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Cornelius Cole, Los Angeles, 1920s

Description:
Copy print of a studio portrait of a young Cornelius Cole, who served as a California senator from 1863-1865 and 1867-1873. Photo appears with the article "CENTENARIAN TALKS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT: Senator Cole, Middle-Aged Man When Civil War Was Fought; Favors Wine and Beer CENTENARIAN'S LIFE STORY Senator Cole who Came to California in Gold Rush, to Celebrate Birthday Rounding Out a Century of Busy Life," Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 1922: II1.
Date:
1920-1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Cornelius Cole, Los Angeles, 1920s

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

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 city staff pose for a portrait on the steps of City Hall, Los Angeles, 1904 (copy print 1936)

Description:
About the subjects:Harry Carr was a reporter, editor and columnist with the Times for almost all of his career. He was given an honorable mention by a Pulitzer Prize committee on awards. After he died of a heart attack at age fifty-eight, his funeral was attended by more than a thousand people. Lanier Bartlett wrote for the Times and also wrote film scripts. Mabel Brigham was a Times society editor. Edward F. Dishman joined the Times as the night city editor after his 1897 arrival in Los Angeles, and later became the Los Angeles Chief of Police. John A. Gray joined with the Times in 1899, went on to the Hearst newspaper and in 1931 became the executive secretary of the Municipal Light and Power Defense League. W. R. Greenwood was a rancher and a reporter for the Times from 1893 to 1911. Frank Greaves joined the Times editorial staff some time after his arrival in Los Angeles in 1890 and started a printing business in 1910. John von Blon was an editor at the Times for 17 years. Julian Johnson joined the Times in the early 1900's and was the drama critic by 1911. After other journalism positions in New York, he returned to Los Angeles to write for film. William S. Livengood was with the Times from 1895 to 1907 as police, courthouse and City Hall reporter, telegraph editor, and contest manager.A. M. Row was an editor at the Los Angeles Times from 1897 to 1912. His work as editor of the church department earned him the nickname "The Deacon." He also wrote Los Angeles Times articles on topics of religion, and hiking and camping. In addition to her articles for the Times, Constance Lindsay Skinner wrote for papers in Canada, Chicago and New York. She also published children's books.
Date:
January 10, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Los Angeles Times city staff pose for a portrait on the steps of City Hall, Los Angeles, 1904 (copy print 1936)

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

Mayor George E. Cryer with a group of British editors on the steps of City Hall, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
A group portrait of eighteen men stands on the steps of City Hall. In the front row, the identifiable men are: second to left, Sir George Armstrong; third to left, R. D. Blumenfeld; second to right, a laughing Mayor George E. Cryer, and right, Sir. Charles Igglesden. Reported on in "English Editors Due Soon: Press Men of British Isles Touring Country Pay Compliment of Longest Stay Here," Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 1928: A1 and "Nation Amazes British Editors: Fourteen Visitors Arrive on Tour of America, Nine Days Will Be Spent in Los Angeles, Vastness of Country Makes Deep Impression," Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 1928: A1.
Date:
November 1, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Mayor George E. Cryer with a group of British editors on the steps of City Hall, Los Angeles, 1928

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

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