Name/Title
Unidentified People, Unknown DatesEntry/Object ID
2007-012.B269NDescription
Unidentified people, unknown dates. These seventeen black and white film negative strips were created for the Lacey Leader newspaper. These images were created using many different film rolls, so many of the physical numbers on the strips are repeated one or more times. For the purposes of this description, the strips will be grouped according to which film roll they originally came from. Each group will be assigned a lower-case letter to go along with the images' physical numbers (ex: 1a, 2a, 3a, 1b, 2b, 3b, etc.) to help differentiate between the images. The images in group "a" show two men putting up a sign for a patio sale, and a young woman posing for a photo. These images show preparations for the Panorama City Patio Sale. Image 4a shows one man in a jacket and one man in a sweater holding up a sign which reads "PATIO SALE." The man in the jacket is on a ladder, and the man wearing a sweater is holding a second, smaller sign which reads "SUPER PATIO SALE." It appears that the men are attempting to hang the sign which reads "PATIO SALE." Both men are looking toward the camera, and the man on the ladder is holding the larger sign with both hands. Image 5a is similar to image 4a, but the man on the ground is looking up toward the larger sign. Image 6a is similar to image 5a, but the man on the ladder is holding onto the larger sign with one and. Image 7a shows both men looking toward the camera and the man on the ladder holding the sign with one hand. Image 8a shows a young woman in a long shirt with a v-neck collar posing for a phtoto. It appears that the woman is talking. Image 9a is similar to image 8a, but the woman is not talking and is smiling. Images 10a and 11a are virtually identical to image 9a. The images in group "b" show two women working in a deli or restaurant. Image 2b shows a woman with short hair in a dress and a small, vest-like jacket speaking on the telephone. She is holding a small pouch in her hands. Image 3b shows the woman with short hair and a woman with curly hair preparing a food item in a large metal bowl. Both women are looking at the camera and smiling. Image 4b is similar to image 3b, but both women are looking toward the right side of the image frame and the woman with curly hair is adding something to the food item in the metal bowl. Image 5b shows the two women looking at eachother and the woman with curly hair stirring the food item in the metal bowl. Image 6b shows the two women looking slightly downward. Image 7b shows the woman with short hair looking at the woman with curly hair, and the woman with curly hair looking at the camera. Image 8b shows the two women looking at eachother. The images in group "c" show a man (Raynaldo Soto) in a Washington National Guard uniform seated at a desk with an open book in front of him. He is looking toward the camera. The images in group "c" also show a man with a mustache in a polo shirt posing for photos. Image 14c is oriented horizontally, and is blurry. Image 15c is very similar to image 14c, but the image is not blurry. Image 16c is similar to image 15c, but the image is oriented vertically. Image 17c is virtually identical to image 16c. Image 18c shows the man with a mustache in a polo shirt seated in a chair and looking directly toward the camera. He is not smiling. Image 19c is very similar to image 18c, but the man is looking to the right of the camera slightly. Image 20c shows the man smiling. The images in group "d" show a bearded man with glasses in a suit seated at a desk and doing paperwork. Image 8d shows the man looking downward and writing something. Image 9d is similar to image 8d, but the man has tilted his head toward the camera. Image 10d shows the man looking toward the camera and holding his pen in his right hand. His right index finger is on top of the pen. Image 11d shows the man looking toward the camera and holding the pen with both hands. Image 12d is very similar to image 11d, but the man is looking to the left of the camera. Image 13d shows the man seated on his desk. The images in group "e" show five women posing for photos with glasses of milk in their hands. Behind the women are cows in a pasture. Image 21e shows the woman on the far right with her left arm hanging down at her side. Image 22e is similar to image 21e, but the woman on the far right has put her left hand behind her back. Images 23e-25e are virtually identical to image 22e. The images in group "f" show a man with glasses and wearing a tie presenting a certificate to a young man in what appears to be a classroom. Image 35f shows the man speaking and with his arm around the young man's shoulders. Image 36f shows the man showing the certificate to theyoung man. Image 37f shows the man giving the certificate to the boy. Image 38f shows the young man posing for an individual photo with his hands clasped in front of him. Image 39f is virtually identical to image 38f. The images in group "g' show a man with a mustache seated on top of the ca of a Pontiac sedan. He is holding a sign which reads "PERM. JOB" On the hood of the car is a larger sign which reads "I NEED A JOB." There is a sign visible on the trunk of the car, but it is turned away from the camera. The man is parked on the side of a wide street. Images 29g and 30g are oriented vertically. Images 31g and 32g are oriented horizontally. Otherwise the four images are virtually identical. The images in group "h" show young children dressed in various ethnic costumes. Image 2h shows one child in a dress with a pattern made up of Xs and birds, one with a large sombrero and one a dress which may be meant to look German. Image 3h shows a young girl in a dress with a flower pattern on it and holding a ball. She is sitting on the floor. Standing next to her on the right is a young boy in a vest. Image 4h shows 22 small children dressed in various ethnic costumes. One boy at the top right of the group is holding a flag which reads "ITALIA." Image 5h is virtually identical to image 4h. The images in group "i" show a man in a suit and paisley tie posing for a photo and smiling. Images 17i-19i are all virtually identical. The images in group "j" show a man with a suit wearing a badge which reads "REDMAN for ATTORNEY GENERAL." Image 18j shows the man smiling. Image 19j shows the man looking sad. Image 20j shows the man smiling again, but leaning back more than in mage 18j. The images in group "k" show a woman in a jacket with a plaid checker-pattern on it. Image 36k shows the woman smiling. Her head is turned slightly to the left. Image 37k shows the woman not smiling. Image 38k shows te woman smiling again and with her face oriented directly toward the camera. The images in group "l" show a man in a button-up sweater posing for photos in a home appliance store. Image 32l shows the man looking downward and toward the right. Image 33l shows the man looking toward the camera with his head oriented toward the left slightly. Image 34l is virtually identical to image 33l. Image 35l shows the man still looking toward the camera, but his head is oriented slightly toward the right side of the image. Image 36l shows the man looking toward the camera with his head also oriented directly at the camera. The images in group "m" show a man posing with a potted plant and a small Christmas Tree in a garden. Image 40m shows a man standing in a garden and holding a potted plant toward his left side. Image 41m is very similar to the previous images, but the potted plant is being held closer to the center of the man's body. Image 42m shows the man holding the plant more toward his right side. Image 43m is virtually identical to image 42m. Image 44m shows the man holding a small Christmas Tree and posing. His head is oriented slightly toward the right of the camera. Image 45m is similar to image 44m, but his head is oriented toward the left of the camera.
The Panorama City Patio Sale was a very popular annual sale put on by the Panorama City Benevolent Fund to raise funds to help Panorama City residents stay in their homes. (Ken Balsley interview, 10/21/2016)
Printed at intervals along one edge of all of these film negative strips "KODAK SAFETY FILM 5063."Made/Created
Date made
1967 - 1981Notes
Film Size: 35 mm
Medium: Acetate