Candid shots at dinner for John Cobb, Los Angeles, Calif., 1939

30 photographs of men at a banquet with live music, and in group portraits, Los Angeles, California, 1939 August 14. "Client: Gilmore Oil Co[mpany]; Agency: Botsford, Constantine & Gardner; note: all 4x5s are to be square corners and no 'Photo by "D[ick]" W[hittington]'; operator's report - name: 'Dick' [Whittington]; 30 original photographs @ 2.50; in city; night - on envelopes. Editor's note: the area known as the Farmers Market (Los Angeles) was formerly known as the Gilmore Ranch.