Second Annual Art Jury Dinner at La Venta Inn, Palos Verdes Estates.
Abstract/Description: | Image shows interior view of La Venta Inn, with 19 members of the Palos Verdes Art Jury gathered in the original dining room at La Venta for dinner. According to the Palos Verdes Bulletin (December 1924, p. 8), President Myron Hunt, wearing dark-rimmed round glasses and standing at left, "presided and brief speeches were made by many prominent representatives of art associations and interests of Southern California." Jay Lawyer, General Manager of the Project, is seated at the head of the table, with Col. John C. Low standing at his left, Charles H. Cheney visible in the lower right corner. Among the guests in attendence were George Edwin Bergstrom (President, Allied Architects Association), Sumner M. Spaulding (architect), G. Gordon Whitnall (Director, Los Angeles City Planning Commission), Alexander Phimister Proctor (sculptor), and Arthur Farwell (composer.) Art Jury Member David C. Allison (architect) was also present. Photo is impressed with "KEYSTONE PHOTO / LOS ANGELES" in lower right corner. |
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Subject(s): | La Venta Inn (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) Historic buildings--California--Palos Verdes Estates Hotels--California, Southern Portraits, Group Dinners and dining Interiors Hunt, Myron, 1868-1952 Lawyer, Jay Low, John Chambers, Colonel Cheney, Charles Henry |
Date Created: | 1924-12-03 |
Title: | Second Annual Art Jury Dinner at La Venta Inn, Palos Verdes Estates. | |
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Name(s): |
Keystone Photo Service, photographer Davis, Francis Pierpont, architect Davis, Walter Swindell, 1887-, architect Olmsted Associates, architect Shattuch Construction Co, builder Lawyer, Jay, builder Lewis, Edward Gardner, builder |
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Date Created: | 1924-12-03 | |
Extent: | 1 photographic print (b/w); 4.25 x 6.5 in. | |
Abstract/Description: | Image shows interior view of La Venta Inn, with 19 members of the Palos Verdes Art Jury gathered in the original dining room at La Venta for dinner. According to the Palos Verdes Bulletin (December 1924, p. 8), President Myron Hunt, wearing dark-rimmed round glasses and standing at left, "presided and brief speeches were made by many prominent representatives of art associations and interests of Southern California." Jay Lawyer, General Manager of the Project, is seated at the head of the table, with Col. John C. Low standing at his left, Charles H. Cheney visible in the lower right corner. Among the guests in attendence were George Edwin Bergstrom (President, Allied Architects Association), Sumner M. Spaulding (architect), G. Gordon Whitnall (Director, Los Angeles City Planning Commission), Alexander Phimister Proctor (sculptor), and Arthur Farwell (composer.) Art Jury Member David C. Allison (architect) was also present. Photo is impressed with "KEYSTONE PHOTO / LOS ANGELES" in lower right corner. | |
Identifier(s): | 000023317 (Bar Code) | |
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Date Built: 1923 Photo Source: Palos Verdes Homes Association PVH building permit #4. |
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Subject(s): |
La Venta Inn (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) Historic buildings--California--Palos Verdes Estates Hotels--California, Southern Portraits, Group Dinners and dining Interiors Hunt, Myron, 1868-1952 Lawyer, Jay Low, John Chambers, Colonel Cheney, Charles Henry |
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Held by: | Palos Verdes Library District. Peninsula Center Library. | |
Location: | Local History Room. | |
Shelf locator: | PVLH.PVP.27.44 | |
Restrictions on Access: | Electronically digitized by the Palos Verdes Library District from the Palos Verdes Library Local History Room Photo Collection. Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use. To obtain permission and images for publication purposes please contact the Palos Verdes Library District. | |
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