

Names

Leach, Bruce
Leach, Roy B., 1891-1978
Leach, Ray
Barb, Richard E.
Barb, Renette Rose
Leach, June M. G. Bonner
Leach, Willis
Leach, Lynne
Leach, Willis R. (Willis Roy), 1915-2006
Leach, Rosa Bay, 1892-1983
Leach, Dorothy
Leach, Paul Maddox, 1918-1997
Barb, Randy
Leach, Jan
Leach, Roy C., 1926-2017
Leach, Margaret Olsen, b. 1925 or 26
Barb, Julia-Rose, 1926-1990
Leach, Jane Tanksley, 1918-2000
Barb, Ross H., 1920-2004
Leach Grain & Milling Co. (Downey, Calif.)

Location

Downey (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Grain--Milling--California--Downey
Families--American--California--Downey