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Will Mead poses at the Mead farm in winter, Red Oak, about 1902

Description:
An informal photographic portrait of William P. Mead standing outside at the Mead farm in the winter. He stands just right-of-center and is slightly in profile, facing left. He wears a large coat with his hands tucked into his coat pockets. Behind him at left, a couple steps lead up to a house in shadow. Trees and a picket fence stretch across the background in the near distance.
Date:
[circa 1902]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Will Mead poses at the Mead farm in winter, Red Oak, about 1902

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

Willard Roy, Victorville, 1935

Description:
Likely related to the articles, "KIDNAP HUNT ON IN DESERT: Weyerhaeuser Gang Capture Believed Near as Auto Flees Pursuers KIDNAP HUNT TURNS SOUTH Desert Highways Blocked as Armed Suspect Trio Heads Into Wilds," Los Angeles Times, 11 Jun. 1935: 1, and, "DESERT CAR HUNT PUSHED: New Clews Hint Kidnap Link Man at Depot Resembles Fugitive and Cafe Owner Tells of Money Swap," Los Angeles Times, 12 Jun. 1935: 4
Date:
[between June-July 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Willard Roy, Victorville, 1935

Wayne West poses with the 3 trout he caught, Big Bear Lake, 1944

Description:
Photograph of Wayne West posing with the 3 trout he caught during a trip to Big Bear Lake. Wayne West stands at center, between 2 cars, and looks to the camera. He holds up the 3 trout in front of him. To the left of him, a car (partial view) is parked. It is viewed close-up at an angle from the rear and the side. It faces towards the back of the image. The nose of another car juts into frame from the lower right corner. It too faces towards the back of the image. A pine tree stands in the near distance behind Wayne at center. Tall grasses dotted by pines stretch into the background, where a building sits to the right of Wayne. Silhouetted hills rise in the far distance.
Date:
September, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Wayne West poses with the 3 trout he caught, Big Bear Lake, 1944

Virginia Bruce Gilbert contemplates the attempted kidnapping of her child, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Parts of the note she is holding can be read. It states, “…if Miss Bruce were in town. She asked…address and telephone number and also stated she was in….and miss Bruce is in great danger. Miss Hall asked…in regard to a child and she stated ‘Yes, in regard to…’…(referring to SUSIE ANN GILBERT, daughter of Miss Bruce)…Mr. Moore states that Miss Hall was given to believe that this warning of a kidnap attempt of Miss Bruce’s child, SUSIE ANN GILBERT”.
Date:
February 26, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Virginia Bruce Gilbert contemplates the attempted kidnapping of her child, Los Angeles, 1936

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

U.S. Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma sits for a portrait photograph, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
United States Senator Elmer Thomas, of Oklahoma, and Mrs. Thomas were visiting the Los Angeles area and stayed at the Desert Inn. (John William) Elmer Thomas served Oklahoma as a Representative and Senator in Congress from the 1920s to the 1950s. During the 1930s, he was most known for his influence on the New Deal's silver-buying policy.
Date:
October 25, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
U.S. Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma sits for a portrait photograph, Los Angeles, 1935

Theodore L. Kistner and Maribelle Dyer open the new Norwalk High School auditorium, Norwalk, 1936

Description:
Photograph of architect Theodore L. Kistner holding the door open to the new Norwalk High School auditorium for Maribelle Dyer. Maribelle holds a paper in her hands. Both are dressed in formal attire—Theodore wears a suit and tie, and Maribelle wears a dress and high heels.
Date:
January 23, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Theodore L. Kistner and Maribelle Dyer open the new Norwalk High School auditorium, Norwalk, 1936