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Mayor James Rolph and William S. Hart use their boot jacks, Los Angeles, 1926

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Title: Mayor James Rolph and William S. Hart use their boot jacks, Los Angeles, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued: January 1926
1926-01
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
While San Francisco Mayor James Rolph was traveling to Los Angeles he ran into actor and longtime friend Bill Hart on the train, where the men discovered that they both still use a boot jack to help remove their footwear.
Photograph appears with the article, "Day of Bootjack Still Here," Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan 1926: A13.
Governor Rolph steps on one end of the boot jack while the other end pries off one of his boots. Bill Hart kneels on one knee beside him, holding his own boot jack.
Handwritten on negative: Tennis L. to R. Mayor James Rolph Jr (Frisco) Bill S. Hart
Text from negative sleeve: ROLPH, JAMES GOV. Rolph, James Gov. x
Text from newspaper caption: James Rolph, Jr., and Bill Hart
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11421
ark:/21198/zz002h9fz3
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Politicians--California--Los Angeles
Hand tools
Actors--American--California--Los Angeles
Boots
Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hart, William Surrey, 1864-1946
Rolph, James, 1869-1934
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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