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Description
Photographic portrait of Will Rogers being welcomed as the Mayor of Beverly Hills, ca.1926. Rogers stands at center behind a large, partially legible banner, holding a plaque. A crowd surrounds him, including, from left to right: Stanley Anderson of the Beverly Hills Hotel, Mrs. Conrad Nagel, and Mr. Conrad Nagel. George Barker, the president of Barker Brothers is at Mr. Rogers' left, while Rogers' wife is pictured behind him holding flowers. A man leaning near the flagpole to the right is Rob Wagner. The rest of the people in the crowd are unidentified. Signs read: "Home to Pick His Oranges", "Home to Thaw Out", "Beverly Hills Welcomes Mayor Will" and "We Love our Doug...But Oh You Will".
Type
image
Format
3 photographs: photonegatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Los Angeles County--Beverly Hills--General Mayors Rogers, Will Anderson, Stanley Nagel, Mrs. Conrad Nagel, Mr. Conrad Barker, George Wagner, Rob Rogers, Mrs. Will Barker Brothers Beverly Hills Hotel Performance sites
Time Period
1921/1931
Place
Beverly Hills California Los Angeles USA
Source
1-25-16 [Microfiche number] 7547 [Accession number] CHS-7547 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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