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Description:: A photograph of "Prince" (not, as captioned here, "Grand Duke") Michael Romanoff, a Hollywood restaurateur and actor, who claimed to be a member of the Russian royal family. This claim was widely known to be false; however, Romanoff kept up the deception throughout his life in Los Angeles.Romanoff was born Hershel Geguzin in Lithuania. He traveled extensively before settling in Los Angeles and into the role of Michael Romanoff. In Hollywood, he acted on stage and in film, but was perhaps most successful as the owner of the restaurant "Romanoff's" in Beverly Hills. The restaurant was popular for its chocolate souffles, and was frequented by many celebrities. It closed its doors in 1962.
Date:: 1934?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Memorial Day, also known as "Poppy Day", May 26, 1934. Pearl Lathrop, Marie Gore, and Emma Wolfegang, members of the Los Angeles American Legion Auxillary, hold bouquets of artificial poppies, made by veterans of the First World War. The poppies were sold by members of the American Legion Auxillary in order to raise money for disabled veterans and their families.Poppies were chosen as representative of Memorial Day due to their presence in the iconic World War I memorial poem, "In Flanders Fields". The poem was written by Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.
Date:: May 26, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A photograph of Chief of Beverly Hills Police Charles C. Blair, District Attorney Buron Fitts, and lawyer Ernest E. Noon. The three men were involved in the search for kidnapping victim William F. Gettle and the prosecution of the kidnappers after Gettle's safe recovery.Charles C. Blair was the first Chief of Police of Beverly Hills, serving from 1927-1942. Ernest E. Noon was the attorney of the Gettle family. He was intimitely involved with the attempts to recover William F. Gettle, directing via the Los Angeles Times that the kidnappers send any ransom requests to him, as Mrs. Fleeta Gettle was ill with nervous prostration after the kidnapping of her husband and under medical supervision.Buron Fitts was the district attorney of Los Angeles from 1928-1940. Fitts was in charge of co-ordinating the police agencies in their search for Gettle and his kidnappers.
Date:: [circa May, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Forrest Farrell fitting horseshoes on race horse W.L. Sickle, owned by W-L Ranch, at Santa Anita Park.
Date:: [1946]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Film stars and married couple Mary Pickford and Charles "Buddy" Rogers posing with horses at a ranch.
Date:: [1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Al Pedrosa sitting in his soap box derby racing car on a barren stretch of road. The race was sponsored at least partially by Chevrolet
Date:: 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: W.J. Stowe with snowshoes attached to his backpack sitting at a picnic table in the park during Anaheim's annual Halloween festival.
Date:: [October 31, 1946]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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