Genre: bird's-eye views / Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Bird's-eye view of United States-Mexico border crossing, with 2 security booths, about 12 cars, about 4 pedestrians, with building with arcade on Mexican side, other buildings foreground and background, and sign arching over road reading "Mexico." Other signs read: "Gateway Hotel," "Tome cerveza," "Drink Beer," "Mexicali," "Cafe Gambrinus," "Climax Cafe"
Date:: [1927?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: County National Bank and Trust Company architects were Myron Hunt and H.C. Chambers
Date:: [1926-1929?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Bird's-eye view of about 60 Medinah Temple members, in fezes and decorated jackets, carrying swords, led by color guard with American flag and flags reading Medinah, Chicago, marching in Shriners' parade, with Union Pacific Freight Depot at right decorated with sign reading Welcome Nobles, about 7 men on roof in midground, crowd at left, parked cars at right, other parade units in foreground and background
Date:: 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Bird's-eye view of Santa Monica Boulevard, looking northeast from 2nd Street, with parked and moving cars, pedestrians, street railroad tracks, and businesses. Business signs include: Majestic, Barrymore in The Lotus Eater, H.H. Webb & Co. Transfer & Storage, Braden-Van Bergen Realty Co., Ocean Park Bank, Bay Cities Guaranty, W.A. Lady Optician, W.A. Lady Optometrist, Diamonds
Date:: 1921
[1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Possibly related to the article, “No Permit Needed at Mexican Border.” Los Angeles Times, 6 Jul. 1927. The article states: Calexico, July 5--Tourists who enter Mexico at this port for brief visits will no longer be required to secure card permits … or July 14, 1927, “New Regulations in Force at Border.” Calexico, July 13--Stringent new regulations requiring that all Americans crossing the international line to Mexicali secure a special permit was announced today …
Date:: [1927?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of Dr. Ralph Willard and Stephen Simkhovitch sitting outside in a courtyard, having their photograph taken and being filmed.
Date:: August 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Bird's-eye view of Roosevelt Highway (Pacific Coast Highway), including the present bridge over Topanga Creek and the new bridge under constructin in the center beyond two rows of small cabins. Houses, cars, about 3 people, and construction debris in foreground, Coca-Cola sign in left middleground on the "De Long" cafe, cars on highway, ocean and hills in background. A sign on the highway next to the cabins reads: "Topanga Beach Auto Camp."
Date:: February 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This is a bird's-eye view from the top of the Court Hill, above the Hill St. Tunnel, looking down Hill St. towards 1st St. The tunnel was one of several built in the early twentieth century in order to connect LA's historic Downtown to the suburbs in the west through the palisade of hills separating them. At the foreground of the image, we can see park benches placed strategically for people to enjoy the view. We see streetcar tracks emerging out of the tunnels blending into the busy streets in the background. To the left, we can see the board to a Hotel La Crosse, and to the right, there are two boards, with the signs, "Starting Sat. Mar. 24 Charles Chaplin" and, "Mar. 26 Kolb & Dill Now and Then" partly obscured by a pole. The negative is slightly damaged at the top center.
Date:: [circa 1921-1923]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, February 9, 1937, Eight Persons Injured When Street Car Runs Wild on First Street Grade. … brakes on the street car failed to work as it descended steep First-street slope west of Hill street. … Eight persons were injured as the heavy vehicle smashed through the barrier at bottom of hill, careened across busy thoroughfare, crushed a small brick restaurant on the corner, mangled two automobiles and half tipped over against another light pole before stopping. …
Date:: February 8, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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