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Track star Otto Anderson in U.S.C. track tank top, Los Angeles, 1922-1926

Description:
Otto Anderson began his athletics career as a hurdler while at Pomona High School. In 1920, he qualified for the Antwerp Olympics. He attended U.S.C beginning in 1922, playing football and adding more track and field events to his repertoire. He qualified for and traveled to Paris for the 1924 Olympics, but injured himself there practicing for the pole vault event. Upon his return he acted as track team captain at U.S.C. Reported on in "An Intimate Impression of Otto Anderson," Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 1922: III1; "Otto Anderson Hurt; Daggs Is a Sure Winner," Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 1923: III1; and "Otto Anderson Is Back from Paris," Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 1924: B3.
Date:
[between 1922-1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Track star Otto Anderson in U.S.C. track tank top, Los Angeles, 1922-1926

Printer Senaca Beach seated at a desk, Los Angeles, 926-1929

Description:
This image appears with article "Printing Official to Retire: Senaca Beach Tomorrow Steps Down from Job in Open-Shop Organization," Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 1929: A6. Senaca C. Beach began his long career in printing and publishing in Oregon. He served in county government in Oregon as well as organizing for printers' unions nationally. In 1905, he was persuaded by Los Angeles-based printers to perfect a trade organization in Los Angeles. He moved to California and helped organize the Printing Board of Trade. He long served as executive secretary of the organization, a division of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association.
Date:
[between 1926-1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Printer Senaca Beach seated at a desk, Los Angeles, 926-1929

Photographer Adelbert Bartlett, Los Angeles, circa 1927

Description:
Bartlett's photographic excursions and general impact on the field are reported in "Camera Folk Exhibit Work: Southland Club Shows Art in Annual Display," Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 1925: B21; "Photographers Honored," Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 1927: B2; "Olive Hills' Owner Goes into Greece: Miss Aline Barnsdall to Study Ancient Theaters and Build Replica Here," Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 1927: A11; and "Calls Greece Old-World California: Globe-Trotting Photographer Describes Country," Los Angeles Times, 26 Jun. 1927: G6.
Date:
[between 1925-1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Photographer Adelbert Bartlett, Los Angeles, circa 1927

Los Angeles Times night managing editor, Earl Craven, Los Angeles, 1923-1939

Description:
Photograph of Times employee Earl E. Craven. Mr. Craven was an employee of the Los Angeles Times from 1923 to 1956 (his death), rising through the ranks from assistant telegraph editor to being the assistant managing editor. In the years that he covered the night shift as the news editor and assistant managing editor, Mr. Craven was largely responsible for the make up of the Times' home edition. He also conducted a weekly broadcast on Times programs.
Date:
[between 1923-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Los Angeles Times night managing editor, Earl Craven, Los Angeles, 1923-1939

Harry Steiger, of the Pacific and Atlantic photo service, pays visit to Mexico, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Harry Steiger, manager for the Pacific and Atlantic photo service, has returned from a visit to Mexico on a photographic assignment, where he learned of many conflicts relating to religion and violence. He also speaks openly of the censorship he encountered while trying to document his visit.
Date:
August 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Harry Steiger, of the Pacific and Atlantic photo service, pays visit to Mexico, Los Angeles, 1926

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