Subject: People / Date: 1937 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Accused murderer Helen Wills Love with Veda Sullivan and juror Mary Plettner at Love's trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Mary Plettner (left), juror for the Helen Wills Love (right) murder trial, and Vada Sullivan, apparently a court officer (center). Mrs. Plettner was excused from her juror duties when she was found to be drunk on grain alcohol. Judge Smith found Plettner in contempt of court but delayed her sentence until the next day because of her condition.
Date:: March 9, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Helen Wills Love with Veda Sullivan and juror Mary Plettner at Love's trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Mary Plettner (left), juror for the Helen Wills Love (right) murder trial, was excused from her juror duties when she was found to be drunk on grain alcohol. Vada Sullivan, apparently a court officer, is pictured steadying Mrs. Plettner. Judge Smith found Plettner in contempt of court but delayed her sentence until the next day because of her condition.
Date:: March 9, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actor Clark Gable and Ria Langham Gable in audience at outdoor event, 1930s

Description:: Clark Gable, in suit and hat, and second wife Ria Langham Gable, in dark coat and hat, seated in end seats among audience at outdoor event, with field in background
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actor Clark Gable seated, surrounded by group of five men, circa 1937

Date:: 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actor Edmund Burns and his wife in conversation with Danish hotelier Axel Springborg and his wife, Los Angeles (?), 1930s

Description:: Actor Edmund Burns and his wife in conversation with Danish hotelier Axel Springborg and his wife, who are the owners of Glen Ivy Hot Springs.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actor Jack Holt and his son Tim Holt, also an actor, Los Angeles

Description:: Tim Holt (left) with his father Jack Holt. Both Holts were successful film actors, known mostly for their work in Westerns.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actor Leo Carrillo hosting Thanksgiving dinner for Mexican American children at La Golondrina restaurant in Los Angeles, Calif., 1937

Date:: November 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actor Neil Hamilton and daughter Patricia on beach holding wooden shoes, Malibu, 1937

Description:: A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, October 24, 1937, Present from Holland, with caption: The Dutch influence came to Hollywood when Neil Hamilton, pictured on the beach at Malibu with his small daughter, Patricia, presented her with a pair of wooden shoes he brought back from abroad. This was just one of the many presents she received on her birthday.
Date:: October 20, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actor Paul Muni and his wife Bella at the Academy Awards, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Actor Paul Muni and his wife Bella at the 1937 Academy Awards. That year, Paul Muni's costar in "The Good Earth" Luisa Rainer won Best Actress for her role.
Date:: [circa March 6, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actors John and Lionel Barrymore, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Actors and brothers John and Lionel Barrymore.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actors Julius Tannen and William Tannen, [1934-1937?]

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, October 16, 1935, Actress Admits Secret Wedding … Donrue Leighton, young M.-G.-M. actress, and William Tannen, son of Julius Tannen, actor, yesterday admitted their marriage … or Los Angeles Times photo, February 25, 1937, Night Club Sees New Escort for Elaine … Elaine Barrie Barrymore was seen at a Hollywood night club recently escorted by William Tannen …
Date:: [1934-1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actors Paul Muni and Victor McLaglen holding an Oscar at the Academy Awards, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Actors Paul Muni and Victor McLaglen holding an Oscar award at the 1937 Academy Awards. That year, Paul Muni's costar in "The Good Earth" Luisa Rainer won Best Actress for her role. Victor McLaglen won for Best Actor in 1935 for his role in "The Informer."
Date:: [circa March 6, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress Anna May Wong sitting at desk with Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts reviewing extortion letters, Los Angeles, 1937

Date:: 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress Boots Mallory and an official in a Santa Monica harbor Department office, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: Actress Boots Mallory seated at a desk and writing on a piece of paper, with a standing man observing (either Commander Walker or Chief Dice), in an office. A life preserver on the wall identifies the location as "Santa Monica [Harbor] Dept." Mallory is wearing a harbor department with a badge on it jacket similar to the one worn by the man.
Date:: December 20, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Actress Boots Mallory at a ship's wheel, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: Boots Mallory at a ship's wheel, wearing a navy cap and sweater decorated with the image of an anchor.
Date:: December 20, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Actress Boots Mallory operating a ship's signal lamp, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: Actress Boots Mallory operating a ship's signal lamp with Commander Walker and Chief Dice observing. Boats in the water are visible in the background.
Date:: December 20, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Actress Boots Mallory raising maritime signal flags at the Santa Monica Harbor Department, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: Actress Boots Mallory raising maritime signal flags on top of a building of the Santa Monica Harbor Department as a Harbor official observes. The official is either Commander Walker of Chief Dice.
Date:: December 20, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Actress Gail Patrick, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Gail Patrick, a prominent actress. She starred in films such as "My Man Godfrey" and "Dangerous to Know."
Date:: [circa May 9, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress Gloria Swanson arriving in Los Angeles, Calif., 1937

Date:: February 12, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Gloria Swanson talking to reporters as she arrives in Los Angeles, Calif., 1937

Date:: June 11, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Helen Fortescue Reynolds, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Actress Helen Fortescue Reynolds sits on chair. Reynolds was an American actress who appeared in films during the late 1930s and 1940s. She was also known by Helene Whitney, Helene Reynolds, and Joyce Gardner.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress Helen Fortescue Reynolds, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Actress Helen Fortescue Reynolds sits on chair. Reynolds was an American actress who appeared in films during the late 1930s and 1940s. She was also known as Helene Whitney, Helene Reynolds, and Joyce Gardner.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress Helen Fortescue Reynolds, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Actress Helen Fortescue Reynolds sits on chair. Reynolds was an American actress who appeared in films during the late 1930s and 1940s. She was also known by Helene Whitney, Helene Reynolds, and Joyce Gardner.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress Jean Harlow on the arm of actor Robert Taylor, circa 1937

Date:: circa 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Marsha Hunt photographed with sister Marjorie.

Description:: Actress Marsha Hunt, on right, pictured with sister Marjorie.
Date:: [between 1932-1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress Marsha Hunt poses for the camera with sister Marjorie.

Description:: Actress Marsha Hunt, at right, poses for the camera with sister Marjorie.
Date:: [between 1932-1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress Marsha Hunt receives a document from Judge Marshall McComb.

Description:: Actress Marsha Hunt smiles as she receives a document from Judge Marshall McComb.
Date:: [between 1932-1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress Marsha Hunt, smiling, 1933-1937

Description:: Actress Marsha Hunt smiles in an early photograph.
Date:: [between 1933-1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress Phyllis Brooks at an airfield, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Actress Phyllis Brooks at an airfield wearing a fur-lined coat and a fedora, with an airplane visible in the background. Brooks was originally known as the "Ipana Toothpaste Girl," and dated leading men such as Carey Grant and Howard Hughes before marrying a close friend of President John F. Kennedy, Congressman Torbert Macdonald.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress Phyllis Brooks wearing a fur-lined coat and fedora, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Actress Phyllis Brooks wearing a fur-lined coat and a fedora, with an airplane visible in the background. Brooks was originally known as the "Ipana Toothpaste Girl," and dated leading men such as Carey Grant and Howard Hughes before marrying a close friend of President John F. Kennedy, Congressman Torbert Macdonald.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ada Ince, [rephotographed], 1925-1939

Description:: Image of a photo of Ada Ince, beauty contestant and actress. Handwritten in left corner of photo: "To My Sweetheart, All My Love. Forever Ada." Handwritten in right corner of photo: "D. Gaggeri. Wilshire 'La Brea' L.A." Born Ada Williams, she married William T. Ince and became Ada Williams Ince. In 1934 Ada and William divorced. In 1935 Ada married Ray E. Dodge and became Ada Ince Dodge.
Date:: [between 1925-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aimee Semple McPherson sits at a desk reading a book, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Aimee Semple McPherson sits at a desk reading a book. McPherson was a noted evangelist and founder of the Angelus Temple and the Foursquare Church.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Airplane crash victim Ralph McKeown, [1930-1937?]

Description:: Ralph McKeown, in suit and tie, and woman in coat and dress, holding hat, both standing on lawn with hill and shrubs in background
Date:: [1930-1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Albert Dyer with his lawyer Ellery Cuff in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Albert Dyer and his lawyer Ellery Cuff in court. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. From left to right is Albert Dyer and public defender Cuff.
Date:: [circa August 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Albert Dyer with his lawyers William Neeley and Ellery Cuff in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Child-murderer Albert Dyer and his public defenders William Neeley and Ellery Cuff in court at Dyer's trial. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. From left to right, Albert Dyer, Neeley, and Cuff.
Date:: [circa August 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Alhambra Legion auxiliary team captain Marion de Varanne sitting with Dorothea Carlson, Los Angeles

Description:: Alhambra Legion auxiliary team captain Marion de Varanne (left) sitting with Dorothea Carlson
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Al Simmons holding bats in a baseball field, 1930's

Description:: Baseball player Al Simmons swinging three baseball bats in a baseball field. Other players are visible in the distance.
Date:: [circa 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Al Watrous, American professional golfer, circa 1930-1939

Description:: Al Watrous (left) walking next to another golfer on a golf course with 3 golfers in the distance on the right
Date:: [circa 1930-1939]
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. 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. 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

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

Description:: American actor and director Slim Summerville. 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 artist Rockwell Kent and his wife Frances Lee Kent, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: American artist Rockwell Kent and his wife Frances Lee Kent. Kent lectured at the Philharmonic Auditorium on "Warm Hearts and Cold Feet in Greenland," where he showed motion pictures of the scenes he described.
Date:: [circa March 7, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

American artist Rockwell Kent at his desk, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: American artist Rockwell Kent at his desk. Kent lectured at the Philharmonic Auditorium on "Warm Hearts and Cold Feet in Greenland," where he showed motion pictures of the scenes he described.
Date:: [circa March 7, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell, the first archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Bishop John Joseph Cantwell, the first archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Date:: [1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Assemblyman Paul A. Richie, chairman of the labor and capital committee, Sacramento, 1937

Description:: Assemblyman Paul A. Richie, the chairman of the interim committee on labor and capital. The committee was investigating the strike situation affecting the San Jacinto tunnel on the Colorado River aqueduct.
Date:: October 27, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney A. Brigham Rose and grand jury member Clifford E. Clinton facing charges of contempt, Los Angeles, December 1937

Description:: Attorney A. Brigham Rose (seated left) and county grand jury member Clifford E. Clinton in the courtroom. Rose and Clinton, along with Clinton's fellow grand jury member Harry L. Ferguson and Rose's legal secretary Pauline Huff were charged with contempt when they allegedly withheld information regarding Clinton's investigation of vice and gambling in Los Angeles county. Superior Judge Wilson dropped the charges, calling them legally insufficient. An attempt to renew the citations of contempt was quickly abandoned when Rose, Clifford, Ferguson, and Huff finally took the stand to testify.
Date:: between November 30 and December 7, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorneys Arthur Veitch and Jerry Giesler on the stand with Jack Allen, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Lawyers Harold Lee "Jerry" Giesler and Arthur Veitch on a courtroom stand with Jack Allen. Jerry Giesler was a criminal defense lawyer and the first president of the Criminal Courts Bar Association. Arthur Veitch was a district attorney.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Augustus Hawkins and Titus Alexander at the Southern Pacific Station, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: L to R: unidentified man, Augustus Hawkins, Titus Alexander, unidentified woman, Bert McDonald, Hugh MacBeth.
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Australian actress Constance Worth, during her marriage annulment suit with famed Irish actor George Brent, circa August 13, 1937.

Description:: Australian actress Constance Worth pictured with one of her lawyers, during her marriage annulment proceedings. Her husband, actor George Brent, contested that their short marriage was not legal, because they had been married in Mexico but had not followed Mexican marriage laws. Worth's legal team asserted that the marriage was in fact legal.Circa August 13, 1937.
Date:: August 13, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Australian actress Constance Worth, during her marriage annulment suit with famed Irish actor George Brent, circa August 13, 1937.

Description:: Australian actress Constance Worth pictured with one of her lawyers, during her marriage annulment proceedings. Her husband, actor George Brent, contested that their short marriage was not legal, because they had been married in Mexico but had not followed Mexican marriage laws. Worth's legal team asserted that the marriage was in fact legal.Circa August 13, 1937.
Date:: [circa August 13, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Australian actress Constance Worth, during her marriage annulment suit with famed Irish actor George Brent, circa August 13, 1937.

Description:: Australian actress Constance Worth pictured with one of her lawyers, during her marriage annulment proceedings. Her husband, actor George Brent, contested that their short marriage was not legal, because they had been married in Mexico but had not followed Mexican marriage laws. Worth's legal team asserted that the marriage was in fact legal.Circa August 13, 1937.
Date:: [circa August 13, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Australian actress Constance Worth, during her marriage annulment suit with famed Irish actor George Brent, circa August 13, 1937.

Description:: Australian actress Constance Worth pictured with one of her lawyers, during her marriage annulment proceedings. Her husband, actor George Brent, contested that their short marriage was not legal, because they had been married in Mexico but had not followed Mexican marriage laws. Worth's legal team asserted that the marriage was in fact legal.Circa August 13, 1937.
Date:: [circa August 13, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Australian actress Constance Worth, during her marriage annulment suit with famed Irish actor George Brent, circa August 13, 1937.

Description:: Australian actress Constance Worth pictured with one of her lawyers, during her marriage annulment proceedings. Her husband, actor George Brent, contested that their short marriage was not legal, because they had been married in Mexico but had not followed Mexican marriage laws. Worth's legal team asserted that the marriage was in fact legal.Circa August 13, 1937.
Date:: [circa August 13, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Berthal Gregory and Marion Fitts, sister and wife of District Attorney Buron Fitts, at a trial concerning financial transactions within the Fitts family, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Mrs. Berthal Gregory, sister and secretary of District Attorney Buron Fitts, and Mrs. Marion Fitts, Buron's wife, sitting together during a trial. The trial is probably concerning financial transactions within the Fitts family, specifically involving the 1931 sale of an orange grove to Buron from his parents.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Bess Cremer and Oran Cremer, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Bess Cremer and Oran Cremer sit on a couch.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Bess Cremer, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Bess Cremer sits in an armchair wearing a long-sleeved dress.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Birdseye view towards the Marion Davies' Beach house, Santa Monica, circa 1930-1940

Description:: Birdseye view from Palisades Park towards Marion Davies' beach house on the shore of Santa Monica Bay in Santa Monica, with the beach visible beyond. Across the highway from the beach estate are parked cars, street railroad tracks, utility poles and the brush-covered base of the palisades cliff.
Date:: [circa 1930-1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Bojangles (Bill Robinson) at the Cotton Club, New York, 1930s

Description:: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson onstage with Cotton Club showgirls. Ethel Sissle (later Gordon) is at the far left.
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Boxer Bob Nestell getting his hand taped up before a fight, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Boxer Bob Nestell getting his hand taped up by an unidentified man before a fight against fellow heavyweight Lee Ramage at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa April 11, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boxer Bob Nestell getting his hand taped up before a fight, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Boxer Bob Nestell getting his hand taped up by an unidentified man before a fight against fellow heavyweight Lee Ramage at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa April 11, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boxer Bob Nestell getting his hand taped up before a fight, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Boxer Bob Nestell getting his hand taped up by an unidentified man before a fight against fellow heavyweight Lee Ramage at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa April 11, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boxer Bob Nestell getting his hand taped up before a fight, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Boxer Bob Nestell getting his hand taped up by an unidentified man before a fight against fellow heavyweight Lee Ramage at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa April 11, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boxer Bob Nestell laying down on a mattress before a fight, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Boxer Bob Nestell laying down on a mattress before a fight against fellow heavyweight Lee Ramage at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa April 11, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boxer Bob Nestell resting after a fight, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Boxer Bob Nestell resting with a cup of water. He was fighting fellow heavyweight Lee Ramage at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa April 11, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boxer Henry Armstrong getting his hand wrapped in tape, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Henry Armstrong gets his hand wrapped in sports tape. Henry Jackson Jr. (1912 - 1988) was a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong. He holds the honor of being the only boxer to hold three world championships at the same time.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boxer Henry Armstrong trains with a punching bag, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Henry Armstrong trains with a punching bag. Henry Jackson Jr. (1912 - 1988) was a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong. He holds the honor of being the only boxer to hold three world championships at the same time.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boxers "Young Stuhley" Stuhlsatz and Gus Lesnevich spar in downtown Los Angeles. June 22, 1937.

Description:: Boxers Hayden "Young Stuhley" Stuhlsatz and Gus Lesnevich spar at Los Angeles' downtown Grand Olympic stadium. Lesnevich won the match.
Date:: June 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boys gathered around piano and pianist, taking part in a free summer camp organized by Los Angeles Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz. Circa July 1937.

Description:: Boys from financially disadvantaged backgrounds participate in a free summer camp in Griffith Park. The camp, which was organized by Sheriff Biscailuz, lasted hosted groups of 100 boys for 10 days at a time. While at camp, the boys participated in activities such as swimming, fencing, baseball, various hobbies, and a nonsectarian religious program. The camp operated from July 6th to September 4th, 1937.
Date:: [circa July 6, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee holds her small dog by a train, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee holds her small dog by a train. Lee, originally named Rose Louise Hovick, worked in burlesque, starred in five Hollywood films, wrote for the New Yorker, and published two novels.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Buron Fitts examining his car after recovering from an assassination attempt, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: District Attorney Buron Fitts examining his automobile after recovering from being shot in the elbow by a mystery assailant. A reward was immediately offered for the identity of the would-be assassin.
Date:: [circa March 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Buron Fitts in the hospital with a gunshot wound being tended to by a nurse, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: District Attorney Buron Fitts in the hospital being attended to by a nurse after being shot in the elbow by a mystery assailant. A reward was immediately offered for the identity of the would-be assassin.
Date:: [circa March 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Buron Fitts leaving the hospital after recovering from an assassination attempt, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: District Attorney Buron Fitts leaving the hospital after recovering from being shot in the elbow by a mystery assailant. A reward was immediately offered for the identity of the would-be assassin.
Date:: [circa March 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Buron Fitts leaving the hospital with his wife after recovering from an assassination attempt, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Nitrate negative shows some damage.
Date:: [circa March 10, 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

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

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

California Governor Frank Finley Merriam next to a copy of the United States Constitution, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Governor Frank Finley Merriam poses next to a copy of the United States Constitution. Frank Finley Merriam served as the 28th Governor of California from June 2, 1934 until January 2, 1939.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

California state assemblymen Paul A. Richie of San Diego chairs an interim committee on the strike at the San Jacinto tunnel portion of the Colorado River aqueduct construction project, October 27, 1937

Description:: California state assemblymen Paul A. Richie of San Diego chairs an interim committee on labor and capital. The interim committee was formed in order to assess the C.I.O./United Mine, Mill, and Smelters Union strike at the San Jacinto tunnel of the Colorado River aqueduct project. The committee met first on October 27, 1937 at the California state building in Sacramento.
Date:: October 27, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Captain Walter E. Hegi of the Glendale Police Dept. and Paul A. Wright during an investigation of the double murder of Wright's wife and best friend, Los Angeles, November 1937

Description:: Captain Walter E. Hegi of the Glendale police dept. (left) with airline official Paul A. Wright early on in the investigation of the double murder of Wright's wife Evelyn and best friend, John Kimmel. A crime to which Wright had confessed. Wright testified that he shot his wife and best friend after finding them in an embrace. In the trial that followed, called the "White Flame" trial by the press, Wright eventually escaped the death pentalty and a prison sentence on an insanity plea, thanks to his lawyer Jerry Giesler
Date:: November 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Capt. J.H. Carter inspects the home of Paul A. Wright, where Wright fatally shot his wife and best friend, Glendale, November 10, 1937

Description:: Police Captain J.H. Carter inspects the room in which Evelyn Wright and John B. Kimmel were sitting before they were fatally shot by Evelyn's husband, Paul A. Wright. Wright confessed to shooting his wife and best friend, John Kimmel, after finding the two in an embrace on the piano bench in his home. The trial that followed was named the "white flame" trial by the press and Wright was eventually let off on an insanity plea, thanks to his lawyer, Jerry Giesler
Date:: November 10, 1937
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

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

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

Champion tennis player Don Budge on the court, Los Angeles

Description:: Champion tennis player Don Budge on the court. Budge was number one in the world for five years, he is still considered one of the best all time players
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Chang Yuin-Tsung and Anna May Wong

Description:: Chang Yuin-Tsung and Los Angeles born Chinese American actress Anna May Wong (right).
Date:: ca. 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Charles B. Shattuck, between 1925-1939

Description:: Charles B. Shattuck wearing a suit and seated in front of a table
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

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

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 N. Stevens stands before Grand Jury Room, Los Angeles, 1930's

Description:: Charles N. Stevens, police commissioner from 1934-1938, stands in front of the door to the grand jury room in Los Angeles.
Date:: between 1934 and 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Charlie Chan, fortune teller, in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Charlie Chan, self-proclaimed fortune teller, speaks to a crowd in Chinatown.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Chico and Groucho Marx standing at ticket windows during filming of scene for "A Day at the Races", Los Angeles, 1937

Date:: 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

C. H. Turner, L. S. Rounsavelle, Charl Williams, and Aimee Semple McPherson at unknown event, circa 1935

Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

C.J. Haggerty, July 1937

Description:: Haggerty was involved in labor, California politics, and at time of photo was vice-president of the Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers’ International Union. Other man is unknown
Date:: [July 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

C.J. Haggerty, July 1937

Description:: Haggerty was involved in labor, California politics, and at time of photo was vice-president of the Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers’ International Union.
Date:: [July 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Clara Bow, with Santa Fe Railway pushcart full of luggage.

Description:: Clara Bow poses on a pushcart laden with luggage, apparently about to embark on a journey on the Santa Fe Railway.
Date:: [between 1925-1940?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Clarence Fullbright, press box attendant at Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, 1930s

Description:: Clarence Fullbright, press box attendant at Santa Anita Racetrack
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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