Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
6 images. Ned Redding family home at 8803 South Wilton Place, 7 April 1954. Ned Redding -- 48 years (candidate for Congress in 26th district) Audrey Redding (wife) Marion Redding (daughter) -- 19 years Ned R. Redding -- 17 years (son). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Miller. Date: 1954-04-07. Reporter: Scott. Assignment: Ned Redding family home -- 8803 South Wilson Place. Ned Redding, 48, Democratic candidate for Congress in 26th district. Wife, Audrey Redding Daughter, Marion, 19 Son, Ned R. Redding, 17. Family layout Monday page". Supplementary material reads: "#46: Ned Redding drives long shot, as he and son, Ned, 17, (both golf enthusiasts) and daughter, Marion, 19, watch admiringly. #45: Ned Redding and his daughter, Marion, 19, check over music at piano where two of them sometimes play duets. #34/42: Ned, 17, winds up to pitch a fast one to father on neighborhood playground. Father and son have been taking in baseball games regularly together for years. #37: Ned, 17, family "comic," mimics a bit of political oratory in family den to amusement of rest of family. #34/42: Ned, 17, winds up to pitch a fast one to father on neighborhood playground. Father and son have been taking in baseball games regularly together for years. #37: Ned, 17, family "comic," mimics a bit of political oratory in family den to amusement of rest of family. #16/19: Ned Redding plants affectionate kiss on cheek of wife, Audrey, under rose arbor in their garden. #51: Ned Redding takes stroll with son, Ned, 17, and daughter, Marion, 19. #33: Ned Redding shows daughter, Marion, 19, some of the fine points of golf". Supplementary material continues: #77: In family den, Marion leafs through ballet programs as her mother, who taught ballet for years, strikes a ballet pose. (Marion also studied ballet and the pair go to many programs together. #26?: Ned Redding and wife, Audrey, say goodbye to Ned, 17, and Marion, 19, at front door as they leave to work together on their publications. #18: Family conference on one of the Redding community newspapers. #21/22: Everybody helps in the Redding family -- including cooking chores. #42/7: Ned Redding and wife Audrey try not to 'bring work home with them,' but in emergency take over children's homework desk in hallway cove. #42: Redding family gather for music session as Ned, 17, and Marion, 19, choose their records to play on den phonograph. #38: Measuring up, a regular occurence in Redding household. Marion, 19, checks father's 5'8 1/2" inches against brother Ned's 6'1".
Type
image
Format
6 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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