Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Adelene Yerbysmith, in dress, hat, and velvet jacket, leaning over round marble or stone table, both hands on large metal bell with chipped edge, reading 1813, with sailboats in background. Adelene Yerbysmith was probably the daughter of sculptor Ernest Yerbysmith. This photograph appears with the article “First Los Angeles Boat Show Brings Tang of Seven Seas to Landsmen.” Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 1930: 8 Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Boat show, March 1930 Text from newspaper caption: A Ship’s Bell, Cast in 1813 and Salvaged From an Ancient Wreck, is Rung by Adelene Yerby as Gates Swing Open.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1054 1054 ark:/21198/zz002dbfg2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Boat & ship industry--California--Los Angeles Bells Yerbysmith, Adelene, b. 1911 or 12
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