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. Lois Sprich (left) and Mayor Gus Peterson, stand in a field of flowers, facing each other. They each have one hand grasping a branch of a coniferous tree. Sprich wears a button-down striped collared shirt, and a belted below-the-knee skirt. She holds a purse in her right hand. Mayor Peterson wears a three piece suit and glasses. Photograph accompanies story "Garden Project Sponsored by Clubwomen at Redlands," Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov 1938: A9. This photograph appears in "City Dump Now Beauty Spot," Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov 1938: A9. Text from negative sleeve: 15550. l. to r (underlined). Miss Lois Sprich, Mayor Gus Peterson. Redlands Park. 11/39 [i.e. 11/38] Text accompanying photograph in newspaper: CITY DUMP NOW BEAUTY SPOT. Mayor Gus Peterson of Redlands and Miss Lois Sprich inspect sunken garden which Redlands clubwomen have put in at west entrance to the city on new Highway 99 route. Times photo.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14826 ark:/21198/zz002j8gsz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles County Mayors--California--Redlands Parks--California--Los Angeles County Sprich, Lois (Lois G.), 1908-1987 Peterson, Gus (Gustaf Albert), 1889-1941
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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