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Children ride wooden raft across flood waters in Long Beach, 1930s

Description:: Children transport suitcases on a wooden raft across flood waters in Long Beach, California.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Construction workers on the Ivanhoe Reservoir near Silver Lake, Los Angeles

Description:: Construction workers on the Ivanhoe Reservoir near Silver Lake
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Construction site near rural boom town [?], California

Description:: View of a two men working on a wooden framework under construction next to an excavated area in the vicinity of a rural boomtown [?].
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Rural boom town [?], California

Description:: Rural boomtown town [?] with fenced land, scattered buildings and one building under construction, with mountains in the distance
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Japanese American workers return to harvest celery fields in Venice after going on strike, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Japanese American workers return to harvest celery fields in Venice after going on strike. Approximately 200 celery cutters went on strike and returned to work for about 30 to 35 cents an hour.
Date:: April 29, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Seven seagulls perched on a board over the water in Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Seven seagulls perched on a board over the water in Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wildfire damage, Malibu, 1936

Description:: The damaged remains of a home in Malibu during the wildfires of September 1936.
Date:: [circa September 9, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Seagull, at the beach.

Date:: [circa 1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Flood basins above Altadena filled with rainwater. Circa February 15, 1936.

Description:: Heavy run-off from rains in the Lopez Canyon area north of Altadena, CA leave Altadena's flood basins full. Circa February 15, 1936.
Date:: [circa February 15, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Seagull in flight.

Date:: [circa 1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

"Lady Luck" boat shipwrecked at Rocky Point, Redondo Beach, 1930s

Description:: "Lady Luck" boat is shipwrecked on the rocky shore of Rocky Point in Redondo Beach.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Fallen tree on Pacific Coast Highway after a landslide in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Fallen tree lands on Roosevelt Highway (Pacific Coast Highway) after a landslide occurs in Topanga Canyon.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Unswept streets, Los Angeles, circa 1935

Description:: Photo most likely relates to November 1935 controversy around then Los Angeles Board of Supervisor member Ford’s withholding of state gas tax funds to clean city streets. Most likely taken near Hollywood and Ivar.
Date:: [November, 1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Flood basins above Altadena filled with rainwater. Circa February 15, 1936.

Description:: Heavy run-off from rains in the Lopez Canyon area north of Altadena, CA leave Altadena's flood basins full. Circa February 15, 1936.
Date:: [circa February 15, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Bird on the ground in Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Bird standing on the ground in Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Los Angeles slums in the Great Depression

Description:: View of the dilapidated buildings and unpaved streets in a Los Angeles area slum during the Great Depression
Date:: circa 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Damage after near-tornado level winds and rain strike Alhambra. February 13, 1936.

Description:: Damage after near-tornado level winds and rain strike Alhambra and neighboring communities of Long Beach and Torrance. Damage in Alhambra extended from City Park to Alhambra Road and Raymond avenue in the northeast, and to Poplar street and Freemont avenue in the southwest. February 13, 1936.
Date:: February 13, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Damage after near-tornado level winds and rain strike Alhambra. February 13, 1936.

Description:: Damage after near-tornado level winds and rain strike Alhambra and neighboring communities of Long Beach and Torrance. Damage in Alhambra extended from City Park to Alhambra Road and Raymond avenue in the northeast, and to Poplar street and Freemont avenue in the southwest. February 13, 1936.
Date:: February 13, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Unidentified men and women carry belongings and pets across flood waters, Long Beach, circa 1930s

Description:: Unidentified men and women carry belongings and pets across flood waters in Long Beach.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Duckling in the water at Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Lone duckling in the water in Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mansion, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A mansion in a Los Angeles residential area.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Flood basins above Altadena filled with rainwater. Circa February 15, 1936.

Description:: Heavy run-off from rains in the Lopez Canyon area north of Altadena, CA leave Altadena's flood basins full. Circa February 15, 1936.
Date:: [circa February 15, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Duck and three ducklings standing by the water in Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Duck and three ducklings by the water in Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Rural boom town [?], California

Description:: Rural boomtown town [?] with a bulldozer and wooden tripod structures on open land in the foreground, scattered buildings in the background and a hill beyond
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Rural boom town [?], California

Description:: Rural boomtown town [?] with fenced land, scattered buildings, buildings under construction (or greenhouses) in the middle distance, and with a hill beyond
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Rural boom town [?], California

Description:: Rural boomtown town [?] with fenced land, scattered buildings and one building under construction, with mountains in the distance
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Horses on a Malibu beach, 1935

Description:: Photo possibly from destruction of the Malibu Lake Mountain Club on November 16, 1936
Date:: [November 16, 1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Fire in Malibu, 1936

Description:: Photo possibly from destruction of the Malibu Lake Mountain Club on November 16, 1936
Date:: [November 16, 1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Street scene in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: View of North Spring Street in Chinatown, Los Angeles, shortly after redevelopment in the area.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Smoke from wildfire in the hills, Topanga, 1936

Description:: Smoke from the fire that ravaged Topanga Canyon during September of 1936.
Date:: [circa September 8, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Seagull in flight.

Date:: [circa 1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Unidentified men ride boat in flood waters near submerged vehicle and homes, Long Beach, 1930s

Description:: Men ride a boat near a submerged vehicle and flooded homes in Long Beach, California.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Forest fire in Malibu, circa October 1935

Description:: Possibly related to forest fires in Malibu on October 23, 1935
Date:: [October 23, 1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Fire in Malibu, 1936

Description:: Photo possibly from destruction of the Malibu Lake Mountain Club on November 16, 1936
Date:: [November 16, 1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Row of homes along a dirt road in the slums, Los Angeles, 1925-1945

Description:: A row of meager homes along a dirt road in the Los Angeles slums. Two children stand in the distance in front of the line-up of identical homes
Date:: [between 1925 and 1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Black widow and Solpugid spiders.

Description:: Black Widow (left) and Solpugid (right) spiders.
Date:: 1930-1940?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Damage after near-tornado level winds and rain strike Alhambra and neighboring communities. February 13, 1936.

Description:: Damage after near-tornado level winds and rain strike Alhambra and neighboring communities of Long Beach and Torrance. Damage in Alhambra extended from City Park to Alhambra Road and Raymond avenue in the northeast, and to Poplar street and Freemont avenue in the southwest. February 13, 1936.
Date:: February 13, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mansion, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A mansion in a Los Angeles residential area.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mansion, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A mansion in a Los Angeles residential area.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Debris blocks the Pacific Coast Highway after a landslide in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Men examine debris from a landslide that fell onto the road. The location of the landslide was not noted.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of New Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: Aerial view of New Chinatown, Los Angeles following its relocation and renewal north of the Union Station area.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Butcher stands in front of a meat display case, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Butcher stands in front of a case displaying meat for sale.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ducklings swimming around the reeds in Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Ducklings swimming amongst the reeds in Westlake Park, mother duck is visible in the background. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Duck bobs for food in the water at Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Duck bobs for food in the water at Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Two black birds standing on the grass in Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Two black birds standing on the grass in Westlake Park. One is poking at something, possibly popcorn, with its beak. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ducklings gathered by the water in Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Ducklings gathered by the water in Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Duck and three ducklings standing on a rock by the water in Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Duck and three ducklings standing on a rock by the water in Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Duck and ten ducklings in the water at Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Duck and ducklings in the water in Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ducklings in the water at Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Ducklings in the water at Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Damage after near-tornado level winds and rain strike Alhambra. February 13, 1936.

Description:: Damage after near-tornado level winds and rain strike Alhambra and neighboring communities of Long Beach and Torrance. Damage in Alhambra extended from City Park to Alhambra Road and Raymond avenue in the northeast, and to Poplar street and Freemont avenue in the southwest. February 13, 1936.
Date:: February 13, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wildfire damage, Malibu, 1936

Description:: The damaged remains of a home in Malibu during the wildfires of September 1936.
Date:: [circa September 9, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Street scene in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: View of a walkway on North Broadway Street in "New" Chinatown, Los Angeles following the move from the Union Station area.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of Big Bear Lake, [1920s or 1930s?], rephotographed [1935?]

Description:: Aerial view of Big Bear Lake, looking west, with Metcalf Bay and Boulder Bay at top left, Grout Bay at top right
Date:: [1920s or 1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Woman and man standing near metal fence, Palisades Park, Santa Monica, [1930s?]

Description:: Text description on negative sleeve is incorrect; image is Palisades Park, Santa Monica
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of streets, hills, reservoir, and mountains, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of hilly neighborhood with curved streets, widely spaced houses, and reservoir or lake near center, with mountains in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of Los Angeles Municipal Airport on Army Day, circa 1931

Date:: circa 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of Los Angeles High School, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of Los Angeles High School and surrounding streets, with Wilshire Boulevard running from center left to top, Olympic Boulevard and Rimpau Boulevard near center
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

House overlooking Roosevelt Highway, damaged (or under construction), [Malibu?], circa 1929-1939

Description:: 2-story house with Spanish tile roof, with boards against side of house, with patio, steps, and planters in foreground, with cliff, highway, and ocean at left. The edge of the patio pavement is rough as though it broke off in a landslide down the cliff.
Date:: [between 1929-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Smokestack, Brawley, [1920-1939?]

Description:: Smokestack on tank and wooden outbuildings in desert area, probably related to oil industry, with pipe in foreground, mountains in background
Date:: [1920-1939?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

House overlooking Roosevelt Highway, damaged (or under construction), [Malibu?], circa 1929-1939

Description:: 2-story house with Spanish tile roof, with boards, chains, and pulleys on patio and against side of house, with overhanging trees, with hills and ocean in left background. In another image of this house the edge of the patio pavement on the cliff side is ragged as though lost in a landslide (uclamss_1429_0435).
Date:: [between 1929-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of streets, river, mountains, and airplane, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Image slightly blurred
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Oil well, Brawley, [1920-1939?]

Description:: Oil well, car, and wooden outbuildings in desert area, probably related to oil industry, with pipes in foreground
Date:: [1920-1939?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Building under construction, Burbank, [1920s or 1930s?]

Description:: Wooden building under construction, with wide dirt area in foreground and snow-topped mountains in background
Date:: [1920-1939?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of reservoir or lake, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Possibly Silver Lake Reservoir or Stone Canyon Reservoir
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of streets and hills, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of streets with many buildings, corridor of large buildings near center, curved street in foreground, hills at left
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of streets and fields, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of streets, mostly straight, in grid pattern, with houses in foreground, building with domed room near center, school and athletic field at right, fields and mountains in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Construction site, Balboa peninsula (Newport Beach), [1930s?]

Description:: Construction crew, including man on tractor and 3 men standing with tools, building road or driveway, with houses in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bowling on the green at Exposition Park, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Description:: Men in vests and hats playing lawn bowls in Exposition Park
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Vermont First Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

Description:: Exterior view of the Mission Revival style Vermont First Methodist Episcopal Church (later Vermont Square United Methodist Church), located at 4410 S. Budlong Ave.
Date:: [circa 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Barge in canal, Brawley, [1920-1939?]

Description:: Barge with drilling equpiment, probably related to oil industry, in canal in desert area, with shrubs on dirt banks in foreground and background, oil well in distance
Date:: [1920-1939?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Oil well, Brawley, [1920-1939?]

Description:: Oil well, cars, and wooden outbuildings in desert area, probably related to oil industry, with shrubs in foreground, mountains in background
Date:: [1920-1939?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

House overlooking Roosevelt Highway, damaged (or under construction), [Malibu?], circa 1929-1939

Description:: House with Spanish tile roof, with boards, chains, and pulleys on patio and against side of house, with overhanging tree at right and ocean at left. In another image of this house the edge of the patio pavement on the cliff side is ragged as though lost in a landslide (uclamss_1429_0435).
Date:: [between 1929-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of fields, river, and hills, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of mostly fields, some buildings, with river running through foreground and hills in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Man walking down steps from doorway, 1927 or 1937

Description:: Possibly related to Robert Louis Stevenson Junior High School, Los Angeles (opened 1926, principal James Hagar Hutt), or the Robert Louis Stevenson Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library (opened 1927). Not a photograph of the author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894).
Date:: 1927 or 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of streets and fields, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of streets, mostly straight, in grid pattern, with houses in foreground, school and athletic field near right center, fields and mountains in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of fields, streets, mountains, and airplane, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of fields and streets, with mountains in background and single-propellor monoplane flying at top
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of streets, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of streets in Los Angeles, mostly straight, including one major street with streetlights and billboards running from lower left to center right, one curving street near center left. View shows mostly houses, some fields, few buildings taller than 2 stories, long bridge or structure just left of center.
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Patio of house overlooking Roosevelt Highway, damaged (or under construction), [Malibu?], 1929-1939

Description:: Patio overlooking Roosevelt Highway, with man in coat standing at corner looking down, with cliff, highway, and ocean at left, hills and cloudy sky in background. The edge of the patio pavement is rough as though it broke off in a landslide down the cliff.
Date:: [between 1929-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Reforestation recruits being issued supplies at the 902nd Company Civilian Conservation Corps camp, Calif., circa 1933

Date:: circa 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bowling on the green at Exposition Park, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Description:: Men in suits or vests and hats playing lawn bowls in Exposition Park
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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