Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born silent film actress, famously known as "America's sweetheart," co-founder of American Artists film studio, and one of the original founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.; Originally known as the Hebrew Sheltering Home for the Aged, the Jewish Home for the Aging was founded in Boyle Heights in 1912. About four years later, the Home's first permanent facility was built on Boyle Avenue, where it existed for decades. In 1967, acreage in Reseda was purchased and a facility was built on Victory Boulevard. A merger in 1979 with the Menorah Village created a second campus on Tampa Avenue in Reseda. Photograph caption dated April 27, 1944 reads "Inspecting the site for the new Mary Pickford building, an addition to the Jewish Home for the Aged, is the former silent screen star, right, and, left to right, Nathan Weisman, newly elected president of the home; Gloria Lloyd and her mother, Mrs Harold Lloyd, and Mrs. Ida Mayer Cummings."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Pickford, Mary,--1892-1979 Lloyd, Harold,--1893-1971--Family Davis, Mildred,--1900?-1969 Jewish Home for the Aging of Los Angeles Older people--Housing--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles) Dwellings--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles) Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Lawns--California--Los Angeles Boyle Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.
Share your story
Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.
