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Portrait of Leo Katz standing next to his "Youth Arisen" mural panel at the Frank Wiggins Trade School, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
The mural was controversial especially because of the depictions of nudity and references to war in the central panel. The central panel was removed from the Frank Wiggins Trade School lobby (now LA Trade Tech) and returned to the Public Works Administration in 1935 and the other two panels were returned in 1939.
Date:
1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Portrait of Leo Katz standing next to his "Youth Arisen" mural panel at the Frank Wiggins Trade School, Los Angeles, 1935

Portrait of artist Leo Katz wearing a suit and tie, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Portrait of artist Leo Katz wearing a suit and tie. The photograph was taken in the lobby of the Frank Wiggins Trade School (now LA Trade Tech) at the time that he completed his mural panels on the theme of the history of the uses of tools serving the creative and destructive passions of man within the context of the Toltec and Aztec cultures.
Date:
1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Portrait of artist Leo Katz wearing a suit and tie, Los Angeles, 1935

Man seated in the room of a home or hotel, Turkey, 1895

Description:
This photograph was most probably taken in 1895, when William Sachtleben was in Turkey to investigate the disappearance of cyclist Frank Lenz who had last been seen near Erzurum. Notes accompanying negatives indicate that during this trip, Sachtleben was in Bursa and travelled from Trabzon to Erzurum. Sachtleben's 1891 photographs of his bicycle tour across Asia have a circular format.
Date:
1895
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Sachtleben, William Lewis
Collection:
Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841
Man seated in the room of a home or hotel, Turkey, 1895

William Sachtleben and Thomas Allen on the Acropolis posing with guards where the statue of Athena Promachos once stood, Athens, 1891

Description:
Group portrait of William Sachtleben (3rd from L) with his Humber bicycle and an Acropolis guard, Thomas Allen with his bicycle and an Acropolis guard, and a 5th man on the L, posing on the spot where the statue of Athena Promachos once stood. The 2 guards wear traditional Greek dress including a white pleated foustanella. A panoramic view of Athens is visible in the background.
Date:
March 13, 1891
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Sachtleben, William Lewis
Collection:
Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841
William Sachtleben and Thomas Allen on the Acropolis posing with guards where the statue of Athena Promachos once stood, Athens, 1891

H. H. West, Jr. poses on the front porch of the West's residence, Los Angeles, 1944

Description:
Photograph of H. H. West, Jr. posing on the front porch of the West's residence on North Ridgewood Place. H. H. West, Jr. is viewed from a slight worm's-eye view. He stands left-of-center, beneath the arch of the front porch and looks to the camera. H. H. West, Jr. just arrived in Los Angeles from Attu, Alaska. He is dressed in his military uniform. Behind him, a door to the building stands in partial view along the right edge. Its number plate reads, "83[...]." At left, a small, arched window is cut into the side of the porch at left.
Date:
[circa June, 1944]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West, Jr. poses on the front porch of the West's residence, Los Angeles, 1944

Harold E. Pomeroy, director of Los Angeles County Relief Administration, Los Angeles County, 1935

Description:
Portrait photograph of Harold E. Pomeroy, who was assistant director and director of public relations of the Los Angeles County Relief Administration, the local branch of the State Emergency Relief Administration (S.E.R.A.). S.E.R.A. provided relief funds during the Great Depression.
Date:
[July 29, 1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Harold E. Pomeroy, director of Los Angeles County Relief Administration, Los Angeles County, 1935

Eugene M. Brown, regional agent for the State Emergency Relief Administration, and executive secretary for Los Angeles County Emergency Relief Commission, Los Angeles County, 1934

Description:
Eugene M. Brown was the regional agent of the State Emergency Relief Administration for Los Angeles County, and was charged, along with several others, with conspiracy to defraud the government in 1934. He was also the executive secretary for the Los Angeles County Emergency Relief Commission. Charges were eventually dismissed.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Eugene M. Brown, regional agent for the State Emergency Relief Administration, and executive secretary for Los Angeles County Emergency Relief Commission, Los Angeles County, 1934

Arthur B. Dodge, art director of the Los Angeles Times, 1936

Description:
Arthur Burnside Dodge was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and his family moved to California in 1864. For ten they lived in Grass Valley, then settled in San Francisco. There he began his career as a wood engraver at age 18 and spent five years in New York City studying art. Upon returning to San Francisco, he was an illustrator for local newspapers from 1890 until 1901. He then moved to Los Angeles where he continued newspaper work. After four years at the Morning Herald, he spent 42 years as art director at the Los Angeles Times. Known as "Boss" to his friends, he died in Los Angeles in 1952.
Date:
[circa May 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Arthur B. Dodge, art director of the Los Angeles Times, 1936

Harry H. Streshly poses with an envelope addressed to Santa Claus, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
At right, Harry H. Streshler sits behind his desk and smiles to camera as he holds up an envelope addressed to Santa Claus. The envelope appears to have been rerouted back to Los Angeles. Markings on the envelope read, "Santa Claus, North Pole," "AFTER 5 DAYS, RETURN TO [...] LOS ANGELES, CALIF.," "LOS ANGELES, CALIF NOV 26 12 M 1935," and "BUY U.S. SAVINGS BONDS ASK YOUR [POSTMA]STER." H. H. Streshly rests his elbow to the his desk, which sits at left and stretches straight back. In the background, a map hangs from the wall at left and a door stretches alongside the right edge.
Date:
December 2, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Harry H. Streshly poses with an envelope addressed to Santa Claus, Los Angeles, 1935

Bill Paine, Southern California restaurateur, 1934

Description:
Portrait photograph of Wiliam E. Paine (Bill Paine) wearing a three piece suit and a textured tie. He is photographed from the chest up, leaning forward. A handkerchief is in his breast pocket, and he wears a lapel pin studded with diamonds of a crescent moon interlaced with a scimitar. The pin is a symbol of the Shriners.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Bill Paine, Southern California restaurateur, 1934

Jean Peirce, Los Angeles policewoman, charged with manslaughter, Los Angeles, 1935 (copy photo)

Description:
Related to multiple articles dealing with Jean P. Peirce, policewoman, who shot and killed O. D. Yancey, policeman, on October 20, 1935. She claimed to have mistaken him for a burglar and shot to frighten him off, accidentally killing him. She was acquitted. The story was covered in the Los Angeles Times from October 21-December 7, 1935.
Date:
October 22, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Jean Peirce, Los Angeles policewoman, charged with manslaughter, Los Angeles, 1935 (copy photo)