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Ernest Bishop autographing his book "Knights of the Saddle" for Gloria Smith, Los Angeles, 1931

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Title: Ernest Bishop autographing his book "Knights of the Saddle" for Gloria Smith, Los Angeles, 1931
Date Created and/or Issued: May 26, 1931
1931-05-26
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Ernest F. Bishop autographs a copy of his romance novel "Knights of the Saddle" for Gloria Smith, a court clerk, at a Los Angeles courthouse. Bishop's day job was as a bailiff at a Los Angeles courthouse. Photo appears with the article, "Court Bailiff Author, Too: Writing Romances Foil of Routine," Los Angeles Times, 27 May 1931: 21.
Handwritten on negative: L to R Ernest Bishop & Gloria Smith
Text from negative sleeve: Bishop, Ernest. Author.
Text from newspaper caption: Presentation copy. Ernest Bishop autographs "Knights of the Saddle" for Gloria Smith favored friend.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3694_G462
ark:/21198/z1jt5h5g
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Authors--American--California--Los Angeles
Autographing--California--Los Angeles
Bishop, Ernest Franklin, 1891-1944
Smith, Gloria
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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