Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of 5 notable attendees of the annual Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce banquet: Frederick Warde (Shakespearean actor), Arthur S. Bent (incoming chamber president), R. W. Pridham (outgoing chamber president), Joseph Scott (attorney, civic leader, Catholic lay leader), and Cyrus H. K. Curtis (publisher). Reported in the article, "Chamber Banquet Hears Warning Against Unions. Pridham Asserts City Threatened; Bent Sounds Cultural Keynote; Dr. Millikan Gives Address," Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 1926: A1. Handwritten on negative: L to R: Frederick Warde, Arthur S. Bent, R. W. Pridham, Joseph Scott, Cyrus H. K. Curtis Text from newspaper caption (photo cropped to 3 men): Scene of Gathering in Ambassador. [...] Below--from left to right, are Arthur S. Bent, incoming president; R. W. Pridham, outgoing president, and Cyrus H. K. Curtis, publisher of the Saturday Evening Post. [Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 1926: A2] Text from negative sleeve: Bent, Arthur S.
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1116 ark:/21198/zz002dbhm3
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No linguistic content
Subject
Actors--English--California--Los Angeles Banquets--California--Los Angeles Civic leaders--California--Los Angeles Publishers Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Pridham, R. W. (Richard W.), 1856-1938 Scott, Joseph, 1867-1958 Ambassador Hotel Warde, Frederick B., 1851-1935 Bent, Arthur S., 1863-1939 Curtis, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar, 1850-1933
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