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
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Wendt created the bronze sculpture of the senator's head that is pressed into the center of the face of the fountain. Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Tributes Paid Flint at Rites; Memorial Fountain Unveiled on City Hall Lawn; High Officials Among 1000 Persons at Ceremony." 14 Sep. 1933: A8. Sculptress Julia Bracken Wendt stands in front of City Hall with Los Angeles Mayor Frank Shaw next to the newly dedicated fountain honoring U.S. Senator Frank P. Flint. Handwritten on negative: Julia Bracken Wendt, Mayor Shaw Text from negative sleeve: Wendt, Julia Bracken, Artist, 1930. Mayor Frank Shaw
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4319 ark:/21198/zz002cq395
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Sculptors--American--California--Los Angeles Mayors--California--Los Angeles Fountains--California--Los Angeles Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958 Wendt, Julia Bracken, 1870-1942 City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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