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Don Dixon demonstrating his accordion skills to Judge William R. McKay, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Don Dixon demonstrating his accordion playing skills to Judge William R. McKay to prove that he was not drunk when he rammed his car into a parked automobile outside his house, but rather tired after a long night of accordion playing at a wedding. Judge McKay believed Dixon’s excuse. Isadore Maidel, Walter Slosson and Don Redwine listen in.
Date:: August 24, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Don Dixon demonstrating his accordion skills to Judge William R. McKay, Los Angeles, 1934

Alma Dube, H. J. Brubaker, and Minnie Blandin at the annual Old Folks' picnic, Livermore, 1935

Description:: Alma plays an accordion strapped across her chest, watching Mr. Brubaker take one hand of Mrs. Blandin who holds a parasol over her head. Mrs. Blandin wears a costumed dress with lace, flowers, pins and a picture of George Washington.
Date:: September 13, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Alma Dube, H. J. Brubaker, and Minnie Blandin at the annual Old Folks' picnic, Livermore, 1935

Rosalyn Pearl and Mrs. Joseph C. Hofstetter at a Cosmos Club Swiss Program, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Rosalyn Peters (left) plays the accordion while Mrs. Joseph C. Hofstetter (right) sings during the Swiss Program organized by the Los Angeles Cosmos Club.
Date:: January 7, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Rosalyn Pearl and Mrs. Joseph C. Hofstetter at a Cosmos Club Swiss Program, Los Angeles, 1936