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Portraits and Group Photos

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

  1. 18-20: G. Bennet Larson portraits
  2. 21: Larson and Charles E. Morin of General Teleradio
  3. 22: Group at start of Atlantic Coast Network
  4. 23: Yankee Stadium on opening day in 1952
  5. 24: Larson at a ball game with clients to celebrate 3 years of WWDC, 1943
  6. 25: Larson and Ned Just at deal for MSG activities to be televised on WPIX
  7. 26: A stage set of a kitchen, with camera and lights, on Social Hall Ave
  8. 27: G. Bennet Larson; Wayne Coy, FCC Commission; Wes Puller, TL head; Hugh Terry, TL, Denver
  9. 28: G. Bennet Larson; F.M. Flynn, President, WPIX; G.M. Lyon of Empire State, Inc.; Tom Howard of WPIX; P.B. Stephens, The New York News; and General Hugh A. Drum of Empire State, Inc. signing contract for WPIX to transmit from television tower of Empire State Building
  10. 29: Josey Barnes and Paul Willis with Barnes' 1957 Certificate of Honor in the G.M.A. Life Line of America Trophy Awards
  11. 30: Josey Barnes, Manufacturers award recipient, and Paul Willis
  12. 31: Utah Broadcasters Association Officers and Board of Directors: George Hatch, Vice-President (Intermountain Network); Eugene M. Halliday, President (KSL); Arch Webb, Secretary-Treasurer (KVOG); Harold Van Wagenen (KIXX); Artur Higbee (KSUB); G. Bennett Larson (KDYL)
  13. 32: Larson, Wes Puller, and others in 1960 at Columbia Pictures take-over
  14. 33: Larson with child and woman 1953 National Safety Award to KDYL
  15. 34: Larson and Ivor Sharp
  16. 35: KCPX studio at Social Hall Avenue
  17. 36: Allan ?; Raymond Page, Orchestral Director; Larson; Ben Grower, Announcer; and Quinton Reynolds, syndicated writer, gathered around NBC microphone
  18. 37: Larson with Venus Ramey (Miss America), 1942
  19. 38: Larson with Ezra Stone (Miss Greater Philadelphia) and Henry Addage
  20. 39-39a: Larson with Miss Washington, D.C. on WWDC radio
  21. 40: Larson and others with Liberace, pianist, in 1953
  22. 41: Election coverage in Philadelphia's WCAV (ninth station on air), 1948
  23. 42: Exterior of KCPX Channel 4 building
  24. 43: Office in Salt Lake City
  25. 44: Dr. John Z. Bowers of the University of Utah Medical School and Larson receiving the Variety Award at a Salt Lake Advertising Club luncheon
  26. 45: Closeup of the Variety Award
  27. 46: Studio tour in Salt Lake City
  28. 47-49: Bond drive in 1941 or 1942 at Walter Reed Hospital with WWDC radio
  29. 50: Larson and group of TV managers
  30. 51: Larson with group at Kidner Advertising Agency "Salute to Youth Show" 1943
  31. 52: WPIX signs contract to transmit programs from the TV tower on the Empire State Building, with executives of both organizations present
  32. 53: WPIX and Empire State executives
  33. 54: Sid Fox, Harold E. Fellow, Philo T. Farnsworth, and Larson
  34. 55: Larson and Howard Meichen, CBC West Coast Vice President
  35. 56: Larson holding 1951 Sylvania Award for Outstanding Television Technique
  36. 57: Larson with Norm ?, who took over when CP bought KTVT in 1960
  37. 58-63: Rudy Vallee broadcasting from Hollywood studio during his star role in George Whit's Scandals. Included are; Chic Sale, Florence Desmond, Jimmy Cagney, and June Knight
  38. 64-65: Larson with "Valentine" girl sent him by a client
  39. 66: Larson with Fanny Brice
  40. 67: Larson at Hollywood office in 1937
  41. 68: Larson at Griffith Park in Washington, D.C. with FCC commissioner
  42. 69-70: Larson and Bruce Vanderhoff
  43. 71: Portrait of Lauritz Melchoir
  44. 72: Larson and others in front of Keystone Automobile Club Jeep
  45. 73-74: Larson and boy in "Jolly Junketeers" hats, 1931
  46. 75: Larson with boy and dog on "Junket Show"
  47. 76: Larson and others with Gladys Rice
  48. 77: Larson, Bruce Vanderoff, and Doug Clawson
  49. 78: Sid Fox, Roy Larson, and G. Bennett Larson at KDYL transmitter on mountain
  50. 79-80: Sid Fox, Roy Larson, G. Bennett Larson, Wes Puller, and Cal Rawlings
  51. 81: Larson's office birthday party, March 15, 1957 at KTVT/TV
  52. 82: Violet White, Emma Ricks, and Ardell Welch at Denver and Rio Grande Rail Road cooking school Christmas party, 1943
  53. 83: Larson, Kefauver, and Ted Easterbrook

Dates

  • 1920s-1957

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Extent

From the Collection: 85 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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