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Verse-speaking choir of Fairburn-avenue school, Westwood, 1936

Description:
A group portrait of the students lined up in two rows, all of them wearing dark smocks and white pants or skirts. The students are: Donald Wood, Lloyd Dixon, Barbara Barton, Ruth Borchardt, Carolyn Aberle, Martha Stratton, Judy Dudley, Anne McPhee, Elinor Tresselt, Beverly Griffiths, Marie Whisand, Barbara Ryan, Evelyn Whitman, Marite Delaney, Dick Rice, Patsy Pursell, Charles Ferris, Conchita Bowman, Jimmy Reeves, Betty Hutton and Jack Van Gorder.
Date:
January 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Verse-speaking choir of Fairburn-avenue school, Westwood, 1936

George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer, [outside the KJH Radio studio, Los Angeles(?)], circa 1926-1927

Description:
George Godfrey, "The Leiperville Shadow," was the ring name of Feab Smith Williams, a heavyweight boxer from the state of Alabama who fought from 1919-1937. Godfrey twice won the World Colored Heavyweight Championship. In 2003, Godfrey was named to the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.
Date:
[circa 1926-1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer, [outside the KJH Radio studio, Los Angeles(?)], circa 1926-1927

Images of Gordon Stewart Northcott during or after his murder trial, Los Angeles, Riverside or San Quentin, 1928-1930

Description:
Photograph of three images of Gordon Stewart Northcott during his trial. He was accused of kidnapping, molesting, torturing, and brutally murdering three young boys and aiding in the murder of another in 1928, which his mother admitted to. She received a life sentence in jail. Northcott was found guilty on all accounts and was executed by hanging on October 2, 1930 at the age of 23.
Date:
[between 1928-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Images of Gordon Stewart Northcott during or after his murder trial, Los Angeles, Riverside or San Quentin, 1928-1930

June Marlowe is unused in her husband's court case, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
June Marlowe reflects that court is a lot like the motion picture business in that sometimes you are called to the set (or in this case courtroom) and wait and wait and are finally dismissed without having been needed. Ms. Marlowe was supposed to testify for her husband Rodney S. Sprigg in a suit against him in connection with a stock transaction.
Date:
April 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
June Marlowe is unused in her husband's court case, Los Angeles, 1934

Child survivors at a relief camp after the failure of the Saint Francis Dam and resulting flood, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
Group portrait of a frightened little girl, standing with her hands clasped in front of her, next to another girl who looks at her with her mouth open in concern, who grasps the hand of a toddler girl next to her, who grasps the hand of a taller girl next to her (head not in photograph frame), and a smaller toddler girl (half in the photograph frame). The group is in front of a row of tents in a relief camp for people who were displaced by the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam..
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Child survivors at a relief camp after the failure of the Saint Francis Dam and resulting flood, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Charles Kemp holds a frame with a historic locket, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
The history of the locket's ownership is traced as such: after Washington's death it was given to Col. Tonsard. In 1916 it was given to Maud Yoder by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stocker - Mrs. Stocker's maiden name was Clara Baldwin, daughter of E.J. Baldwin. Col. Tonsard is assumed to be an ancestor of Stocker's mother, who was a friend of Maud Yoder.
Date:
[February 21, 1936?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Charles Kemp holds a frame with a historic locket, Los Angeles, 1936

E. V. Durling, "On the Side" columnist for the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 1936 (copy photo)

Description:
This photograph appears in "Durling's Column Will Start Next Sunday: Feature Appearing in 'Times' Daily to Portray Whimsical and Slyly Philosophical View of Life," Los Angeles Times, 09 Feb 1936: A1. This was also the photo used for his column until April 11, 1936.
Date:
[circa February 8, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
E. V. Durling, "On the Side" columnist for the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 1936 (copy photo)