Search

Browse items

–

Current results range from 1860 to 1989

View distribution

Search Constraints

You searched for: Genre Portrait photographs ✖Remove constraint Genre: Portrait photographs Language No linguistic content ✖Remove constraint Language: No linguistic content
Start Over

1257 Catalog Results

Number of results to display per page
View results as:
List Created with Sketch. List View List Gallery Created with Sketch. Gallery View Gallery

Search Results

Actor-playwright Frank Bacon, circa 1922

Description:
Signed portrait photograph of Frank Bacon. Bacon was an American character actor and playwright who after years of relative obscurity achieved great success as he entered the twilight of his career. The 1918 play Lightnin', which Bacon co-wrote and starred in, set a Broadway record for the day of 1,291 performances and was still going strong on tour after more than 700 shows when Bacon was forced to bow out due to fatigue. His death from a heart attack followed a week later.
Date:
[circa 1922]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Actor-playwright Frank Bacon, circa 1922

Actress Nellie Bayles (aka Bonita Darling), Los Angeles, 1924 (copy print)

Description:
Studio portrait photograph (circa 1915) of Nellie Bayles, with the photographer identification "Hoffman / A [in a circle] S B." The photo appears with article "'Bad Man' and Officer Slain: Battle Fought on Ranch of Actress Near Saugus, She Calls Help as Gunman's Love is Spurned, Constable and Aide Are Met by Hail of Bullets," Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 1924: A1.
Date:
September 15, 1924
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoffman Photo Service
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Actress Nellie Bayles (aka Bonita Darling), Los Angeles, 1924 (copy print)

Adrianne Ayres, travel companion of "Hollywood Ponzi" J. K. Fronk, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Portrait photograph of Adrianne Ayres. A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "Woman Tells of Fronk Trip: Auto in Which "Ponzi" Fled Brought Back Here; Companion Says They Went to North of State; Asserted Parole Violator Still Unlocated," Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 1931: A5.
Date:
November 25, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Adrianne Ayres, travel companion of "Hollywood Ponzi" J. K. Fronk, Los Angeles, 1931

Adrianne Ayres, travel companion of "Hollywood Ponzi" J. K. Fronk, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Portrait photograph of Adrianne Ayres. A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "Woman Tells of Fronk Trip: Auto in Which "Ponzi" Fled Brought Back Here; Companion Says They Went to North of State; Asserted Parole Violator Still Unlocated," Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 1931: A5.
Date:
November 25, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Adrianne Ayres, travel companion of "Hollywood Ponzi" J. K. Fronk, Los Angeles, 1931

Agnes Whitaker poses with a string of blue gills and crappies, Big Bear Lake, 1944

Description:
Photograph of Agnes Whitaker posing with a string of blues gills and crappies caught during a trip to Big Bear Lake. Agnes Whitaker stands at center, between 2 cars, and looks down towards the fish she holds. The fish dangle from a string that Agnes holds out in front of her. To the left of her, 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. To the right of her, another car (partial view) is parked. It is viewed close-up at an angle from the side, facing towards the back of the image. A pine tree stands in the near distance behind and to the left of Agnes. Tall grasses dotted by pines stretch into the background, where a building sits behind Agnes. 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
Agnes Whitaker poses with a string of blue gills and crappies, Big Bear Lake, 1944

Alice Gordon poses for a silhouette portrait, Los Angeles, about 1900

Description:
A silhouetted photographic portrait of Alice Gordon taken at the West's residence on South Griffin Avenue. Alice Gordon is viewed close-up and in profile, facing left. Her profile and feathered hat are covered in shadow. Behind her, light streams through a sheet that covers a window.
Date:
[circa 1900]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Alice Gordon poses for a silhouette portrait, Los Angeles, about 1900

Ann Roth (Mrs. H. H. West, Jr.) poses at the alter on her wedding day, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Photograph of Miss Ann Roth/Mrs. H. H. West, Jr. posing at the altar of the First Methodist Church of Hollywood on her wedding day. Ann Roth (West) stands, left-of-center, in her wedding gown. She faces slightly right and looks to the camera while holding a bouquet of flowers. Floral arrangements and candles are arranged symmetrically on the altar behind her.
Date:
August 19, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Ann Roth (Mrs. H. H. West, Jr.) poses at the alter on her wedding day, Los Angeles, 1945

Archie Carter and Attorney Stanley Visel at the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
The newspaper article that this photograph is associated with contains a photograph that is very similar, but is slightly different from this photograph. The caption for the photograph published in the newspaper states, “In a tense moment in a courtroom murder drama, Archie Carter, right, and Attorney Stanley Visel demonstrate from the witness stand how Carter attempted to wrest the gun from the hand of his wife, Gladys, on trial for murder".
Date:
June 10, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Archie Carter and Attorney Stanley Visel at the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1935

Army Air Corps Colonel H. H. Arnold, Los Angeles, circa 1920

Description:
Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold became an American General holding the ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air Force. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the world's largest non-profit global policy think tanks, the RAND Corporation, and one of the founders of Pan American World Airways. In the 1930s, he was the Commander of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Date:
[between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Army Air Corps Colonel H. H. Arnold, Los Angeles, circa 1920

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

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

Description:
Arthur Burnside Dodge was born in Providence, Rhode Island, ban 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:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Arthur B. Dodge, art director of the Los Angeles Times, 1936

Astronomer Dr. Mars Baumgardt, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:
This image appears with the article "Four Named to Park Body: Mayor Presents His Nominations to City Council," Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 1939: 10. Dr. Mars Frederick Baumgardt was an optometrist and science lecturer. He served as president of the Southern California Academy of Science and of the Astronomical Society. He was also a director of the Clark Observatory, member of the Nature Club of Southern California, a State fire warden, and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of Great Britain.
Date:
1939
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Astronomer Dr. Mars Baumgardt, Los Angeles, 1939