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Jailer John L. Uhlik leading two cows to the Hollywood Police Station, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of Jailer John L. Uhlik leading two cows to the Hollywood Police Station after they were found walking around Hollywood. He is standing on the sidewalk in front of a sign that states English, “CITY ORDINANCE, HOLLYWOOD POLICE STATION, NO PARKING”. Behind him is the police station.
Date:
November 2, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Jailer John L. Uhlik leading two cows to the Hollywood Police Station, Los Angeles, 1935

People lined up to receive aid after the Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933

Description:
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
Date:
March 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
People lined up to receive aid after the Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933

Apartment building damaged by the Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933

Description:
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
Date:
March 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Apartment building damaged by the Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933

M.R. Watrous, sound technician, testifying in Werner trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
M.R. Watrous sitting in witness stand. Behind him is a black board with a drawing of a room plan. In the judge's bench, a man's head is visible, possibly that of Superior Judge Fricke. This photograph was probably taken when Watrous, a sound technician, testified in Superior Judge Fricke's courtroom at the second trial of Erwin and Helen Werner on liquor license corruption charges.
Date:
March 1, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
M.R. Watrous, sound technician, testifying in Werner trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Three men inspecting three cars up for the Public Administrator's auction, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Three unidentified men are inspecting three cars available for auction in the Public Administrator's storeroom. Part of a fourth car can be seen on the far right. In the background, a wire fence can be seen. Leftmost car is a 1930-1932 Cadillac, with a goddess hood ornament. It is being looked at by a man in a light colored brimmed hat and short sleeved shirt. Middle car is a Pontiac, circa 1933, with a Chief hood ornament. It is being looked at by a man with glasses and a shirt with rolled up sleeves, no hat. The third car is a Ford V8, circa 1935, being looked at by a man with a brimmed hat, a pipe in his mouth, a vest, and a shirt with rolled up sleeves.
Date:
August 8, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Three men inspecting three cars up for the Public Administrator's auction, Los Angeles, 1935

Handwritten letter from extortionist to Mae West, 1935

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, October 8, 1935, Officers Capture Mae West Death Threat Suspect, Six Others Questioned in $1000 Plot After Seizure of Studio Bus Boy as He Assertedly Picks Up Decoy. Suspected as the author of a series of sinister notes to Mae West, motion-picture actress, threatening death or disfiguration by acid unless she paid $1000, George Janios, 38-year-old bus boy at a Western-avenue studio, last night was in the custody of investigators …
Date:
1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Handwritten letter from extortionist to Mae West, 1935

Handwritten letter from extortionist to Mae West, 2nd page, 1935

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, October 8, 1935, Officers Capture Mae West Death Threat Suspect, Six Others Questioned in $1000 Plot After Seizure of Studio Bus Boy as He Assertedly Picks Up Decoy. Suspected as the author of a series of sinister notes to Mae West, motion-picture actress, threatening death or disfiguration by acid unless she paid $1000, George Janios, 38-year-old bus boy at a Western-avenue studio, last night was in the custody of investigators …
Date:
1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Handwritten letter from extortionist to Mae West, 2nd page, 1935

Letter purportedly written by William F. Gettle during his five-day kidnapping ordeal, 1934

Description:
Letter purported to have been written by William F. Gettle during his five-day kidnapping ordeal. The letter was likely sent to attorney Ernest E. Noon, who acted as intermediary between the family and the kidnappers. Noon was preparing to deliver $75,000 in ransom money to the kidnappers before they were captured in a separate bank robbery sting.
Date:
[circa May 10, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Letter purportedly written by William F. Gettle during his five-day kidnapping ordeal, 1934

Leonard Hilborne, Leonard Hoffman, Rosamond Coyner, and Douglas Badt hold their awards in front of Los Angeles High School from the Mayflower Society's second annual oratorical contest, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
The Mayflower Society, Los Angeles County Chapter, are descendants of passengers on the Mayflower. They sponsored an annual oratorical contest for Los Angeles High School. The second annual oratorical contest was held March 26, 1936.
Date:
[circa March 26, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Leonard Hilborne, Leonard Hoffman, Rosamond Coyner, and Douglas Badt hold their awards in front of Los Angeles High School from the Mayflower Society's second annual oratorical contest, Los Angeles, 1936

Rose Marie Sheran, Eleanor Devin, Virginia Smith, and Kathryn MacKechnie of the Catholic Women's Club Juniors, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Left to right, Rose Marie Sheran, Eleanor Devin, Virginia Smith, Kathryn MacKechnie stand in a store. They are dressed for an outing, with Devin wearing a jacket and Smith and MacKechnie wearing fur-edged coats. All the women wear hats, with Smith also wearing a small veil. They stand in front of a table covered with a striped tablecloth and displaying lots of either polished stone or wood items like buttons, lamps, ashtrays, small bowls and cups, vases, and candlesticks. Behind them is a postcard display featuring photography by Burton Frasher, an animal skin, and hung paintings.
Date:
[circa April 14, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Rose Marie Sheran, Eleanor Devin, Virginia Smith, and Kathryn MacKechnie of the Catholic Women's Club Juniors, Los Angeles, 1936

Photograph of a letter from Captain Eugene Joseph Harrington to his sister, Anna Harrington of Boston (page 4 of 4), 1936

Description:
Photograph of the fourth page of a letter from Captain Eugene Joseph Harrington to his sister Anna A. Harrington of Boston. The letter is dated July 21, 1876 and details his regiment's activities in the Black Hills War as well as his opinion of the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Date:
April 6, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Photograph of a letter from Captain Eugene Joseph Harrington to his sister, Anna Harrington of Boston (page 4 of 4), 1936

Handwritten letter from extortionist to Mae West, 1935

Description:
Text reads: Acid is a horrible thing to throw in one's face so beau tiful in the height s of her career you can lose a $1000 or a 1,000,000 we are determind to get it. We want that money no later than nine oclock Monday nite at the other end of Warner Bros Studio in the last tree palm tree if the extortion squad is there we will by our oth get you and spoil your face for all time you know where the last tree is by the gate on the corner stick it in the tree by the palns and dont try to stop who gets it tie a handkerchief on the wall there opposite the tree if you fail to meet our demands. We will shoot a air gun at you within ten da's and we are good shots OVER
Date:
1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Handwritten letter from extortionist to Mae West, 1935