Subject: Entertainment / Subject: Entertainment - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Woman models a black lace dress and gloves during a fashion show, Los Angeles

Description:: Woman models a black lace dress and gloves during a fashion show
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Well-dressed group dining out, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Seated on left side of table, L to R: Mabel Miles (1st), Edythe Houston (2nd). Seated of right side of table, L to R: Norman O. Houston (1st), Mitchel Miles (2nd). Standing at the far end of the talbe: Floyd Snelson. Standing in the back: Eddie Atkinson (4th from L).
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr., out with a group, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Matthews Photographic & News Service
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Unidentified woman singing, Los Angeles, 1940s?

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Unidentified African American showgirl, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Tricky Davis, Alyce Key, Della Miles and Mae Johnson at a show, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Top view of a chess board and player's hand moving the white queen, Los Angeles

Description:: Top view of a chess board and the hand of a person playing. The player is holding the white queen and moving it towards the black king.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Top view of a chess board and both of the players' hands, one of the players is moving the white knight, Los Angeles

Description:: Top view of a chess board and both of the players' hands. One of the players is moving the white knight, this is the fifth move of the game
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sydney P. Dones and two unidentified women playing ping pong, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Springboard diver Marjorie Gestring leaping from the board in front of a crowd of spectators, Los Angeles

Description:: Springboard diver Marjorie Gestring leaping from the board in front of stands of spectators. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin Gestring won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving. She was 13 years old at the time and was the youngest person ever to win an Olympic gold medal. Gestring was a native Los Angeleno
Date:: [between 1930-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators watch a golfer on the putting green during a tournament at the L.A. Country Club, Los Angeles

Description:: Spectators watch a golfer on the putting green during a tournament at the L.A. Country Club.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators at a wrestling match, one man stands clapping and yelling, Los Angeles

Description:: Spectators at a wrestling match, probably at Olympic Auditorium. One man is standing, clapping, and yelling.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators at a baseball game at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Soprano Hortense Love at a recital, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Slim Gaillard, portrait

Description:: Slim Gaillard, jazz performer, vocalist, and guitarist, poses with his guitar.
Date:: ca. 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Showgirls with a musician, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor and producer, disembarking plane in Los Angeles, Calif., circa 1948

Date:: circa 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Publicity photo for The Bye Sisters, New York, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Pool party at the Miles residence, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: According to Mr. Gordon, the photo was taken at the residence of the Miles brothers (3715 West 27th Street), who were a part of a group of sportsmen and businessmen that owned big mansions and hosted gatherings.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Picnic party near E. 109th Street and Central Avenue, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Phi Beta Sigma event, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Peters Sisters publicity photograph by James Kreigsman, inscribed to Ethel Sissle, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Kriegsman, James M.
James Kriegsmann & Co.
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Performers in Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1927-1950

Description:: Man in top hat, bow tie, checked pants, and blackface, person in tutu, with crowd in background
Date:: 1927-1950
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Performance at a Central Avenue nightclub, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Party in a personal residence, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Party hosted by Fannie Robinson, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Seated on the floor, far left is Fannie Robinson. Leontyne King is beside the couch in a light-colored dress, far right. Ann Robinson is seated on the floor, 2nd from the right. The other women in the photograph are unidentified.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Party at the residence of Lillian and Jack Chase, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Melba Foppe is seated in the second row, 1st from the left (dressed in striped shirt and holding a glass, eyes closed). A row of men is behind the crowd: James Garcia is in this row (1st from the left, facing the camera, behind a woman in a hat). Louise Brooks is the older woman seated on the couch against the window. The others in the photo are unidentified.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Party at the Last Word nightclub on Central Avenue, 1940s

Description:: Photograph is enclosed in a souvenir photo folder from the Last Word nightclub.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Last Word Photos
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Party at photographer George Cutler's house, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Seated on floor (L to R): Lillian Fentress, Chester Washington, Bessie Gant, an unidentified woman, Cullen Fentress. Seated on the couch (L to R): Maudelle Richardson, Gladys Hill, Herman Hill, an unidentified woman, a man identified by his last name "Stubberfield" and an unidentified man. Standing (L to R): an unidentified woman and man, Lois Evans, and George Cutler.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Party at Curtis C. Taylor's house, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Night out at Central Avenue's Jockey Club, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Gibbs Jockey Club Cafe was located at 4305 S. Central Avenue in Los Angeles.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Night out at an Oakland nightclub, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Newspaper clipping featuring Mata Hari, an exotic dancer, courtesan and alleged spy, Los Angeles

Description:: Newspaper clipping from the N. Y. Evening Graphic featuring a picture of Mata Hari, a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was accused of being a spy for Germany during World War I. Because of this charge, she was executed in France on October 15, 1917. Review of official case documents in 1985 revealed that Mata Hari was most likely innocent. Mata Hari was the stage name for Margaretha Geertruida "Grietje" Zelle
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. A.J. Woodward plays the piano while Mrs. James A. Beck and Mrs. Yvonne Chrarton stand nearby, Los Angeles

Description:: Mrs. A.J. Woodward plays the piano while Mrs. James A. Beck and Mrs. Yvonne Chrarton stand nearby. There is a large basket of flowers on top of the piano
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mr. Ervin, publisher of Neighborhood News, at a formal event, Los Angeles, 1940s?

Description:: Mr. Ervin (with mustache) is seen in the front and center of the photograph, smiling.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Movie starlet Elena Verdugo preparing a Spanish dinner in Los Angeles, Calif., circa 1944

Date:: 1944
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Models helping each other get ready in the dressing room before a fashion show, Los Angeles

Description:: One model helps another fix her outfit in the dressing room before a fashion show
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Members of The Charioteers and others out at a nightclub, San Francisco, 1940s

Description:: L to R: Jimmy Sherman, three unidentified people, Lil Hammond, William B. Williams, Beulah Honoré, an unidentified man, Eddie Jackson, and Ethel (Sissle) Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Mary Pickford and Chinese U.S.O. junior hostesses entertain Chinese cadets in Los Angeles, Calif., 1944

Date:: October 22, 1944
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Marching band passing Elks Club building in Elks' parade, Santa Monica, 1939 or 1952

Description:: Marching band, in capes and skirts, viewed from rear, with crowd and decorated Elks building in background
Date:: 1939 or 1952
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Marching band in Elks' parade, Santa Monica, 1939 or 1952

Description:: Uniformed marching band passing decorated Santa Monica Evening Outlook building
Date:: 1939 or 1952
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Leo Carrillo surrounded by fans

Description:: Leo Carrillos's greatest fame would come from his portrayal of Pancho, the sidekick to Duncan Renaldo's Cisco Kid, an early 1950's TV series.
Date:: ca. 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Lakewood Theatre, Lakewood, marquee

Description:: This night photo of the marquee with its neon strips and interior illuminated sign was taken as a publicity photo for Bevelite, the manufacturer of the removable letters used to spell out the names of the show and the stars on the marquee.
Date:: 1944-45
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Western Photo Co.
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Lakewood Theatre, Lakewood, auditorium, proscenium

Description:: The typical proscenium arch has been dispensed with, although it is still indicated by the swags of the valance and the curtain before the screen. Decoration is minimal, concentrated solely on the curved portion of the side walls flanking the screen.
Date:: 1944-45
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Shulman, Julius
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

J. D. King and his band, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Informal gathering at the bar in Walter Gordon's office, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: 1940s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

House party in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Stuff Crouch is standing near the center, in a light colored suit with a white shirt (he has a moustache). A woman identified as Tassie (last name unknown; there is an obituary for Tassie Freeman (1912-1988) in the Sentinel 23 March 1989) is to the right of Crouch. Behind her and looking forward is a real estate broker named Thomas. To Thomas' right is a professional chauffer (name unknown). Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison is sitting in front of Stuff Crouch, holding a glass.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Hollywood fundraiser for the Sleepy Lagoon defense fund

Description:: Photographed left to right are J. Edward Bromberg, Lupe Leyvas, and Dooley Wilson.
Date:: ca. 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Herb Jeffries performing in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Jazz musician and actor Herb Jeffries stands at a microphone. The other musicians in the photograph are unidentified.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Herbert J. Yates, founder and president of Republic Pictures, with three unknown men, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Herbert John Yates (second from right, smoking cigarette), founder and president of Republic Pictures, standing with three unknown men. Yates was head of Republic Pictures from 1935-1959
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Herbert J. Yates, founder and president of Republic Pictures, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Herbert John Yates, founder and president of Republic Pictures. Yates led Republic from 1935-1959
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Haven Johnson playing piano for a group of women, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Women, L to R: Ethel Sissle (later Gordon), an unidentified woman, Marva Louis and Catherine Garcia. Photograph most likely taken at Noble Sissle's house, while Ethel was married to him.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Group portrait of Aqua Show performers in Los Angeles, Calif., circa 1947

Date:: circa 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Group of seven partygoers, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: A group at a party in Los Angeles. From left to right: Judith Hawkins, Joe Birch, LaTanya Griffin, Claude Holman, Suzette Harbin, Mrs. Arthur George and Arthur George.
Date:: [between 1940 and 1949?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

George E. Bryant at Kappa Alpha Psi event, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: The man in the photograph has been tentatively identified as George Ernest Bryant. He is wearing a tuxedo and a button identifying him as a host at a Kappa Alpha Psi function. The woman with him is unidentified, possibly his wife Lucille?
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Gathering of African American entertainers, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Gathering attended by Earl "Red" Griffin, Al Jarvis, and others, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Garden party at the home of Cassie Harris in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Party held at Cassie Harris' house on 109th Street. Ethel (Sissle) Gordon is standing between two men, wearing a light colored peasant-style blouse. Louise Brooks is second from the right. The other people in the photograph are unidentified.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Garden party at Cassie's house, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Frank Veloz and Yolanda Casazza, dance team, Los Angeles

Description:: Husband and wife dance team posing in front of train car; Yolanda Veloz also known by maiden name Yolanda Casazza.
Date:: [between 1934-1949?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Frances and Earl Robinson at a U.S.O. camp show in New York, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Four Step Brothers tap dancing troupe, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Formal event for women, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Float titled "Liberty and Freedom Forever," Elks' parade, Santa Monica, 1939 or 1952

Description:: Young woman dressed as Statue of Liberty, on pedestal on wheeled float, with American flag sign reading "Liberty and Freedom Forever," with gas station in background
Date:: 1939 or 1952
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Five Chinese American women bowlers, circa 1945

Date:: circa 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon at event with the Sammie Franklin Orchestra, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Entertainer Louise Franklin, star of Sweet and Hot, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

El Verde tract plan for the Fred J. Smith residence, Pomona

Description:: Below the main plan is a "typical road cross section" with labels: walk, pavement, planting and a small legend drawing with labels: street, property line, alley and curb line.
Date:: [1922-1952?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Eddie Green, Hadda Brooks, "Peg Leg" Bates, and Frank Sinatra, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Eddie Deason emceeing an event, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Deason is pictured here with a number of other young African American men and women.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Earl Carroll Theatre in Hollywood, 1940s

Description:: Interior photograph of the Earl Carroll Theatre or "entertainment palace" at 6230 Sunset Blvd in Hollywood.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Drummer Buddy Rich with band at the Plantation Club, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Drag contest hosted by Bill Hefflin at the Club Alabam, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Woods, Clyde, photographer
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Drag contest hosted by Bill Hefflin at the Club Alabam, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Woods, Clyde, photographer
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Dorothy McGrath lounging on a Los Angeles beach while using "Walkie Talkie" radio set, circa 1947

Date:: circa 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Director John Ford standing before portrait of himself and Academy Award statue, circa 1946

Date:: circa 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Dancer Marie Bryant and three unidentified chorus girls, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Crowd watching a baseball game at Wrigley Field in South Los Angeles

Description:: Crowd watching a baseball game at Wrigley Field in South Los Angeles. Los Angeles's Wrigley Field was built in 1925 and torn down in 1966. It was host to minor league baseball teams and home of the Los Angeles Angeles. The field is named after the same Wrigley as Wrigley Field in Chicago, but it actually received the name first and had more on-site parking than Chicago's field does now.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd at the bar, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Comedian Wonderful Smith and Joe Greene at a party, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Club Alabam chorus line, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: 1940s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Club Alabam chorus line, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: 1940s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Close-up of a chess board and player's hand moving one of the white bishops, Los Angeles

Description:: Close-up of the corner of a chess board and the hand of a person playing. The player is holding a white bishop and moving it toward a group of black pieces.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Close-up of a chess board and a player's hand moving the white queen, Los Angeles

Description:: Close-up of a chess board and one of the player's hands. The player is moving the white queen.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Close-up of a chess board and a player's hand checking the black king, Los Angeles

Description:: Close-up of a chess board and one of the player's hands. The player is taking out a black knight with the white queen and at the same time checking the black king.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Children's birthday party in a garden, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Charioteers, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Cab Calloway performing in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Burlesque dancer Betty Rowland on stage performing before male audience, circa 1946

Date:: circa 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boxer Joe Louis and comedian Wonderful Smith, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: Joe Louis, Wonderful Smith.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby entertaining at Los Angeles Times annual sports dinner, 1944

Date:: December 28, 1944
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Benefit event at the Club Alabam, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Bathing beauties at the pool at the home of Mitchell Miles, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Anise Boyer, actress and dancer, diving and other women sunbathing at poolside at Mitchell Miles' house on 3715 West 27th Street. Alyce Key is seated on the fence, 4th from the right. Several of Walter L. Gordon's former secretaries are pictured.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Backyard party in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Aurora Greeley and Leroy Broomfield (Broomfield and Greeley) performing at the Club Alabam, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Aurora Greeley is at the far left (holding up her skirt), and Leroy Broomfield is standing at the microphone. The other dancers are unidentified. Photograph taken at the Club Alabam, on Central Avenue.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Arden Theatre, Lynwood, street elevation, day

Date:: 1942-47
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoffman-Luckhaus
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

America's Mermaid, actress-swimmer, Esther Williams in court for divorce from Dr. Leonard Kovner, 1944

Date:: September 12, 1944
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

American actor Slim Summerville, best known for his work in silent comedies, Los Angeles

Description:: American actor and director Slim Summerville (right) with an unknown man. Summerville made the transition between silent to sound films. He was best known for his work in silent comedies but he also acted in dramas, such as All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and directed over 50 short films.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

American actor Slim Summerville, best known for his work in silent comedies, Los Angeles

Description:: American actor and director Slim Summerville (right) with an unknown man. Summerville made the transition between silent to sound films. He was best known for his work in silent comedies but he also acted in dramas, such as All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and directed over 50 short films.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

American actor Slim Summerville, best known for his work in silent comedies, Los Angeles

Description:: American actor and director Slim Summerville (right) with an unknown man. Summerville made the transition between silent to sound films. He was best known for his work in silent comedies but he also acted in dramas, such as All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and directed over 50 short films.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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