September 16, 1923,
Los Angeles Times:
ProQuest via LAPL
The main entrance on Washington, with what looks to be the Pierce family crest above the arch:
uclamss_893_0167 -- Will Connell Collection. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA
(unless noted otherwise, the UCLA pics here are dated c. 1925-39)
Here is the same entrance on the January 2017 GSV, with Bonsallo Avenue on the right:
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Thelma Todd lying in state on December 19, 1935, at Pierce Brothers. The open gold casket was lined with orchid satin, and her hair was arranged in big blond curls the way she liked it, according to the LAPL
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I think this is the same room Thelma's remains were in:
uclamss_893_0163 -- Will Connell Collection. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Another room:
uclamss_893_0161 -- Will Connell Collection. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA
This is a closer look at the Pierce family crest on the wall at right in the previous photo:
OK, so maybe it's a coat of arms, not a family crest:
Geni.com --
https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-P...00006444637932
Here is a view of the chapel from the rear, followed by a close-up of the front of the chapel:
uclamss_893_0165 -- Will Connell Collection. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Thelma Todd was not the only celebrity whose service was at Pierce Brothers on Washington:
July 25, 1932,
Los Angeles Times @ ProQuest via LAPL
Ziegfeld had died at 10:30 p.m. on July 22. The above article goes on to state, "The body will be placed in a
vault at Forest Lawn Memorial Park today. It will be sent to New York City for internment in about a month."
This is Will Rogers (hand on hat) leaving Pierce Brothers on July 24, 1932, following the Ziegfeld service:
uclamss_1429_0048 -- Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
This January 2017 GSV shot looks north on Bonsallo toward Washington. The woman in red is on the same steps
(now covered with tiles) Will Rogers walked down in the previous photo:
The old mortuary building doesn't appear to have much time left:
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