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Women in doorway of Adolph L. Bernheimer residence, Bernheimer Garden, Pacific Palisades, 1927-1940

Description:
Two women, one in light dress, one in flowered dress, standing in doorway of Adolph L. Bernheimer residence, with wood carvings above door, circular medallions decorating door, open woodwork around door, driveway, gatehouse, and mountains in background
Date:
1927-1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Women in doorway of Adolph L. Bernheimer residence, Bernheimer Garden, Pacific Palisades, 1927-1940

William E. MacFaden and Robert W. Kenny, two of California's youngest judges, Los Angeles, circa 1934

Description:
Will E. MacFaden (1913-1992) and Robert W. Kenny (1901-1976), pose together as two of California's youngest judges. William E. MacFaden (1913-1992) became the youngest judge in the state of California when he was sworn in as Redondo Beach city judge on July 1934.Robert W. Kenny was a former reporter and one of the youngest judges selected to serve as a Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles. He was appointed on December 6, 1932. He later served as the 21st Attorney General of California.
Date:
between 1932-1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
William E. MacFaden and Robert W. Kenny, two of California's youngest judges, Los Angeles, circa 1934

Views of Palisades Park and Marion Davies' beach house, Santa Monica

Description:
Upper photo: view of a wide dirt road on the face of a cliff in Santa Monica's Palisades Park, 1910-1920. The road is at center and leads from the top of the cliffs at left down to the beach at right. It is lined with a rustic eucalyptus branch fence and several large plants. A tall rock formation can be seen towards the bottom of the road at right. The beach is visible in the distance at center and right. Several tall mountains form a range in the background.
Date:
[circa 1905-1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Views of Palisades Park and Marion Davies' beach house, Santa Monica

Unidentified detective keeping guard by murderer Robert S. James's jail cell, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
An unidentified detective keeping guard by the jail cell of infamous murderer Robert S. James. James had tied down his pregnant fifth wife and forced a rattlesnake to bite her, and then later drowned her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:
[circa May 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Unidentified detective keeping guard by murderer Robert S. James's jail cell, Los Angeles, 1936

Unidentified detective keeping guard by murderer Robert S. James's jail cell, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
An unidentified detective keeping guard by the jail cell of infamous murderer Robert S. James. James had tied down his pregnant fifth wife and forced a rattlesnake to bite her, and then later drowned her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:
[circa May 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Unidentified detective keeping guard by murderer Robert S. James's jail cell, Los Angeles, 1936

Trans-Pacific Yacht Club secretary John Wallace, 1936

Description:
Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, May 29, 1936, “Two Yachts Enter Race, List of Boats in Long Sea Dash Swelled to Fifteen by Added Starters.” Two crack yachts entered from San Francisco Bay area, yesterday hoisted the total entry list for the trans-Pacific yacht race from Santa Monica to Honolulu to fifteen boats, Secretary John Wallace of the Trans-Pacific Yacht Club revealed. …
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Trans-Pacific Yacht Club secretary John Wallace, 1936

Supervisors John Anson Ford and Harry M. Baine shake hands and exchange a flower, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:
Supervisors John Anson Ford and Harry M. Baine shake hands and exchange a flower. John Anson Ford was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1934-1958. He was a member of the state Democratic Central Committee in the 1940's and 1950's. In 1976, the County of Los Angeles named a performing arts theatre the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in honor of the county supervisor. Harry M. Baine served as a Los Angeles County Supervisor and was a prominent businessman who built the Baine Building on Hollywood Blvd.
Date:
1930s
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Supervisors John Anson Ford and Harry M. Baine shake hands and exchange a flower, Los Angeles, 1930s

Supervisor John Anson Ford sits at his desk at the Hall of Records with a bouquet of flowers, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:
John Anson Ford was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1934-1958. He was a member of the state Democratic Central Committee in the 1940's and 1950's. In 1976, the County of Los Angeles named a performing arts theatre the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in honor of the county supervisor.
Date:
1930s
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Supervisor John Anson Ford sits at his desk at the Hall of Records with a bouquet of flowers, Los Angeles, 1930s