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Gardens of Casa del Rey Moro, aerial view, Ronda, Spain, 1930

Description:: Aerial view of the gardens at Casa del Rey Moro in Ronda, Spain. Walkway to pool on lower terrace, flanked by planting beds. A narrow channel of water runs down the center of the walkway and feeds the pool below
Date:: May 28, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Aerial view of mountainous area during the filming of Contact, [Pakistan?], 1932

Description:: "Contact" (1933) is a documentary film by Paul Rotha. Made for Imperial Airways and sponsored by Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, "Contact" shows the construction of an airplane and how air travel is opening up the world. It was filmed in England and along air routes in the Middle East, Africa and Athens
Date:: November 1932-December 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980

Aerial view of mountainous area during the filming of Contact, [Pakistan?], 1932

Description:: Aerial view of mountains area, with crags, canyons, and plateaus, during filming of Contact
Date:: November 1932-December 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980

Three aerial photographs of Topanga Canyon Road in the Santa Monica Mountains, Topanga, circa 1923-1928

Description:: Three aerial photographs of Topanga Canyon Road, with a wooden guard rail, in the Santa Monica Mountains. The bottom photograph shows an automobile on the road and a view of the San Fernando Valley
Date:: [circa 1923-1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Taylor, photographer
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Three aerial photographs of Topanga Canyon Road, Topanga, circa 1923-1928

Description:: Three aerial photographs of Topanga Canyon Road, with a wooden guard rail, located in the Santa Monica Mountains
Date:: [circa 1923-1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Taylor, photographer
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

View of Pershing Square taken at Normal School, Los Angeles, circa 1884

Description:: View of Pershing Square taken at Normal School. Visible buildings include First Baptist Church, Saint Vincent College, and the Episcopal Cathedral.
Date:: [circa 1884]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Birdseye view of the San Fernando Valley from the Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, circa 1923-1928

Description:: Birdseye view of the San Fernando Valley from the Topanga Canyon Blvd. with a wooden guard rail. An automobile is visible traveling along the road in the bottom left of the photograph.
Date:: [circa 1923-1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Taylor, photographer
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Aerial view of the Hollywood Reservoir, Los Angeles, 1924-1935

Date:: [1924-1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aerial view towards the Ford Amphitheatre and the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, 1931-1935

Description:: Aerial view including the Ford Amphitheatre (lower left) and the Hollywood Bowl (center-left).
Date:: [1931-1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aerial view towards the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, circa 1935

Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aerial view over Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1920-1935

Description:: View over Pershing Square towards buildings on Spring St.
Date:: 1920-1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aerial view over downtown Los Angeles, 1928-1935

Date:: [1928-1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aerial view of Big Bear Lake, [1920s or 1930s?], rephotographed [1935?]

Description:: Aerial view of Big Bear Lake, looking west, with Metcalf Bay and Boulder Bay at top left, Grout Bay at top right
Date:: [1920s or 1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aerial view of the Coliseum and surrounding area, 1923-1935

Date:: 1923-1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

US Navy aircraft carrier seen from above, 1920-1939

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, “Navy Home From ‘Battle’ Gives 40,000 Men Leave; San Pedro-San Diego Area Base for 152 Ships as Month’s Gruelling Pacific War Comes to End,” 23 Mar. 1932: A1.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Long Beach and Signal Hill, aerial view, [1930s?]

Description:: Long Beach, with large expanse of ocean in foreground, city with beach, pier, and large and small buildings in midground, Signal Hill with oil wells in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Wharves and warehouses, Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, aerial view, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of 2 wharves, one with large warehouses, one marked City of Los Angeles, Warehouse No. 1, with 2 ships docked in channel in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of United Airport in Burbank during U.S. Army air maneuvers, 1930

Description:: Aerial view of the crowd of spectators, estimated at 200,000, at the U.S. Army Air Corp birdmen aerial fighting force air show.
Date:: April 26, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of the Navy's USS Saratoga aircraft carrier (CV-3) during training maneuvers, 1928-1939

Description:: Aerial view of the Navy's USS Saratoga aircraft carrier (CV-3) during training maneuvers. The wing of a biplane the photographer is in can be seen as well.
Date:: [between 1928-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of Big Bear Valley and Big Bear Lake, [1935?]

Description:: Possibly related to the article “Big Bear Lake is Gem Crowning Mountain Top, Nature’s Charms Allure in Region Visited by Scout Party, Years Bring Many Improvements.” Los Angeles Times, 26 May 1935. The article states: "… To obtain first hand facts about this wonder area, The Times scout car … rolled up into the San Bernardino Mountains the other day. Smooth pavement all the way from First and Broadway to the village of Pine Knot seemed almost incredible, but it is there, for the State has spent $1,500,000 building this de luxe roadway, and reducing the grade, which had run as high as 16 per cent, to a maximum of 4 per cent, creating one of the most ideal mountain roads in the world. …"
Date:: [1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

An aerial shot of the Stock Show Parade, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: People line the edges of the streets as a procession of cowboys riding horses make their way down the center of the road.
Date:: November 16, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of Los Angeles, 1920-1935

Description:: Aerial view of an unidentified area of Los Angeles.
Date:: 1920-1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, aerial view, [1930s?]

Description:: Los Angeles Harbor, with ocean in foreground, harbor and city streets in midground, hills in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view over downtown Los Angeles, 1928-1935

Date:: 1928-1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aerial view of streets, hills, reservoir, and mountains, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of hilly neighborhood with curved streets, widely spaced houses, and reservoir or lake near center, with mountains in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of an area with Hollywood motion picture studios, Los Angeles, 1920-1935

Date:: 1920-1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aerial view of Los Angeles, 1920-1935

Description:: Aerial view of an unidentified area of Los Angeles.
Date:: 1920-1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aerial view of the Hollywood Reservoir, Los Angeles, 1924-1935

Date:: [1924-1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aerial view of Los Angeles High School, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of Los Angeles High School and surrounding streets, with Wilshire Boulevard running from center left to top, Olympic Boulevard and Rimpau Boulevard near center
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Copy negative of an aerial photograph of the Firestone factories in Akon, Ohio, 1927

Description:: Copy negative of an aerial photograph, possibly with some hand painting, of the Firestone factories in Akon, Ohio.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of San Pedro harbor with ships from the Navy's Pacific Fleet in the background

Description:: Aerial view of the San Pedro Harbor, home to part of the Navy's Pacific Fleet. Numerous battleships and other vessels can be seen in the background.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, aerial view, [1930s?]

Description:: Los Angeles Harbor, with channels and wharves, with ocean in foreground and city and hills in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of downtown Los Angeles, 1928-1935

Date:: [1928-1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aerial view of United Airport in Burbank during U.S. Army air maneuvers air show, 1930.

Description:: Aerial view of the crowd of spectators, estimated at 200,000, at the U.S. Army Air Corp birdmen aerial fighting force air show.
Date:: April 26, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of Los Angeles, 1920-1935

Description:: Aerial view of an unidentified area of Los Angeles.
Date:: 1920-1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aerial view of the Navy's USS Saratoga aircraft carrier (CV-3) during training maneuvers, 1928-1939

Description:: Aerial view of the Navy's USS Saratoga aircraft carrier (CV-3) during training maneuvers. A couple dozen airplanes are visible on her deck. The wing of an airplane the photographer is in can be seen as well.
Date:: [Between 1928-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Harbor Light, aerial view, San Pedro, [1937?]

Description:: The Los Angeles Harbor Light, also known as the Angel's Gate Lighthouse, was built in 1913, automated in 1972, and refurbished in 2012.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, aerial view, [1930s?]

Description:: Los Angeles Harbor, with wharves, channels, and jetties, with city and hills in left background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of reservoir or lake, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Possibly Silver Lake Reservoir or Stone Canyon Reservoir
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Navy Pacific Fleet ships at their home base at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, 1920-1939

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, “Navy Home From ‘Battle’ Gives 40,000 Men Leave; San Pedro-San Diego Area Base for 152 Ships as Month’s Gruelling Pacific War Comes to End,” 23 Mar. 1932: A1.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of Los Angeles, 1920-1935

Description:: Aerial view of an unidentified area of Los Angeles.
Date:: 1920-1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aerial view of streets and hills, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of streets with many buildings, corridor of large buildings near center, curved street in foreground, hills at left
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of streets and fields, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of streets, mostly straight, in grid pattern, with houses in foreground, building with domed room near center, school and athletic field at right, fields and mountains in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Winnie Mae shortly after landing, Muroc Dry Lake, circa 1935

Description:: The Winnie Mae rests in the sand at the end of a long white line of fuselage. Several cars are parked around the plane and a few men stand around.
Date:: circa February 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Snyder, Bill
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of Malibu Mountains fire, Malibu, 1930

Description:: Related to the article, "Malibu Mountains Fire Perils Summer Colony. Fierce Blaze Battled by 500 Men Destroys Canyon Homes and Menaces Rich Estates." Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 1930: 1.
Date:: October 30, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of Malibu Mountains fire, Malibu, 1930

Description:: Related to the article, "Malibu Mountains Fire Perils Summer Colony. Fierce Blaze Battled by 500 Men Destroys Canyon Homes and Menaces Rich Estates." Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 1930: 1.
Date:: October 30, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of towards harbor with ships from the Navy's Pacific Fleet in the background, San Pedro

Description:: Aerial view of the San Pedro Harbor, home to part of the Navy's Pacific Fleet. Numerous battleships and other vessels can be seen in the background.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of fields, river, and hills, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of mostly fields, some buildings, with river running through foreground and hills in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet ships at their home base, San Pedro Harbor

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, “Navy Home From ‘Battle’ Gives 40,000 Men Leave; San Pedro-San Diego Area Base for 152 Ships as Month’s Gruelling Pacific War Comes to End,” 23 Mar. 1932: A1.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Navy Pacific Fleet ships at their home base at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, 1920-1939

Description:: Battleships and other vessels from the US Navy Pacific Fleet at their home base in San Pedro Harbor.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view possibly in the vicinity of San Pedro Harbor

Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of streets and fields, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of streets, mostly straight, in grid pattern, with houses in foreground, school and athletic field near right center, fields and mountains in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of fields, streets, mountains, and airplane, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of fields and streets, with mountains in background and single-propellor monoplane flying at top
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of streets, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of streets in Los Angeles, mostly straight, including one major street with streetlights and billboards running from lower left to center right, one curving street near center left. View shows mostly houses, some fields, few buildings taller than 2 stories, long bridge or structure just left of center.
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Navy Pacific Fleet ships at their home base at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, 1920-1939

Description:: Battleships and other vessels from the US Navy Pacific Fleet at their home base in San Pedro Harbor.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Channels, wharves, and warehouses, Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, aerial view, [1930s?]

Description:: Los Angeles Harbor, with warehouses on wharves and ships and boats in channels, with city in background, airplane wing visible at top
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of Malibu Mountains fire, Malibu, 1930

Description:: Related to the article, "Malibu Mountains Fire Perils Summer Colony. Fierce Blaze Battled by 500 Men Destroys Canyon Homes and Menaces Rich Estates." Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 1930: 1.
Date:: October 30, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Birdseye view towards the Villa Riviera, Long Beach, 1929

Description:: Birdseye view towards the Villa Riviera and adjacent buildings
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Central Tower Building on Fourth Street, Santa Monica, 1938

Description:: The Central Tower Building was designed by M. Eugene Durfee and constructed in 1929 by the contractors J. Westley Forderer (west wing and tower) and Claude L. Freeman (north wing). It is an example of the Art Deco style, with vertical pilasters; recessed spandrels; stylized parapets on the second, sixth, seventh and eighth floors; and decorative patterns including the zig-zag styled ornamentation above the commercial storefronts. It was constructed of reinforced concrete with brick infill and finished with stucco. The form consists of two-story store front wings flanking an eight-story tower. In this photograph the original metal screening on the exterior of the storefront transom windows, the black-tiled store front base and black and white storefront checkered flooring are visible.
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Birdseye view towards the Villa Riviera, Long Beach, 1929

Description:: Constructed in 1929, the Gothic Revival style building was originally a residential stock co-operative, was converted to a hotel after the Great Depression, returned to being a stock co-operative in the mid nineteen fifties and converted to condominium titles in 1991. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 800 East Ocean Boulevard
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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