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Teacher and student advocate for school bonds to pay for a new school building, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of a teacher with a student holding a handmade sign that reads in English, “VOTE SCHOOL BONDS MARCH 20”. They are inside the tent that serves as the school’s classroom, which is the reason they are canvasing for school bonds. The Los Angeles Times newspaper reports indicate that school bonds would fund brand new fireproof and earthquake-proof buildings to house Los Angeles schools.
Date:
November 18, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Teacher and student advocate for school bonds to pay for a new school building, Los Angeles, 1935

Tacoma Winkler stands on a tree lawn and poses in front of her family's home, Los Angeles, about 1918

Description:
Photograph of Tacoma Winkler standing on the tree lawn opposite her home and posing. A sidewalk lines the bottom edge of the image. It is lined by a tree lawn and curb. Tacoma Winkler stands at center, in the grass of the tree lawn, and looks to the camera. A palm stands to the left of her and a lamp post stands to the right. Wellington Road stretches across the image behind her. On the far side of the street, her family's home at 1639 Wellington Road stands in partial view, right-of-center. It is viewed from the front. A car is parked on the far side of the street at left and extends beyond the left frame.
Date:
[circa 1918]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Tacoma Winkler stands on a tree lawn and poses in front of her family's home, Los Angeles, about 1918

Stanley Reckless seated in the studio of his Silver Lake home, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

Description:
Stanley Reckless was born Stanley Zbytniewski. In 1913 he enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), studied under Daniel Garber. In 1915, 1916 he was awarded 2 Cresson Traveling Scholarships, and traveled to Paris, enrolling briefly at the Academie Julian. In 1920 he moved to Lumberville, Pennsylvania and started exhibiting at PAFA, the National Academy of Design, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. In 1924 he settled in New Hope, Pennsylvania, where he painted the landscape and shared a studio with Charles Hargens. In 1930 he moved to California where he painted portraits of members of the film industry. He co-founded the Art Center School in Los Angeles.
Date:
[between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Stanley Reckless seated in the studio of his Silver Lake home, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz poses next to a fence in Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Photograph of Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz posing next to a wire fence in Sycamore Grove Park during the Southern Pacific Railroad employee picnic. Sheriff Biscailuz is viewed close-up and stands left-of-center. He looks to the camera as he rests one elbow back on the fence. The fence stretches across the image behind him. Trees stand behind the fence at left. People gathered in the park are visible at right, behind the fence. A mountain rises in the far distance.
Date:
June 17, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz poses next to a fence in Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles, 1945

Ruth Peters Ormiston, estranged wife of Kenneth G. Ormiston, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Portrait photograph of Ruth Peters Ormiston seated in chair, with cabinets and drawers behind her. Photograph possibly taken at the Los Angeles Superior Court on February 14, 1927 when Superior Judge Summerfield granted Ruth Peters Ormiston an interlocutory decree of divorce from her husband, Kenneth G. Ormiston.
Date:
[February 14, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ruth Peters Ormiston, estranged wife of Kenneth G. Ormiston, Los Angeles, 1927

Rudolph Schiffman Sr. and Rudolph Schiffman Jr., Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Part of this photograph appears with the article, "Young Heir Kills Self: Schiffman Jr., in Suicide, Son of Wealthy Drug Man Ends Life Due to Grief Over Girl's Death," Los Angeles Times, 2 Sept. 1935: A1. According to the article, he killed himself due to sadness over the suicide of a girl that committed suicide two years prior.
Date:
August 31, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Rudolph Schiffman Sr. and Rudolph Schiffman Jr., Los Angeles, 1935

Royal family photographic portrait with Kings Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, 1936 (copy photo, circa 1902)

Description:
The British royal family, around 1902. Standing in the back, left to right: Prince George, Duke of York (later George V), Prince Albert (later George VI), Princess Maud (later Queen Maud of Norway). Seated in center row: Mary, Duchess of York (later Queen Mary), Queen Alexandra, King Edward VII. Children in front, left to right: Princess Mary, Prince Henry (later Duke of Gloucester), and Prince Edward, Prince of Wales
Date:
[circa January 24, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Royal family photographic portrait with Kings Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, 1936 (copy photo, circa 1902)

Richard Siemsen poses outside Asbury Methodist Church, Los Angeles, 1943

Description:
Photograph of Richard Siemsen posing outside Asbury Methodist Church on North Workman Street. Richard Siemsen stands in the foreground at center and looks to the camera. Behind him, Scoutmaster Charles Morgan and Boy Scout Troop no. 76 are loosely gathered by the side of the front steps of the church. A few of the boys hold flags. The front of the church stands behind and to the right of them, facing left. Above the entrance it reads, "ASBURY METHODIST CHURCH." Church attendees stand on the church's front steps, behind the Scouts. A neighboring house (partial view) stands in the background at left. In the lower left corner, a wide streak of white extends up and to the right, obscuring part of the image.
Date:
February 7, 1943
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Richard Siemsen poses outside Asbury Methodist Church, Los Angeles, 1943

Richard Siemsen poses in front of H. H. West's Buick, Los Angeles, 1944

Description:
Photograph of Richard Siemsen posing in front of H. H. West's Buick outside the West's home on Griffin Avenue. A sidewalk passes across the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. Stone pavers form a walkway that extends through the tree lawn perpendicularly from the sidewalk and towards the street. Richard Siemsen stands at center on the walkway of stone pavers. He looks to the camera and lets his arms hang down by his sides. Behind him, H. H. West's Buick is parked along the curb on Griffin Avenue. It is viewed at an angle from the side, facing right. The nose of the car extends beyond the right frame. Griffin Avenue stretches behind the Buick on an angle. Houses lining the opposite side of the street stand in the background.
Date:
April, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Richard Siemsen poses in front of H. H. West's Buick, Los Angeles, 1944

Reverend Erasmus Van Deerlin passes away at 89, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Reverend Van Deerlin passed away following an illness of several weeks. Several months before his death the Reverend penned his will, picked out his own casket and arranging for his final rites. Born in England, he was a member of the priesthood for 66 years and a former missionary. He is survived by his nine children.
Date:
February 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Reverend Erasmus Van Deerlin passes away at 89, Los Angeles, 1936

Reverend Daniel T. Thomas, [Los Angeles?], about 1923

Description:
This photograph appears in multiple photo spreads between 1923-1924, these include: “Aeolian Quartet in Forenoon,” Los Angeles Times, 20 May 1923: II14; “Shakespearean Play--Sent Over Radio,” Los Angeles Times, 09 Mar. 1924: A9; “Soprano and Violinist-Composer on Sabbath Program,” Los Angeles Times, 04 May 1924: A10; and “Hellman Bank Presents Another Artistic Program at KHJ,” Los Angeles Times, 20 Jul. 1924: A12
Date:
[circa 1923]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Reverend Daniel T. Thomas, [Los Angeles?], about 1923