Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article "Winners in Garden Poster Contest: Student at Otis Art Institute Awarded First Prize." Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 1928: A1. The California Botanic Garden in Mandeville Canyon was founded by the businessman and naturalist H. C. Oakley. It opened in 1928. Due to the nature of its financing and the onset of the Great Depression, the garden closed in 1935. Photograph of 8 Otis Art Institute students holding posters designed to promote attendance at the California Botanic Garden with award winner Benji Okubo on the left. Each poster has an illustration of trees or plants with the caption "Visit The California Botanic Garden." The students are standing on a lawn in front of a stand of palm and other trees at the Otis Art Institute, then located at 2401 Wilshire Blvd. Text from newspaper caption: William Mosteller, Frances Levine, Verena Ruegg, Gloria Wildman, Helen Flaxington, Ryuichi Dohi, and Lila Law and their posters. Text from negative sleeve: Otis Art Institute, Show, 1933.
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_2682 ark:/21198/zz002dch1r
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No linguistic content
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Posters Art students--California--Los Angeles AIDS (Disease)--Public opinion Botanical gardens--California--Los Angeles Flaxington, Helen, 1909-2001 Okubo, Benji, 1904 - 1975 Otis Art Institute Ruegg, Verena, 1895-1973 California Botanic Garden (Los Angeles, Calif.) Levine, Frances, 1907-1938 Dohi, Ryuichi Albert 1906-1998 Law, Lila Mosteller, William P., 1908-1975
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