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Title
Sculptress Julia Bracken Wendt and Mayor Frank Shaw next to a newly dedicated fountain that includes her work, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued
September 13, 1933
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
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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.
Wendt created the bronze sculpture of the senator's head that is pressed into the center of the face of the fountain.
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
Fountains--California--Los Angeles
Mayors--California--Los Angeles
Wendt, Julia Bracken, 1870-1942
City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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