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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

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

Thirty-fifth wedding anniversary of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Dr. John Somerville, born in Jamaica, was the first black graduate of USC School of Dentistry (1907). He married Vada Jetmore Watson (1912), who also became a dentist. He built the Somerville Hotel (1928), was instrumental in the founding of the Los Angeles chapter of NAACP (1914), and served on the Police Commission 1949-1953.
Date:
October 16, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Gilwee, Jim
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Thirty-fifth wedding anniversary of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1947

Thirty-fifth wedding anniversary of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Dr. John Somerville, born in Jamaica, was the first black graduate of USC School of Dentistry (1907). He married Vada Jetmore Watson (1912), who also became a dentist. He built the Somerville Hotel (1928), was instrumental in the founding of the Los Angeles chapter of NAACP (1914), and served on the Police Commission 1949-1953.
Date:
October 16, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Thirty-fifth wedding anniversary of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1947