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Title: Curtis Elliott works on a jewelry design, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: March 15, 1936
1936-03-15
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.
Photograph appears with the title, "Los Angeles Lapidaries Furnish America With Rarest and Most Exquisitely Set Gems," Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar 1936: A1.
Curtis Elliott sits at a table working on the designs of a piece with various tools and liquids beside him.
Handwritten on negative: Curtis Elliott
Text from negative sleeve: 4482 - Curtis Elliott Diamond Cutting in L.A. Jeweler Designers 3/1/36- [stamped:] Mar 25 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Even jewelers have their own artists. Here Curtis Elliott, designer, is shown creating a new design for milady's wear, duplicating color for color even as the finished product would appear.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13682
ark:/21198/zz002hnxhm
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Jewelry making--California--Los Angeles
Jewelers--California--Los Angeles
Elliott, Curtis, b. 1899
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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