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Description:: Maritime workers gathered around a posted Western Union telegram, probably announcing the end of the 98-day coast maritime strike which included longshoremen, cooks and stewards, firemen and sailors
Date:: February 5, 1937
1937-02-05
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A $50,000 Derby day at the Santa Anita racetrack on February 22, 1937. The crowd in attendance was estimated at 45,000 spectators. Twenty-three horses raced that day, beating out the Kentucky Derby's record of twenty-two starting horses at that time. The $50,000 purse was won by the horse Fairy Hill.
Date:: February 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The theme of the 49th Tourament of Roses Parade in 1938 was "Playland Fantasies"
Date:: 1938-01-01
January 1, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The children of William F. Gettle, millionaire and kidnapping victim, posing on tricycles for a photograph after their father's safe return. Circa May 15, 1934.William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a housewarming party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:: [circa May 15, 1934]
1934-05-15
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Young actress Ada Williams Ince, 21, divorces her husband of 5 years, William "W.T." Ince, on claims of abuse due to her husband's violent temper. Williams was granted the divorce in Superior Judge Edmond's court, and attributed it to the date of Friday the 13th, her "lucky number", contrary to popular convention.
Date:: April 13, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Popular LA Times Op-Ed columnist from the 1930s E.V. Durling poses for a humorous photograph.
Date:: [between 1930-1940?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Mrs. Marie Earl in a close-up photograph, while seated on an outdoor balcony, 1920s.
Date:: 1920-1930?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: LA Daily News city editor Charles Judson participates in a series demonstrating "right" and "wrong" golf swings with local pro golfer and golf instructor Fay Coleman. Judson represents the "wrong" form for each swing.
Date:: [between 1935-1945?]
1935/1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Man at work on an automobile at the Los Angeles Studebaker assembly plant in Vernon, CA. The plant opened in December of 1935, and the first completed automobile rolled off the line on January 2, 1936. The plant operated until June 8, 1954.
Date:: [circa January 2, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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