Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The photograph on the left appears in "Organization to Boost Woman for Presidency of United States Urged," Los Angeles Times, 30 Jun 1935: B6. Harrison Wiley was a movie art director who died in a plane crash along with Charles Stumar, movie cameraman. Lillian Rock was visiting Los Angeles in July to attend the National Association of Women Lawyers conference and talk to Southern California women interested in her organization. Photograph on the right: Portrait photograph of Harrison Wiley. He is wearing a three piece speckled suit, has his hair slicked back, and a small mustache. Photograph on the left: Portrait photograph of Lillian Rock, taken from her right profile. A paper clip is clipped to the top of the photograph. Two photographs side by side. The left photograph is Lillian D. Rock, political activist for a women president and vice-president. The right photograph is Harrison Wiley, movie art director, and victim of a fatal airplane accident. Copy photo. Lillian D. Rock was the president and founder of the National League for a Woman President and a Woman Vice-President, headquartered in Brooklyn, N. Y. This negative combines negatives #7738 and 7739. The photograph on the right appears in "Autopsy Set in Air Crash: Funeral Arrangements for Stumar and Wiley, Film Men, Pending," Los Angeles Times, 01 Jul 1935: A3. Negatives 7737-7739 misfiled in envelope #1305 for negative 7740. Handwritten on paper slip: Lillian Rock; Harrison Wiley Text from [correct] negative sleeve: 1306. Harrison Wiley--film art director (plane crash). Lillian Rock--League for a Women President and Other Public Office
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7737 ark:/21198/zz002dfgng
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Motion picture art directors--United States Women--Political activity--United States Women's rights--United States Aircraft accidents--California--Los Angeles Lawyers Accident victims--California--Los Angeles Women political activists--United States League for a Woman President and Vice President Wiley, Harrison, -1935 Rock, Lillian D., (1896-1974)
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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