US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Federico Ramos Ruiz of the mineral department of the Argentinian government was delighted to discover that his former professor Emilio Mallol was also staying at the Biltmore with his friend, Enrique Macagno. Mallol is visiting America to learn more about the mechanical engineering of the country to pass along his information to the University of Buenos Aires while Macagno studies the American dairy industry. Similar photograph appears with the article, "Argentines Meet Here," Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan 1936: A3. Macagno sits cross-legged with his had over his knee while Mallol holds his hat in his lap, smoking a cigarette. Ruiz also smokes, one leg crossed over the other. Handwritten on negative: Inq. Federico Ramos Ruiz Inq Emilio Mallol -> Enrique Macagno Text from negative sleeve: 3622 - (Argentina dairy industry magnate) (Univ. of Buenos Aires professor) Inq. Federico Ramos Ruiz -> (Arg. mineral dept. here studying petroleum ind.) visiting LA industries Argentinian friends/colleagues meeting coincidentally @ Biltmore [stamped:] Feb 13 1936
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12710 ark:/21198/zz002hmrzg
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Government officials--Argentinian--California--Los Angeles Smoking Foreign visitors--Argentinian--California Teachers--California--Los Angeles Ruiz, Federico Ramos Macagno, Enrique, b. 1886 or 87 Mallol, Emilio, b. 1888 Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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