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.
Bust-length portrait photograph of William Penhallow Henderson in a cowboy hat, white shirt, neckerchief and glasses, at his Santa Fe home (555 Camino del Monte Sol).
Alice Corbin Henderson was an American poet, author and poetry editor. William Penhallow Henderson was an American painter, architect and furniture designer
Comical photograph of Will Harrison seated in a wicker chair with a dog in his lap and with his wife, Evelyn (probably) standing next to him with studding in her dress, and another man behind the drape holding a rifle.
Will Connell (probably) seated at a desk wearing a cardigan sweater and a visor, using a microscope in his studio. Also on the desk are a paper cutter (partially visible, left), 2 chemical bottles, a book, and wood matches. In the background is shelving with bottles of photography chemicals.
Will Connell (probably) on a Harley Davidson motorcycle wearing a hat, jacket, vest, tie, trousers and high boots, parked next to a dilapidated brick building
View of 2 men, with motorcycles stopped in front of a small, rural wooden church across a dirt road. The man wearing the tall hat may by Will Connell. A fence is in the background on the left.
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.
Watch and chain with the gears visible through its glass case at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store. The hours of the day are inscribed on a metal border bezel.
Two watches, a bracelet and another piece of jewelry, all with set diamonds, photographed against autumn leaves, at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store.
Walter Willard "Spud" Johnson was a poet and author of literary criticism, editorial comments and other prose who lived in New Mexico from 1922 to his death in 1968 and who was a major part of the new Mexico literary scene. He was also the publisher of Laughing Horse literary magazine, printed on a small hand press, which he started with others while a student at UC Berkeley and continued in New Mexico. In 1953 he took up painting and drawing as well.
Photograph of Walter Willard "Spud" Johnson seated in front of a window and a table with a checkered tablecloth. Three horse figurines are placed on an upper window ledge above Johnson's head.
Watercolor painting of a view towards an oceanside amusement pier with power poles lining the road down to the pier and 2 amusement rides visible beyond the pier buildings in the distance
Detail view of a recess with an art deco wood veneered table in a zig-zag pattern in front of a small wall mirror and x-back chair in the "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons.