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Line of Studebaker radiator grilles, affixed with hood ornaments, at Studebaker's Los Angeles assembly plant. circa January 2, 1936.

Description:
A line of radiator grilles, affixed with Studebaker's distinctive "lark in circle" hood ornament, at Studebaker's Los Angeles assembly plant in Vernon, Ca. Studebaker's Los Angeles plant was established in December of 1935, and its first completed car rolled off the assembly line on January 2, 1936. The plant closed on June 8, 1956.
Date:
[circa January 2, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Line of Studebaker radiator grilles, affixed with hood ornaments, at Studebaker's Los Angeles assembly plant. circa January 2, 1936.

Cafe operator Agnes O'Brien on the witness stand during the liquor license bribe trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Cafe operator Agnes O'Brien who was a witness at the liquor license bribe trial. O'Brien testified that she had paid money to the Board of Equalization in the hopes of having her liquor license reinstated, but never received the reinstated license. Defendants in the bribe trial included several high-ranking officials such as state board of equalization member William G. Bonelli and chief liquor control officer Merle Templeton.
Date:
March 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Cafe operator Agnes O'Brien on the witness stand during the liquor license bribe trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Craft workers on strike stand outside Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Craft workers on strike stand outside Paramount Studios. Nearly 2500 craft studio workers went on strike against major motion picture studios, including MGM, Warner Brothers, and Paramount. The strike was issued by Charles Lessing, president of the Federated Motion Picture Crafts, and the American Federation of Labor.
Date:
July 31, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Craft workers on strike stand outside Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, 1937

Los Angeles County's prize-winning Belgian draft horses are sold at auction. April 18, 1934.

Description:
Five of the twenty-six Belgian draft horses being auctioned off by Los Angeles County at Los Angeles's Union Stock Yards. L.A. County's Board of Supervisors had assessed that the draft horses, though they had won many prizes and obtained national recognition, were too expensive to continue to care for. The twenty-six horses netted $11,367.50 at auction.
Date:
April 18, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Los Angeles County's prize-winning Belgian draft horses are sold at auction. April 18, 1934.

Charles L Rawlins, attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, circa November 1935

Description:
Photo related to November 1935 United States Senate Justice Administration Committee on the controversies surrounding the bankruptcy of Fox West Coast Theaters. Charles L Rawlins was the attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, which was involved in the case.
Date:
[November, 1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Charles L Rawlins, attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, circa November 1935

First National Bank of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, 1921

Description:
Possibly related to the article, "Kidnapers of Officer Hunted, Five Armed Autoists Abduct Street Superintendent, Escape is Made in Motor Car Believed Stolen, Plot to Rob Beverly Hills Bank Suspected," Los Angeles Times, April 1, 1921. The article states: "Five armed men believed to have been planning to hold up the First National Bank of Beverly Hills, yesterday morning abducted C.B. Duncan, Superintendent of Streets of Beverly Hills, and after forcing him into an automobile drove to a clump of eucalyptus trees near Culver City, where he was released..."
Date:
1921
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
First National Bank of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, 1921

First National Bank of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, 1921

Description:
Possibly related to the article, "Kidnapers of Officer Hunted, Five Armed Autoists Abduct Street Superintendent, Escape is Made in Motor Car Believed Stolen, Plot to Rob Beverly Hills Bank Suspected," Los Angeles Times, April 1, 1921. the article states: "Five armed men believed to have been planning to hold up the First National Bank of Beverly Hills, yesterday morning abducted C.B. Duncan, Superintendent of Streets of Beverly Hills, and after forcing him into an automobile drove to a clump of eucalyptus trees near Culver City, where he was released…"
Date:
1921
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
First National Bank of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, 1921

First National Bank, interior, following robbery, Arcadia, 1922

Description:
Related to 2 articles: (1) "Nab Four For Bank Robbery, Mexicans Are Taken After One Hour’s Chase, First National of Arcadia Out Five Thousand, Cashier Saves Institution from Greater Loss." Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 1922. Print. The article states: "… That the four men are members of the band that held up and robbed the Bank of Alhambra Tuesday afternoon and escaped with $700 in cash was asserted by the arresting officers …" (2) "Outlaws Raid Alhambra Bank, Armed Men Grab Cash and Escape to City, Seven Hundred Dollars is Taken from Cage, Robbers Force Autoists to Help Their Flight." Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 1922. Print.
Date:
1922
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
First National Bank, interior, following robbery, Arcadia, 1922