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Louise Ambrose poses while sitting on the front steps of the Ambrose home, Los Angeles, about 1894

Description:
An out-of-focus, close-up photograph of Louise Ambrose sitting on the front steps of her family's home on North Hellman Street (now Avenue 24). Louise Ambrose is viewed from the waist-up, just right-of-center. She is out-of-focus. Louise faces towards the camera, but turns her head slightly right. She rests her elbow to a step leading up to the porch of her family's home. The porch enters frame at left and extends behind Louise towards the center. Ivy hangs down from the porch behind her. Lawns stretch into the background at right.
Date:
[circa 1894]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Louise Ambrose poses while sitting on the front steps of the Ambrose home, Los Angeles, about 1894

Lucien N. Brunswig, Paris, 1933

Description:
Copy print of a portrait photograph of Lucien N. Brunswig. The photography studio is identified as "G. L. Manuel Frēres" in the lower left corner, with the studio address apearing on the right "47. rue Dumont d Urville." Photo appears with the article, "I bought Los Angeles Real Estate: I'd Do It Again for None of My Property Is For Sale!," Los Angeles Times, 18 Jun. 1933: 19.
Date:
1933
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
G. L. Manuel Frēres (Photography studio)
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Lucien N. Brunswig, Paris, 1933

Lucille Collins to appear in court over friend's stabbing, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Lucille Collins is to appear in the preliminary hearing of Charles B. Lynch, 35-year-old studio sculptor who stabbed her friend Al Spencer in a hotel lobby on Melrose Avenue last July 21. Night clerk Jack Lannon testified that he had to bite Lynch to make him drop the knife after stabbing Spencer in the back due to an altercation.
Date:
August 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Lucille Collins to appear in court over friend's stabbing, Los Angeles, 1935

Lucretia Kellum poses on a sofa in her home, Los Angeles, about 1899

Description:
Photograph of Lucretia Kellum sitting and posing on a sofa in her family's home. Lucretia Kellum sits a bit back from the camera at center. She sits on the left side of a sofa, facing slightly left, and looking to the camera. The sofa extends to the right of her on an angle and out-of-frame at right. An area rug lies on the floor in front of her. Behind the sofa and to the right of Lucretia, a palm frond holds photographs. A doorway stands behind and to the left of Lucretia. Just to the left of Lucretia, a small side table with a teapot and tea cups stands next to the sofa. A bookshelf stands against the wall to the left of the doorway.
Date:
[circa 1899]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Lucretia Kellum poses on a sofa in her home, Los Angeles, about 1899

Lucretia Kellum sits and poses in a chair in her home, Los Angeles, about 1899

Description:
Photograph of Lucretia Kellum sitting and posing in a chair in her family's home. The photograph appears to tilt slightly towards the left. Lucretia Kellum sits in a chair at center and looks to the camera. To the right of her, a vase sits atop a small side table. In the back corner of the room at right, a bookshelf stands. Curtains cover a window behind and to the left of Lucretia. The arm of a sofa juts into frame in the background at left.
Date:
[circa 1899]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Lucretia Kellum sits and poses in a chair in her home, Los Angeles, about 1899

Lucretia Kellum sits and poses on a sofa in her home, Los Angeles, about 1899

Description:
Photograph of Lucretia Kellum posing while sitting on a sofa in her family's home. Lucretia Kellum sits at center on the left side of the sofa and looks to the camera. The sofa extends to the right of her and out-of-frame. A small side table sits in front and to the right of her. Teacups and a teapot sit atop the table. Behind the sofa at right, palm fronds display photographs. A wide doorway stands behind and to the left of Lucretia.
Date:
[circa 1899]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Lucretia Kellum sits and poses on a sofa in her home, Los Angeles, about 1899

Lucretia Kellum stands outside, Los Angeles, about 1899

Description:
Photograph of Lucretia Kellum standing in a field between the houses of her neighborhood. Lucretia Kellum stands, in profile, facing towards the right. She stands among grasses and weeds that comprise what appears to be a vacant lot that extends to the right, behind her. A fence in the near distance juts into frame at left. Houses with fenced-in yards stand in the background.
Date:
[circa 1899]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Lucretia Kellum stands outside, Los Angeles, about 1899

Manon Von Brieson, witness in Busby Berkeley murder trial, Los Angeles, [between 1931-1935?]

Description:
Portrait photograph of Manon Von Brieson. Von Brieson survived a September 8, 1935 car accident on the Roosevelt Highway in which film choreographer Busby Berkeley was at fault. Von Brieson's husband William Von Brieson, sister Dorothea "Peggy" Daley, and mother-in-law Ada Von Brieson died as a result of the accident, and Berkeley went on trial for second-degree murder for their deaths in December 1935.
Date:
[between 1931-1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Manon Von Brieson, witness in Busby Berkeley murder trial, Los Angeles, [between 1931-1935?]

Margaret Leeper at age 16, who may be related to an account of the 1853 Butler Train to Oregon, circa 1871, photograph copied in 1939

Description:
George Miller West travelled with the Butler (wagon) Train, (organized by the Butler family, members of the Disciples of Christ Church) from Monmouth, Illinois to Polk County, Oregon in 1853. West made the journey to mine in Oregon and California. He wrote a memoir relating incidents of crossing the plains to Oregon and his experiences in the goldfields of southern Oregon and northern California. The memoir was prepared in the form of a 49-page typescript by his son, H. H. West, who distributed the memoir to several libraries and archives, along with copied photographs of members of the Butler Train and one or two mining associates. The photographs were collected by H. H. West from about 1935 to 1942. The name "Leeper" is mentioned in the memoir.
Date:
copied in 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Margaret Leeper at age 16, who may be related to an account of the 1853 Butler Train to Oregon, circa 1871, photograph copied in 1939

Margaret Leeper, who may be related to an account of the 1853 Butler Train to Oregon, circa 1871, photograph copied in 1939

Description:
George Miller West travelled with the Butler (wagon) Train, (organized by the Butler family, members of the Disciples of Christ Church) from Monmouth, Illinois to Polk County, Oregon in 1853. West made the journey to mine in Oregon and California. He wrote a memoir relating incidents of crossing the plains to Oregon and his experiences in the goldfields of southern Oregon and northern California. The memoir was prepared in the form of a 49-page typescript by his son, H. H. West, who distributed the memoir to several libraries and archives, along with copied photographs of members of the Butler Train and one or two mining associates. The photographs were collected by H. H. West from about 1935 to 1942. The name "Leeper" is mentioned in the memoir.
Date:
copied in 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Margaret Leeper, who may be related to an account of the 1853 Butler Train to Oregon, circa 1871, photograph copied in 1939

Marta Eggerth, opera singer, sits on her luggage upon arrival at the train station, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
This photograph may be associated with the article, “Next ‘Broadway Melody’ Programmed for Arrival Without Long Time Lapse: Eleanor Powell May Lend Stellar Luster ‘White Fang’ Selected as Sequel to ‘Call of Wild;’ Youngsters to Gleam in ‘Too Many Parents;’ Opera Entices Eggerth,” Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 1935: A15.
Date:
September 23, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Marta Eggerth, opera singer, sits on her luggage upon arrival at the train station, Los Angeles, 1935