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Title
Guarding their home
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Brich, George
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1964
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Steven and Elona Anthony's home would be razed to build a Hollywood television and film museum that never came to pass. Anonymous contributors raised bail money to free him from a 1 yr. jail term following his conviction of resisting arrest and battery against two sheriff's deputies who came to evict him and his family. On the eve of his court appearance, Edmond De La Patie, Vice-President at Warner Bros. Studio and a Hollywood Museum official, charged that the fight over the Anthonys' eviction might have been Communist inspired, to which Mr. Anthony replied, "It's more character assassination. I hate and despise pinkos. The American Legion, the Baptist Ministers and four Young Republican groups are backing me. They ought to know if I'm a Communist."
Steven Anthony holds a rifle in front of his son, Steven Anthony, Jr., while his wife, Elona, holds the couple's daughters, Pam (L) and Deborah (R), during an interview on April 15, 1964.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00074476
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d036_f1_i7
CARL0000077552
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/43486
Subject
Anthony, Steven
Anthony, Steven--Homes and haunts
Anthony, Steven--Family
Anthony, Elona
Anthony, Elona--Family
Eminent domain--California--Los Angeles
Families--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Children--California--Los Angeles
Shotguns--California--Los Angeles
Microphones
Dwellings--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Lost architecture--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1961-1970

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