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Title
Doorman Andrew Speers holds an impressive collection of celebrity autographs, Pasadena, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
October 1935
1935-10
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
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.
During his time as doorman for the Hotel Vista del Arroyo Andrew "Andy" Speers has collected the autographs of some of America's most famous, including four presidents, Charles Chaplin, Lon Chaney, Rudolph Valentino and many others.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Hotel Doorman's Book Who's Who of Famous," Los Angeles Times, 07 Oct 1935: 10.
Andrew points one finger to the sky.
Text from negative sleeve: 4331 - Andrews SPEERS (Andrews Speers) doorman @ Hotel Vista del Arroyo in Pasadena [stamped:] Jan [?] 1936
Handwritten on negative: Andrew SPEERS
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13486
ark:/21198/zz002hnpqb
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Doormen--California--Pasadena
Uniforms
Hotel Vista del Arroyo (Pasadena, Calif.)
Speers, Andrew Straghan, 1882-1956
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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