Adelbert Barlett, in bow tie and hat, and another man, in checked cap and sunglasses with one foot on bench, standing near bench mounted between trees, among row of eucalyptus trees, with shadows of trees falling toward camera and road in background
Edward M. Blatchford, Near East Relief director, in light suit, standing upright, and Adelbert Bartlett, in suit and holding pith helmet, leaning forward, both photographed through stone or plaster archway or gate
View of plant debris and a muddy agricultural field with evenly spaced plantings beyond in the path of the flood caused by the failure of the Saint Francis Dam. A straight, elevated area in the background may be a road.
Albert Dyer and his lawyers William Neeley and Ellery Cuff at Dyer's murder trial. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. From left to right is Albert Dyer and public defenders Neeley and Cuff.
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to the United States and Archbishop of Laodicea in Phyrigia, seated on the throne during the elevation ceremony of Bishop John Joseph Cantwell to Archbishop of the newly created Roman Catholic Province of Los Angeles. He offers his hand to Bishop Cantwell who is half-kneeling oppposite him. Using the powers vested in him by Pope Pius XI Cicognani presided over the ceremony, which took place at the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana in Los Angeles.
Another photograph of Atanas Katchmakoff, with this sculpture, with his attorney Saul Ruskin, and art expert Dr. Ernest L. Tross appears in a Los Angeles Times article on 4/17/1935 titled: "Worth of Statue Debated: Value of Lost Madonna Estimated in Cost Case." At this time Katchmakoff sued Fred Keeler, the owner of the foundry that cast his Madonna sculpture for losing the plaster original. Two bronze sculptures had been made, but the owner of the bronze Madonnas had refused to allow his bronzes to be used to produce a new plaster cast.
A large group of people are gathered eating at outdoor picnic tables. American flags are strung over the road and a large structure can be seen in the background.
Related to the article “Bottarini Injured as Angel Regulars Lose, Foul Tip Puts Catcher on Shelf; Cy Malis Hurls Three-Hit Ball as Rookies Win, 4 to 1.” Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 1936. The article states: “Catcher John Bottarini went on the hospital list today with a badly split finger … Bottarini was catching for the regulars when a foul tip struck the end of one of his right-hand fingers, causing a deep laceration …”
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
George W. McDill, member of the 1935 Los Angeles Board of Education, sits looking solemn. McDill was a part of the law and rules committee of the Board.
3 boys, identified as Jackie Stone, Raymond Robinson, and possibly Max Tyler, with helmets, brooms, and flag, standing in dusty yard with fence in background
A list accompanying the "negs of plots" images identifies a similar photograph as a brush plot over the north tunnel [in] Devil Canyon, an area north of San Bernardino.
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.
Photograph of the Albert Schmitz family cabin at Lake Arrowhead, with a stone wall in front, where the H. H. West family also stayed during a summer vacation.
California state assemblymen Jack B. Tenney of San Diego, right, and Fred Muldoon of Ventura, left, participate in an interim committee on labor and capital. The interim committee was formed in order to assess the C.I.O./United Mine, Mill, and Smelters Union strike at the San Jacinto tunnel of the Colorado River aqueduct project. The committee met first on October 27, 1937 at the California state building in Sacramento.
Photograph of Carl and Lula Hopping (L) with Frank and Kate Hopping at a table at the annual Iowa Association picnic at Bixby Park. Other participants are visible in the background among the trees.
Carolyn Bartlett, about 4 years old, standing near Christmas tree with holding telephone, with doll, wicker doll carriage, elephant, teacups, and other presents, indoors with floor lamp and candle in background
This photograph appears with the article, "Spurned Suitor's Love for Slain Girl Pledged by Tender Notes on Playing Cards: Ardent Love Exhibit in Girl-Slaying," Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 1934: A2.
Possibly connected to Los Angeles Times article, August 9, 1932, Outline of Golden Rule Week Given, President of Foundation Tells Plan to Observe Period December 11-18. Plans for the local observance of Golden Rule Week … were outlined yesterday by Charles V. Vickrey of New York, executive president of the Golden Rule Foundation … the meeting was in charge of Lincoln Wirt, Pacific Coast director of the foundation. … the public will be asked to deny themselves the extensive meals and other luxuries to which they have become accustomed, and donate the money saved in this way to needy and destitute children. …
Charlie Stavnow (left) and Glen Velzy breaking up camp at the end of a fishing trip in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, with bags for the pack animals on the ground and another camper behind a tree.
Three men stand in Harry Chandler's Baja California ranch, the California-Mexico Land and Cattle Company (C & M Ranch). The courtyard's landscaping includes a variety of desert plants.
Photograph taken from Frances Wells' apartment that looks across Anchorage towards Cook Inlet. The scene is viewed from a bird's-eye perspective. Trees stand along the right edge and branches jut into the foreground from the lower left corner. Houses and streets stand in the near distance below at center. Farther out, Cook Inlet spans the image and disappears behind the trees that stand in the foreground at right. The opposite shore is visible in the far distance.
District Attorney Buron Fitts and his sister Mrs. Berthal Gregory appear in a crowded courtroom with Mrs. Marion Fitts and their attorneys Joseph Scott and Jerry Giesler. Seated left to right is Buron Fitts, Mrs. Marion Fitts, and Berthal Gregory. Standing in the back, left to right, is Joseph Scott and Jerry Giesler.
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.
Interior view of large room with brocade couches and chairs, Italianate ceiling with decorated beams and panels, chandeliers, paintings, Oriental rugs, statue of woman and horse on table, and fireplace below large mounted elk head
"Drummer Boys of '61" float with the theme song of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" and with a group of 8 aged veterans with fifes and drums. Entered by the John F. Godfrey Post, G.A.R.
A list accompanying the "negs of plots" images identifies the "bare" plots as being on "Edison Avenue." Other locations on the list are in Glen Avon Heights (now Jurupa Valley) and Devil Canyon (north of San Bernardino) (image ark no. 21198/zz002jk848).
Exterior view of the former Elks Temple, or Lodge, located at the southeast corner of Main St. and Pier Ave. in Santa Monica. The letters "BPOE" along the cornice of each visible side of the building stand for: Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The BPOE is an American fraternal order and social club founded in 1868.
View of Ensenada shoreline, with road, trees, and house in foreground, pier prominent in midground, mountains and the Hotel Playa Ensenada in background
Everett Shaw holds a baseball bat in Victory Park, in the Arroyo Seco area. A boy stands behind him holding a ball and there are other people at the right of the photograph. There are trees and picnic tables in the background.
View towards a large open double-doorway of the brick building housing the Collins Steel Studding. A man holding a structure with long metal rods is standing at the doorway. On the wall above the door the name of the business is painted as well as the address "685". The front corner of a care is visible on the right
A sign above the window on the right, "Todd & Leslie," probably refers to the Todd and Leslie Mortuary, formerly in Santa Monica, California. The Santa Monica location of Todd and Leslie listed in some online obituary notices is 1307 7th street.
Exterior view of the mortuary with three palm trees on 7th street. A sign on the street curb reads: 7th street. A sign above a window reads: memorial chapel. The Santa Monica location of Todd and Leslie listed in some online obituary notices is 1307 7th street.
View of what appears to be a fallen bridge with wooden railings over the Los Angeles River during or after a violent rain storm. A group of men wearing high boots is next to the bridge.
View facing east down fifth street toward the Southern Pacific Arcade Depot. A Blue Line streetcar is visible near the Depot far down the street. Utility poles line the dirt street and tracks on both sides. In the background, a building at right has a sign on it reading "Narcisse House". The Depot building dominates the background at left.
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.
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.
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.
Mertie West was H. H. West's second wife. Forrest Whitaker was her brother and Agnes was Forrest's wife. William Shaw was Mertie and Forrest's brother-in-law.
Four horses harnessed to carts and wearnig blinders, attended by two farm workers wearing trousers, belts, button-down shirts, shoes and hats. The cart on the left carries a water (?) tank and on the right is a plow or other farm equipment. There is a power line and utility pole in the background
Photograph of four young women seated on a pier railing opposite the entrance to a dance hall (not visible in this photo, see image ark no. 21198/zz002d9zdt). A young man watches from the background.
View of a furrow with capped stands beside a row of citrus trees in an orchard looking south along edge of Frances St. with a row of cypress trees on the left.
Photograph of an engraved portrait of George John Dalton, Los Angeles pioneer. Dalton, seated, looks off slightly to the right. He wears a three-piece suit and tie. Caption reads: "Engd by H. B. Hall's Sons, N.Y." Handwritten below caption: "George Dalton."
Girl, about 6 years old, seated on tree stump in water at edge of lake, with shore in left foreground, toy sailing ship floating nearby, wire fox terrier with front paws on stump, and lakeshore with trees in background
The Children's Home Society of California is a non-profit child welfare agency founded in 1891. It became the first licensed child placement agency in California in 1911. It was located at 919 E. 25th St. from the 1920's up to 1942, when the organization moved to the Ozro W. Childs mansion at 3100 W. Adams Blvd. where it remained until 1977.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Fair at Pomona Best in History: Los Angeles County Events Now in Full Blast: Exhibits Excel All Records in Size and Beauty: Race Track Laurels Expected to Set New Mark," 18 Sept. 1929: A1.
Glen Velzy stands in profile on the far right and faces left. He grasps an unknown object in his left hand. With his right hand, he holds a string or line that extends in front of him towards the left. At center, trout dangle from the line held by Glen Velzy. The line is propped up with a stick that has been split. Several fish hang from a string on the right side of the stick and five hang on the left side of the stick. Behind the fish and to the left, Velzy's Buick is parked and the rear end is visible. A trunk sits up on the back of the car and a few spare tires sit on the ground leaning against the back end of the car. Behind Glen on the right, Elizabeth West, Frances West and Ted McClellan's son stand with their backs to the camera. They stand to the side of and face another parked car. A large tree stands on the left behind the Buick. In the near distance, trees stand in the background at right, and in the far distance mountains rise in the background.
Glen Velzy kneels on the ground and fixes the front left tire on H. H. West's Buick. He faces right as both hands work on the tire. The car (partial view) sits to the right with the front of the car facing slightly towards the left. A tent stands behind and to the left of Glen. It is made out of green balloon silk. A thin rope extends between the top of the tent down to the car. The trunk of a large tree stands in the background right-of-center. An obscured mountain rises in the distance at left.
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.
Hal Takaoka testifying on the witness stand about the murder of his sister, dancer Midi Takaoka. Judge Irvin Taplin was presiding. The dancer's throat was cut by her jilted lover, waiter Raymond Johnson. Johnson later was sentenced to life in prison.
Photograph, from left to right, of Harry Schmitz and Wilfrid Cline, Jr. eating casaba for breakfast near a car. Harry Schmitz stands in front of the back end of a car. He faces towards the camera as he eats a slice of casaba. Wilfrid Cline, Jr. sits at center, to the right of Harry, and looks to the camera while eating a large slice of casaba. He sits in the backseat of a car. The car is in partial view and is viewed at an angle from the side. The front of the car extends out-of-frame at right. A dirt road stretches behind the car at left. Trees and fencing stand in the background at left.
Photograph, from left to right, of Harry Schmitz and Wilfrid Cline, Jr. standing in the distance at their campsite along a bank of Cow Creek, east of Redding. They stand in the distance at center near the creek's bank and face towards one another. Their gear sits on the ground to the right Wilfrid. A car is parked nearer to camera to the left of them. The car is viewed an an angle from the front and the side; it faces towards the right. The car sits parked in the middle of a dirt road. The road enters from the left, curving towards the right as it approaches the camera. A bridge stands in the background at left. Cow Creek flows behind and to the right of Harry and Wilfrid. Trees stand in the background.
View towards the apricot orchard of Harve Brillhart, uncle of the photographer Adelbert Bartlett, with an irrigation ditch on the left, farmhouse and windmill in the center middle ground, small apricot trees in the foreground and a wooden outbuilding in the right background. The typescript description of this group of photographs (uclamss_1300_0338i ) locates the orchard near the town of Patterson
A similar photograph appears with the article, "Declares Spouse not Home Body; Wife Declares in Divorce Action Husband Deserted Marital Nest Often," Los Angeles Times, July 22, 1926.
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![Charles Vickrey and three men, [1932?]](https://iiif.library.ucla.edu/iiif/2/ark%3A%2F21198%2Fzz002bz1k2/full/!200,200/0/default.jpg)
![Commercial street flooded during or after a rainstorm, [Los Angeles County?], 1927](https://iiif.library.ucla.edu/iiif/2/ark%3A%2F21198%2Fzz002ddfj0/full/!200,200/0/default.jpg)
![Drawing room, Elks Lodge 906, Santa Monica, [1925-1942?]](https://iiif.library.ucla.edu/iiif/2/ark%3A%2F21198%2Fzz002bxrm8/full/!200,200/0/default.jpg)
![Fallen bridge over the Los Angeles River [?], [Los Angeles?], 1927](https://iiif.library.ucla.edu/iiif/2/ark%3A%2F21198%2Fzz002ddfbw/full/!200,200/0/default.jpg)
![George John Dalton, [reprint]](https://iiif.library.ucla.edu/iiif/2/ark%3A%2F21198%2Fzz002d7crw/full/!200,200/0/default.jpg)
