H. H. West's family poses in front of an orange tree by Wayne West's home. Myrtle West holds an orange and a bouquet of flowers. Evert West holds oranges. A house is visible at the right of the photograph.
Bird's-eye view of crowded beach with sunbathers, umbrellas, and swimmers, Lick Pier and Ocean Park Pier with amusements, including roller coaster and lighthouse slide
Dr. Hutchins (right), associated with the philanthropic Santa Barbara Foundation, interviewed by a reporter for KNX Radio, seated at a table with a leather satchel with the KNX logo and a microphone.
Fourteen young women seated on the sand. They sit back-to-back with legs outstretched as they look up towards the camera. Most wear bathing suits, some with blouses, and one wears a sweater. Photographed on a beach in Santa Monica.
Dr. St. Louis Estes with five uniformed men (probably firefighters), one man in a cowboy hat, and one woman, on a street corner with a fire wagon in the background. Dr. Estes and most of the men have fists raised, elbows out, as if exercising.
Photograph of a scene in the opera "Martha" with Roger Hansen facing a female character, with Dorothy Lewis visible behind her, and men and women next to a building with a wooded landscape in the background. The orchestra is visible in the foreground.
A woman, likely Miriam Braun, stands on the top of the Janss steps at UCLA. In her arms, she holds books. Behind her, Royce and Haines halls are visible.
Appears to be a copy print photograph of five people at the D'Anza monument at San Carlos Pass. Two women stand closest to the monument (one leans on it). They stand a few paces left from three other females, including one who appears to be holding out a jacket, and a younger girl who looks directly at the camera. The plaque reads: "On March 16, 1774, Juan Bautista De Anza, Indian fighter, explorer, and colonizer, led through this pass (named by him San Carlos) the first white explorers to cross the mountains into California. The party traveled from Tubac, Arizona, to Monterey, California. On December 27, 1775, on a second expedition into California, Anza led through this pass the party of Spaniards from Sonora who became the founders of San Francisco. Tablet placed by Historic Landmarks Committee, Native Sons of the Golden West. 1924."
View of a cowboy on a bucking bronco during the saddle bronc riding event at a rodeo the Palm Springs Field Club. Another cowboy rides away on a horse and observers watch from behind a fence on the right.
Statue of Dr. Chester Rowell, seated, mounted on platform with plaque showing bedside scene, with decorative fence around monument and trees in background
Santa Monica Civic Opera performance of “Pagliacci.” The stage is filled with cast members in peasant costumes, as performers portraying Canio/ Pagliacci (in clown costume) and Canio’s wife Nedda ride onstage on a horse drawn wagon. The setting is a 19th century Calabrian village. With rolling hills and trees painted on a backdrop. To the fore stands a secondary stage resembling a Greek temple. Drawn curtains shield the interior from view. A banner painted with “I Pagliacci” is attached to the pediment. Beyond the stage, two musicians can be viewed in the orchestra pit. Opera performed at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica.
Crowd gathered at the bottom of the California incline for the official opening of the Roosevelt Highway (Pacific Coast Highway) after it had been widened in Santa Monica. A sign at the entrance to a beach-side parking lot behind the crowd reads "Beverly Beach Club Parking, Members and Guests Only. Open to Public To Day."
The Children's Home Society of California is a non-profit child welfare agency founded in 1891. It became the first licensed child placement agency in California in 1911. It was located at 919 E. 25th St. from the 1920's up to 1942, when the organization moved to the Ozro W. Childs mansion at 3100 W. Adams Blvd. where it remained until 1977.
Man in suit and tie seated at desk, with about 10 large flower arrangements in front of desk, on desk, and on another desk behind, with windows with blinds in background
Copy print photograph of a home constructed of logs, stone, and clay. One adult male can be viewed in the doorway at left, while three children can be viewed near the tree and behind a wood rail. Trees surround the dwelling that is situated below cliffs with craggy, weather hewn rock formations at top.
Scene in a Santa Monica Civic Opera production of "Rigoletto" with Enrico Porta as Rigoletto kneeling before Laurin Malcolm as Count Monterone. Supporting cast include Victor Terzo (left of Malcolm), Natalie Garrotto (1st woman on left), and Jean Kortlander (4th from right).
Audience at Santa Monica City Hall dedication, at 1685 Main St.: about 6 people visible in folding chairs at right, about 30 standing behind decorated barrier, with uniformed Boy Scout seated on steps in foreground, in front of new city hall building, decorated with bunting. Fallen sign partially visible in foreground reads Section reserved for program participants
Carolyn Bartlett seated on a fence at a coral with other young people standing beside her watching a cowboy work with a horse. There are 4 additional horses in the background.
Photograph copy of an article page titled, "The train that brought 5 states into the Union." The page has been photographed or cropped to capture the image on the top half of the page. The image is of a locomotive bedecked with garlands and American flags. A sign posted on the front of the locomotive reads: "N.P.R.R. St. Paul Minnesota to Portland Oregon." Several men wearing late 1890s attire stand on and next to the train, while roughly a dozen men and boys are viewed standing on the platform. Most look toward the camera.
View facing southeast towards Santa Monica Pier from Palisades Park. People enjoy the park, including a young woman standing among palm trees a couple seated on a bench and a couple at the cliff-edge rustic eucalyptus branch fence.
Helena Burnett, child actress and dancer, stands holding what appears to be a toy flower. She wears a dress, fingerless gloves and bonnet made of a light netted material. The dress appears to have hoopskirts, and is trimmed with flower appliqués. The bonnet also has a flower appliqué and ties under her chin with a ribbon. The photograph was taken at the home of Adelbert Bartlett, located at 535 15th St., Santa Monica.
View of a man in shorts standing at an opening in a low perimeter brick or adobe wall in front of a one story brick or adobe house with a tile roof. On one side of the house is a patio with a palm frond-covered awning.
Men and women seated and standing behind a banquet table at University High School event. The table is decorated with flowers and a doll in a graduation gown
The Casa Madre was a Spanish colonial style residence built for Mrs. E. W. Halliday in 1919, Francis Pierpont Davis and Walter Davis, architects. Demolished by 2012.
View from Palisades park along Ocean Avenue with a drinking fountain in the foreground. The location is south of Santa Monica Blvd. as the Bay Cities Guaranty Building is visible in the distance (left). People enjoy the park are strolling and seated on benches.
The 1888 horse-shoe-shaped shell art wreath made by Ina Donna Coolbrith. The wreath was composed of sea shells interwoven with moss gathered at Santa Monica. The flowers represented include Mariposa lily, Shasta daisy, Copa de Oro, camelia, rose and other flowers. The wreath was a gift to Elizabeth Dalton Perry and William Hayes Perry. At the time of this photograph the wreath belonged to the Perrys' nephew John H. Crum of Santa Monica. The shell wreath is an example of Victorian era domestic crafts.
A row of men on horseback face the Desert Circus Rodeo audience in the grandstands (not visible, on the right). The riders wear hats and are dressed in western style attire, with the rider on the far left in a shiny silk shirt and broad brimmed cowboy hat. The riders carry an American flag, and two other flags (illegible)
![Actress Elissa Landi, family members, and friends having breakfast outdoors with horses and dog, [Los Angeles?], 1936](https://iiif.library.ucla.edu/iiif/2/ark%3A%2F21198%2Fzz002d9dj5/full/!200,200/0/default.jpg)
