Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Language: No linguistic content / Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives / Date: 1936 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Attorney John C. Packard in the courtroom, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: John C. Packard, well-known attorney for liberals and C.I.O. labor organizations, in the courtroom
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Newspaper clipping featuring Mata Hari, an exotic dancer, courtesan and alleged spy, Los Angeles

Description:: Newspaper clipping from the N. Y. Evening Graphic featuring a picture of Mata Hari, a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was accused of being a spy for Germany during World War I. Because of this charge, she was executed in France on October 15, 1917. Review of official case documents in 1985 revealed that Mata Hari was most likely innocent. Mata Hari was the stage name for Margaretha Geertruida "Grietje" Zelle
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Roma Nicolais poses next to a painting by Dr. A. A. LaVinger titled, "The Bargain," Los Angeles

Description:: Miss Roma Nicolais poses next to a painting by Dr. A. A. LaVinger, titled "The Bargain"
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Bill Thompson smoking a cigarette while seated in a chair reserved for jurors only, Los Angeles

Description:: Bill Thompson smoking a cigarette while seated in a chair reserved for jurors only.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Joe E. Barnes sits in a chair reserved for jurors only, Los Angeles

Description:: Joe E. Barnes sits in a chair reserved for jurors only
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ducklings swimming around the reeds in Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Ducklings swimming amongst the reeds in Westlake Park, mother duck is visible in the background. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Duck bobs for food in the water at Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Duck bobs for food in the water at Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Two black birds standing on the grass in Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Two black birds standing on the grass in Westlake Park. One is poking at something, possibly popcorn, with its beak. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ducklings gathered by the water in Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Ducklings gathered by the water in Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Man and woman testifying (?) during unidentified hearing in courtroom with model cars on table

Description:: Unidentified hearing in courtroom with one man seated at table, a man and a woman standing, possibly witnesses testifying, and a police officer standing in background. On the table are papers, small model cars and a small figure of a man. Three men, seated in the background, are listening to the proceedings.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Man and woman testifying (?) during unidentified hearing in courtroom with model cars on table

Description:: Unidentified hearing in courtroom with one man seated at table, a man and a woman standing, possibly witnesses testifying, and a police officer standing in background. On the table are papers, small model cars and a small figure of a man. Three men, seated in the background, are listening to the proceedings.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Man testifying (?) during unidentified hearing in courtroom with model cars on table

Description:: Unidentified hearing in courtroom with one man seated at table, one man standing, and possibly testifying as a witness, and a police officer standing in background. On the table are papers, small model cars and a small figure of a man.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Man testifying (?) during unidentified hearing in courtroom with model cars on table

Description:: Unidentified hearing in courtroom with two men seated at table, one man standing, and possibly testifying as a witness. On the table are papers, small model cars and the small figure of a man.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

E. Brown, Jehovah's Witness, Redondo Beach, 1936

Description:: E. Brown, member of the Jehovah's Witness religious sect. A school operated by Jehovah's Witnesses in the Redondo-Perry district refused to allow students to salute the American flag. Consequently, a petition by residents of El Nido was created to close down the school.
Date:: [circa March 21, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

E. Brown, Jehovah's Witness, Redondo Beach, 1936

Description:: E. Brown, member of the Jehovah's Witness religious sect. A school, visible in the background, operated by Jehovah's Witnesses in the Redondo-Perry district refused to allow students to salute the American flag. Consequently, a petition by residents of El Nido was created to close down the school.
Date:: [circa March 21, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Veterans receiving their bonus payments at a government office, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: American veterans receiving their bonus payments at a government office. Frank T. Hines, administrator of the Veterans' Bureau said 2,700,000 applications for bonus payments had been received nationwide.
Date:: [circa April 15, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

UCLA student actors in costume for a play, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: UCLA student actors posing in costume for a theatrical production.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

UCLA student actors in costume for a play, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: UCLA student actors posing in costume for a theatrical production.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

UCLA team before Loyola game at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, circa 1935

Description:: Man by chalkboard possibly UCLA Coach William H. Spaulding (UCLA coach between 1925-1938)
Date:: [1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Lt George Fisher gives testimony heard by Deputy Coroner Frank Monfort during unknown inquest, Los Angeles

Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mariana Ganom gives testimony heard by Deputy Coroner Frank Monfort during unknown inquest, Los Angeles

Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

WPA project on La Brea, circa 1936

Description:: Unknown WPA project, possibly on La Brea Blvd in 1936
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Singing Wood and trainer filmed by unknown man, circa 1936

Description:: Singing Wood was owned by Mary Elizabeth Altemus Whitney (later Person Tippett), a wealthy socialite and thoroughbred racehorse breeder. Photo is likely related to Singing Wood’s victory in the March 1936 Santa Margarita Invitation at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Margaret Hampton with "Booster Box", circa 1935

Description:: Hampton was a secretary for Los Angeles City Councilman Stephen W. Cunningham. "Booster Box" is unknown.
Date:: [1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum concession stand, circa 1935

Date:: [1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Pat "Popeye" O'Brien, wrestler and referee, Los Angeles, between 1936 and 1945

Description:: Pat "Popeye" O'Brien, former wrestler and later referee, sitting at a desk looking at a piece of paper. Popeye nickname comes from his physical likeness to the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor Man
Date:: [between 1936 and 1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. Ella Peskay sitting in a courtroom, Los Angeles

Description:: Mrs. Ella Peskay, sitting on a chair in a courtroom wearing a fur-collared coat and hat. It is unclear what this is in relation to.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. Mary Dell Eaton sitting in a chair and laughing, Los Angeles

Description:: Mrs. Mary Dell Eaton sitting in a chair and laughing. She is wearing an overcoat, gloves, and a wide-brimmed hat
Date:: [between 1925 and 1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. Mary Dell Eaton posing in a chair, Los Angeles

Description:: Mrs. Mary Dell Eaton poses in a chair. She is wearing an overcoat, gloves, and wide-brimmed hat
Date:: [between 1925 and 1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Unknown man holds Margaret Long's hand as she lays in a hospital bed, Los Angeles

Description:: Margaret Long holding a man's hand while laying in what looks like a hospital bed
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Duck and three ducklings standing on a rock by the water in Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Duck and three ducklings standing on a rock by the water in Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Duck and ten ducklings in the water at Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Duck and ducklings in the water in Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Close-up of a chess board and player's hand moving one of the white bishops, Los Angeles

Description:: Close-up of the corner of a chess board and the hand of a person playing. The player is holding a white bishop and moving it toward a group of black pieces.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Top view of a chess board and player's hand moving the white queen, Los Angeles

Description:: Top view of a chess board and the hand of a person playing. The player is holding the white queen and moving it towards the black king.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ducklings in the water at Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Ducklings in the water at Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Judge William R. McKay and Judge Cecil D. Holland reenact traffic scene, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Judge William R. McKay and Judge Cecil D. Holland reenact traffic scene using model vehicles and roads.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Business clothes illustrations done for the Illustrated Daily News, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Business clothes illustrations done for the Illustrated Daily News. The Los Angeles daily news was originally named the Illustrated Daily News by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Dress illustrations done for the Illustrated Daily News, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Dress illustrations done for the Illustrated Daily News. The Los Angeles daily news was originally named the Illustrated Daily News by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Vito Marcantonio, member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Vito Marcantonio, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York, sitting in a chair. Marcantonio served in the House as a member of the Republican party from 1935-1937 and later as a member of the American Labor party, from 1939-1951.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Damage after near-tornado level winds and rain strike Alhambra. February 13, 1936.

Description:: Damage after near-tornado level winds and rain strike Alhambra and neighboring communities of Long Beach and Torrance. Damage in Alhambra extended from City Park to Alhambra Road and Raymond avenue in the northeast, and to Poplar street and Freemont avenue in the southwest. February 13, 1936.
Date:: February 13, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Damage after near-tornado level winds and rain strike Alhambra. February 13, 1936.

Description:: Damage after near-tornado level winds and rain strike Alhambra and neighboring communities of Long Beach and Torrance. Damage in Alhambra extended from City Park to Alhambra Road and Raymond avenue in the northeast, and to Poplar street and Freemont avenue in the southwest. February 13, 1936.
Date:: February 13, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Detective Lieutenant Lloyd Hurst with George "Dutch" Meyers, Los Angeles

Description:: Detective Lieutenant Lloyd Hurst (left) with George "Dutch" Meyers (in hat).
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Joe E. Barnes sits in a chair reserved for jurors only, Los Angeles

Description:: Joe E. Barnes sits in a chair reserved for jurors only
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd rejoices at the Democratic headquarters after Franklin D. Roosevelt wins the presidential election, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Crowd rejoices at the Democratic headquarters after Franklin D. Roosevelt wins the presidential election. Roosevelt won by a landslide against the Republican Alf Landon.
Date:: November 3, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James handcuffed to another man while on his way to court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: "Rattlesnake" murderer Robert S. James on his way to court while handcuffed to an unidentified man. James had tied down his pregnant fifth wife and forced a rattlesnake to bite her, and then later drowned her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mary Briggs being sworn in as Los Angeles Postmistress to take the place of her late husband, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Mrs. Mary Briggs being sworn in as Los Angeles Postmistress to take the place of her late husband H.B.R. Briggs
Date:: September 29, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd watching a float pass by during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Crowds of citizens observing as a float passes by during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power lights, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James in his jail cell, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: "Rattlesnake" murderer Robert S. James in his jail cell. James had tied down his pregnant fifth wife and forced a rattlesnake to bite her, and then later drowned her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd watching a float pass by during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Crowds of citizens observing as a float passes by during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power lights, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James in his jail cell, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: "Rattlesnake" murderer Robert S. James in his jail cell. James had tied down his pregnant fifth wife and forced a rattlesnake to bite her, and then later drowned her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Unidentified detective keeping guard by murderer Robert S. James's jail cell, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: An unidentified detective keeping guard by the jail cell of infamous murderer Robert S. James. James had tied down his pregnant fifth wife and forced a rattlesnake to bite her, and then later drowned her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of downtown during Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: An aerial view of Los Angeles during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power lights, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Paul Mantz, motion picture stunt pilot and consultant, poses with airplane. Circa February 1936.

Description:: Stunt pilot and entrepreneur Paul Mantz poses with one of his airplanes. Mantz received his pilot's license in 1926 while serving with the Army Air Services, after which he pursued a career as a motion pictures stunt pilot, air racing pilot, film aviation consultant, and manager of "United Air Services" and "Paul Mantz Air Services," which contracted pilots and airplanes for the film industry. Paul Mantz also taught pilots, including notable student Amelia Earhart, whom he accompanied on her first (unsuccessful) attempt at flying around the globe.This photograph was likely taken during Mantz's divorce trial from his first wife, Myrtle L. Mantz (nee Harvey), a fellow aviator and former student. They were married in 1932 and divorced in 1936. A "Mrs. Putnam" was named during the divorce hearing, a likely reference to Earhart, who was married to George Palmer Putnam, publisher.
Date:: [circa February, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Myrtle L. Mantz, aviator and first wife of Paul Mantz, motion picture stunt pilot and consultant. Circa February 1936.

Description:: Portrait of aviator Myrtle L. Mantz, nee Harvey, likely taken during her divorce from film stunt pilot and consultant Paul Mantz. Mrs. Mantz was a former flight student of her husband's. They were married in 1932. Their divorce hearing attracted public attention when a "Mrs. Putnam" was named during the divorce hearing, a likely reference to Amelia Earhart, who was married to George Palmer Putnam, publisher. Both Earhart and her husband were friends of Myrtle and Paul Mantz, and Earhart was tutored by Paul Mantz on long distance aviation and navigation. The Mantzes were granted a divorce on June 28, 1936.
Date:: [circa February, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Fred Stettler in Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Swiss chauffeur Fred Stettler, accused of the arson murders of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour, standing in a doorway
Date:: between February 21 and February 29, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Race horse "Indian Brown."

Date:: 1935-1937?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Race horse "Valiant Fox."

Date:: 1935-1937?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a plan of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James sitting in the witness stand with a plan of his home behind him. An unidentified man is visible in front of him. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Man testifying (?) during unidentified hearing in courtroom with model cars on table

Description:: Unidentified hearing in courtroom. One man standing, possibly testifying as a witness. On the table are small model cars and a small figure of a man
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Man testifying (?) during unidentified hearing in courtroom with model cars on table

Description:: Unidentified hearing in courtroom. One man standing, possibly testifying as a witness. On the table are small model cars and a small figure of a man.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Woman testifying (?) during unidentified hearing in courtroom with model cars on table

Description:: Unidentified hearing in courtroom. One woman standing, possibly testifying as a witness.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Child actors Billy, Bobby, Delmar and Garry Watson setting off fireworks on the Fourth of July, Los Angeles

Description:: Child actors Billy, Bobby, Delmar and Garry Watson gathered around an ignited firework on the Fourth of July. The Watson family was known as "the first family of Hollywood" and included at least nine children that acted in motion pictures.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

California Governor Frank Finley Merriam next to a copy of the United States Constitution, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Governor Frank Finley Merriam poses next to a copy of the United States Constitution. Frank Finley Merriam served as the 28th Governor of California from June 2, 1934 until January 2, 1939.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Donald Hendrix testifying before Deputy Coroner Frank Montford, Los Angeles

Description:: Donald Hendrix testifying before Deputy Coroner Frank Montford.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spanish baritone Felipe Delgado lights candles while wearing a costume, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Spanish baritone Felipe Delgado lights candles in a costume. Delgado performed songs at the Cortile Lido Salon of the Hollywood Knickerbocker.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

James F. Bryand stands with his two mules, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: James F. Bryand stands with his two mules.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Policeman and other men gathered outside of the Department of Motor Vehicles

Description:: Policeman and other men gathered outside of the Department of Motor Vehicles with one man clearly visible in the center of the group
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

L.R. Bowles demonstrates a sock machine used at a rehabilitation plant for paroled workers, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: L.R. Bowles demonstrates a sock machine used at a rehabilitation plant for paroled workers.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Men exhume the body of Mrs. Mary James, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Men exhume the body of Mrs. Mary Busch James who was allegedly subjected to rattlesnake bites and drowned by her husband Robert S. James and his friend Charles H. Hope. An autopsy of Mrs. James's body did indeed reveal signs of a snake bite.
Date:: May 5, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Men work on machinery used at a rehabilitation plant for paroled workers, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Men work on machinery used at a rehabilitation plant for paroled workers.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Men work on machinery used at a rehabilitation plant for paroled workers, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Men work on machinery used at a rehabilitation plant for paroled workers.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Women and children picket outside of the Works Progress Administration during a sit-down strike, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Women and children picket outside of the Works Progress Administration during a sit-down strike. Twenty or more seamstresses participated in the strike and demanded that women who had been laid off get re-hired.
Date:: December 6, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aimee Semple McPherson sits at a desk reading a book, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Aimee Semple McPherson sits at a desk reading a book. McPherson was a noted evangelist and founder of the Angelus Temple and the Foursquare Church.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Judge Irvin Taplin on a motorcycle, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Judge Irvin Taplin on a motorcycle wearing sunglasses in a parking lot. Taplin served on the Municipal Court bench from 1931 to 1964.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Group of men gathered at Whitney Stables in Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, 1930s

Description:: Group of men gathered at Whitney Stables in Santa Anita Park.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Workers searching for survivors at the site of a plane crash, Santa Clarita, 1936

Description:: Workers search for bodies at the site of a United Airlines plane crash near Saugus.
Date:: [circa December 30, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Hal and Myrtle Takaoka, siblings of slain dancer, at a preliminary hearing for their sisters' murder, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Myrtle Takaoka and her brother Hal Takaoka in court at a preliminary hearing involving the murder of their dancer sister, 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.
Date:: August 19, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Hal and Myrtle Takaoka, siblings of slain dancer, at a preliminary hearing for their sisters' murder, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Myrtle Takaoka and her brother Hal Takaoka in court at a preliminary hearing involving the murder of their dancer sister, 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.
Date:: August 19, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Student being pushed into a fountain during initiation at Los Angeles Junior College, Los Angeles

Description:: Student being pushed into a fountain as part of a hazing ritual at Los Angeles Junior College. Many boys are gathered around, some holding wooden paddles.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Detective Lieutenant Leroy E. Sanderson and Captain Bert Wallis, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Detective Lieutenant Leroy E. Sanderson and Captain Bert Wallis investigate a crime scene.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Hal Takaoka, brother of a slain dancer, testifying on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: 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.
Date:: August 19, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Members of the Olympic Team standing on the platform between two trains, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Members of the Olympic Team standing on the platform between two trains. This is probably the team for the 1936 summer games, which were held in Berlin.
Date:: [1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mansion, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A mansion in a Los Angeles residential area.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mansion, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A mansion in a Los Angeles residential area.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mansion, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A mansion in a Los Angeles residential area.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sportswriters Chuck Egan, Abe Kemp and Moody Karper at Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, 1930s

Description:: Sportswriters Chuck Egan from the Washington Star, Abe Kemp from the San Francisco Examiner and Moody Karper from the Pacific Coast Daily Racing Form at Santa Anita Racetrack.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Tom Gwynee, sportswriter for Copley Press Newspapers, at Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, 1930s

Description:: Tom Gwynee, sports writer for Copley Press Newspapers. Copley Press was a privately held newspaper business based in La Jolla, California.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Man testifying (?) during unidentified hearing in courtroom with model cars on table

Description:: Unidentified hearing in courtroom. One man standing, possibly testifying as a witness. On the table are small model cars and a small figure of a man.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Washington Huskies stretch before a game against the UCLA Bruins at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Washington Huskies stretch before a game against the UCLA Bruins. The game took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Date:: October 10, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Kansas Governor Alf M. Landon visiting Los Angeles during his campaign for President, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas, visiting Los Angeles during his campaign for President during the 1936 election. Landon was the Republican candidate against Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was running for re-election. Landon was defeated by a landslide.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Washington Huskies practice before a game at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Washington Huskies practice before a game against the UCLA Bruins. The game took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Date:: October 10, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Police officer stands with R.F. McGarry, member of the Black Legion secret society, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Police officer stands with R.F. McGarry, member of the Black Legion secret society. Black Legion was an organization that had ties to the Ku Klux Klan and operated mainly in Detroit, Michigan in the 1930s. The organization targeted African-Americans and slayed Silas Coleman on May 25, 1935.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Electrical-themed float created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: An electrical-themed float including a throne, costumed participants and an imitation crystal ball created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural. The celebration was held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power light, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Floral-themed float created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A floral-themed float including a throne, costumed participants and glowing flowers created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural. The celebration was held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power light, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Grecian-themed float created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A Grecian-themed float including columns and costumed participants created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural. The celebration was held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power light, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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