Genre: cellulose nitrate film and news photographs / Date: 1928 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

John Hennessey playing tennis, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: John Hennessey playing tennis with two men watching behind him. Most likely this was taken during one of the tournaments he played in in 1928.
Date Created:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

Description:: The same man in the same lion's head is seen in image ark no. 21198/zz002d9czw
Date Created:: [circa 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Marco Hellman, Los Angeles

Description:: Marco Hellman in a portrait photo
Date Created:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Actress and dancer Jean Jarvis with Edward Usher Jr., Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Jean Jarvis sitting in a chair next to Edward Usher Jr., likely during the trial following the assault of Usher by film director William Nigh.
Date Created:: January 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Jimmy Cherry sets aquatic endurance record, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: This photograph is likely related to the article, “Cherry Breaks Aquatic Mark for Endurance,” Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct 1928: 11, 13.
Date Created:: [circa October 14, 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Ed Rosenberg, Jack Rosenberg and Jacob Berman in court charged in the Asa Keyes bribery case, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: A near-identical photograph was published (reversed), below a photograph of Asa Keyes standing before Judge Edmonds, in the Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 1928: 3.
Date Created:: November 1, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Frank Dewar, Buck Lieuallen, Ed King, and Eugene Biscailuz during the Hickman kidnapping and murder trial, Los Angeles, between 1927 and 1928

Description:: Officer Lieuallen, along with police Chief Tom Gurdane (not in photo), captured Hickman in Echo, Oregon, after an 8-day manhunt. It is not clear whether this photo was taken during Hickman's post-extradition arraignment in December of 1927, or his trial in 1928.
Date Created:: [between 1927 and 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Judge William P. Fallman, 1920-1939

Description:: Judge William P. Fallman sits for a portrait.
Date Created:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

USS Pennsylvania rests in the harbor, 1920-1939

Description:: Likely related to Los Angeles Times article, “Navy Kept in Readiness to Meet Any Emergency,” 27 Mar. 1932: A1
Date Created:: [Between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Golfer Danny Sangster, Southern California, 1928

Description:: Danny Sangster poses with his club at a golf course.
Date Created:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Jimmy Cherry sets aquatic endurance record, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: This photograph is likely related to the article, “Cherry Breaks Aquatic Mark for Endurance,” Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct 1928: 11, 13.
Date Created:: [circa October 14, 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Dorgean Taylor, divorcee [rephotographed]

Description:: Profile view of Mrs. Dorgean Taylor, in hat, with back to viewer. Mrs. Taylor divorced Oscar J. Taylor on account of abuse and intoxication.
Date Created:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

House destroyed by flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:: The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date Created:: March 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Los Angeles aqueduct, damaged section of channel, Inyo County, [1924-1931?]

Description:: Negative scratched or damaged near center
Date Created:: [1924-1931?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Crowd gathered to her Herbert Hoover speak outside City Hall, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear with the headline, "Thousands Greet Herbert Hoover During One-Day's Visit to Southland,” Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug 1928: 8.
Date Created:: August 17, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

California National Guard members with mess kits outside Exposition Park Armory, Los Angeles

Description:: About 50 uniformed soldiers, lined up holding out mess kits, some smiling, outside Exposition Park Armory building
Date Created:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Joseph F. Sartori, banker and civic leader, with his wife Margaret, on a sidewalk in evening attire, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Photograph of Joseph F. Sartori, banker and civic leader, with his wife Margaret, in evening attire, standing on a sidewalk with 3 women, a man and a policeman standing on the right. Behind them is an advertisement for a performance by the Hall Johnson Negro Choir, below a banner reading "On the Behymer Courses" (referring to the Behymer Artist Course.
Date Created:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Sightseers at Red Rock Canyon State Park, California, circa 1920-1930

Description:: Man pointing out a scenic cliff to a little girl and another man at Red Rock Canyon State Park
Date Created:: [circa 1920-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Scenic desert cliffs in Red Rock Canyon State Park, California, circa 1920-1930

Description:: Scenic desert cliffs in Red Rock Canyon which look like thick columns of rock standing in rows, one on top of the other
Date Created:: [circa 1920-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Chicks in the chicken coop at the Los Angeles County Farm, Downey, 1920-1939

Description:: The Los Angeles County Farm, founded in 1887-1980's, was a poor farm and medical facility. Located south of the Imperial Highway in Downey, many of its buildings still stand (2015).
Date Created:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

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John Hennessey playing tennis, Los Angeles, 1928

Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

Marco Hellman, Los Angeles

Actress and dancer Jean Jarvis with Edward Usher Jr., Los Angeles, 1928

Jimmy Cherry sets aquatic endurance record, Los Angeles, 1928

Ed Rosenberg, Jack Rosenberg and Jacob Berman in court charged in the Asa Keyes bribery case, Los Angeles, 1928

Frank Dewar, Buck Lieuallen, Ed King, and Eugene Biscailuz during the Hickman kidnapping and murder trial, Los Angeles, between 1927 and 1928

Judge William P. Fallman, 1920-1939

USS Pennsylvania rests in the harbor, 1920-1939

Golfer Danny Sangster, Southern California, 1928

Jimmy Cherry sets aquatic endurance record, Los Angeles, 1928

Dorgean Taylor, divorcee [rephotographed]

House destroyed by flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Los Angeles aqueduct, damaged section of channel, Inyo County, [1924-1931?]

Crowd gathered to her Herbert Hoover speak outside City Hall, Los Angeles, 1928

California National Guard members with mess kits outside Exposition Park Armory, Los Angeles

Joseph F. Sartori, banker and civic leader, with his wife Margaret, on a sidewalk in evening attire, Los Angeles, 1928

Sightseers at Red Rock Canyon State Park, California, circa 1920-1930

Scenic desert cliffs in Red Rock Canyon State Park, California, circa 1920-1930

Chicks in the chicken coop at the Los Angeles County Farm, Downey, 1920-1939

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