Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A similar photograph of the same Wheelsmen’s organization meeting appears in a photospread titled, “Italy Pours 20,000 Emigrants From 15 Liners Into African Colony, Libya,” and captioned, “Old-Time Cyclists To Hold Annual Dinner Meet Bill Jenkins, left, Tracy Q. Hall and Sheriff Gene Biscailuz, members of Wheelmen’s organization, stand beside one of the vehicles which they rode over Southland roads in past century, as they talk over the plans for the annual dinner to be held Saturday night. Times photo,” Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 1938: 22 This photographis related to the article, “Wheelmen Plan Dinner: Annual Fete to Be Held Saturday,” Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 1938: A2 Several members of the club, Wheelmen of the Past Century, don suits and pose, off-center to the right, in a parking lot. Two among the group sit atop bicycles. Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz sits front and center atop a bicycle. He and the bicycle are viewed from the side, facing right. He turns his head to smile to the camera. An unidentified man kneels on the ground to the right of Sheriff Biscailuz's front tire and points up towards Sheriff Biscailuz. Behind and to the right of Sheriff Biscailuz, Bill Jenkins sits on a high-wheeler. He and the bicycle face towards the left. He too turns his head towards the camera. Six more men stand around the bicycles and either look to the camera or look towards Bill Jenkins. Beyond the parking lot the group stands in, a cliff wall stretches across the background. A building, in partial view, rises along the left edge. Handwritten text from negative sleeve: 14978 - wheelsmen + Sheriff Biscailuz 11-15-38 [date stamp:] NOV 23 1938 [credit stamp:] TIMES PHOTO BY ANDREW H. ARNOTT Handwritten on negative: wheelmen 11-14-38 7 x [?...]
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11725 ark:/21198/zz002h8jhc
Subject
Bicycles & tricycles--American--California--Los Angeles Clubs--California--Los Angeles Meetings--California--Los Angeles Jenkins, William Biscailuz, Eugene W., 1883-1969
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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