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Title
Technician engraving the bell of a brass horn at the F. E. Olds and Son plant, Los Angeles, 1933-1939
Contributor
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Date Created and/or Issued
[between 1933 to 1939]
1933/1939
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Connell (Will) Papers
Rights Information
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Description
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Technician applying engraved foliate decoration to the bell of a brass horn with a knife-like tool at the F. E. Olds and Son plant (probably a cornet, trumpet or trombone). Several engraving tools and a bowl of water (?) are on the work bench in front of him. He holds the horn with a piece of cloth and the bell of the horn rests on a piece of cloth. He wears a visor and a leather apron.
This photograph appears on page 24 of a catalog of the Chicago Musical Instrument Co. which is dated to 1933 or later (because it contains a reference to Radio City Music Hall which opened in December 1932).
F. E. Olds was a manufacturer of musical instruments founded by Frank Ellsworth Olds in Los Angeles, in the early 1900s. The company made brass instruments, especially trombones, cornets, and trumpets. Olds was joined by his son Reginald Birdsall (R.B.) Olds in 1920. Their address was 1914 Raymond Ave., Los Angeles, from about 1922 to 1956. The company was purchased by Chicago Musical Instruments after World War II, and went out of business in 1979.
Text from negative sleeve: Olds Instruments
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_893_0057
ark:/21198/zz002j9039
Subject
Musical instrument industry--California--Los Angeles
Brass instruments
Engravers--American--California--Los Angeles
F. E. Olds and Son (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Connell (Will) Papers

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