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Artist Diego Rivera seated at restaurant table with actress Paulette Goddard, circa 1940

Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Socialites attend benefit performance of La Boheme at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Socialites mingle at a performance of La Boheme at the Shrine Auditorium, put on by the Metropolitan Civic Opera House. This particular performance benefitted the P.-T.A. milk fund.
Date:: [circa May 12, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd watching a couple dance in Jitterbug Dance contest Los Angeles, Calif., 1939

Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Overhead view of crowded auditorium during Jitterbug Dance contest Los Angeles, Calif., 1939

Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd watching a couple dance in Jitterbug Dance contest Los Angeles, Calif, 1939

Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Earl Carroll and his dancing girls at California Amusement Machine Operators Association Party in Los Angeles, Calif., 1939

Date:: October 9, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress Lauren Bacall and film director Howard Hawks, circa 1943

Date:: 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Chief Davis hands actress Gloria Swason the paid mortgage to the Bide-a-Wee home founded by Minnie Barton, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Chief James Edgar Davis hands Gloria Swanson, silent film actress, the mortgage to the Bide-A-Wee home for women. Swanson helped Minnie Barton, home founder, pay the mortgage by sending $100 a month for several years. The group gathered to burn the mortgage in celebration of completing payment on the home set up by Barton to help working mothers. Also pictured are Mary Brill, president of the Big Sister League, Superior Judge Georgia Bullock, and Mrs. Robert Ladd Gifford. Minnie Barton was the second woman to join the Los Angeles Police Department and also founded the Barton Home for girls in 1917. Gloria Swanson was an actress best known for her role as Norma Desmond in the film Sunset Boulevard.James E. Davis James Edgar Davis was Los Angeles Chief of Police from 1926–1931 and from 1933-1939.
Date:: January 25, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Five-year olds Margaret A. Wall and Bobby Schwartz named King and Queen of wading pool at State Street Playground in Los Angeles, Calif., 1948

Date:: July 28, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face murder charges, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Famed director and choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face three murder charges after he caused a car accident that resulted in fatalities after leaving a cocktail party. Witnesses reported smelling alcohol on Berkeley's breath at the time.
Date:: [circa December 9, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937

Description:: Capt. Leopold McLaglen, self-styled Jiu-Jitsu champion of the world, appears in court over charges that he attempted to blackmail and extort his former employer, millionaire Philip M. Chancellor. McLaglen was accused of threatening to implicate Chancellor in a robbery, unless Chancellor paid McLaglen $20,000. McLaglen is accompanied in court by his lawyer, Harry F. Sewell, at left. November 18, 1937.
Date:: November 18, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Date:: February 09, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Date:: February 09, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Date:: February 09, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Date:: February 09, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Date:: February 09, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Date:: February 09, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Children play in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Children play in Chinatown.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestlers Bluebeard Lewis and Baron Benny Ginsberg grapple outside the ring, May 26, 1937

Description:: "Baron" Benny Ginsberg and Bluebeard Lewis take their wrestling match outside the ring at the Olympic stadium in downtown Los Angeles. Lewis pinned Ginsberg in 3 minutes and 12 seconds. May 26, 1937.
Date:: May 26, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Patrons playing cards in a casino, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Patrons playing cards in a casino. Hawthorne, Compton, Monterey Park, and Long Beach closed several gaming places after Attorney General Webb found games of chance unlawful.
Date:: [circa January 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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Artist Diego Rivera seated at restaurant table with actress Paulette Goddard, circa 1940

Socialites attend benefit performance of La Boheme at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935

Crowd watching a couple dance in Jitterbug Dance contest Los Angeles, Calif., 1939

Overhead view of crowded auditorium during Jitterbug Dance contest Los Angeles, Calif., 1939

Crowd watching a couple dance in Jitterbug Dance contest Los Angeles, Calif, 1939

Earl Carroll and his dancing girls at California Amusement Machine Operators Association Party in Los Angeles, Calif., 1939

Actress Lauren Bacall and film director Howard Hawks, circa 1943

Chief Davis hands actress Gloria Swason the paid mortgage to the Bide-a-Wee home founded by Minnie Barton, Los Angeles, 1935

Five-year olds Margaret A. Wall and Bobby Schwartz named King and Queen of wading pool at State Street Playground in Los Angeles, Calif., 1948

Choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face murder charges, Los Angeles, 1935

Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937

Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town," Los Angeles, 1940

Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town," Los Angeles, 1940

Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town," Los Angeles, 1940

Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town," Los Angeles, 1940

Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town," Los Angeles, 1940

Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town," Los Angeles, 1940

Children play in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1930s

Wrestlers Bluebeard Lewis and Baron Benny Ginsberg grapple outside the ring, May 26, 1937

Patrons playing cards in a casino, Los Angeles, 1937

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