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Maurice Kusell, Blayney Matthews, Jayne Manners and Milton Golden During the case of the disappearance of Justice Crater, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:
It was a matter of he-said, she-said during Maurice Kusell's divorce hearing from his wife Jayne Manners regarding information about the five-year-old disappearance of Supreme Court Justice Joseph F. Crater, the couple steadfastly supporting their two different stories regarding the Crater disappearance.
Date:
September 10, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Maurice Kusell, Blayney Matthews, Jayne Manners and Milton Golden During the case of the disappearance of Justice Crater, Los Angeles, 1925

Little girl on the "A Midsummer Night's Dream" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
Close-up view of a little girl seated on a float, possibly the "A Midsummer Night's Dream" float, wearing a costume with a satin bodice, tutu skirt and light wings. The house in the background indicates that the float is on Orange Grove Blvd., probably before the start of the Rose Parade.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Little girl on the "A Midsummer Night's Dream" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Les Heilman breaks the U.S.C. mile record while Ralph Shawhan trails behind during a dual track meet versus Occidental, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
This photograph appears with the article, "TROJAN TRACK TEAM OVERWHELMS OXY, 107 TO 33: BUD HOUSER GRABS OFF TRIO OF FIRST PLACES U.S.C. Athletes Score Clean Sweep in Five Events; Les Heilman Breaks Trojan Record TROJAN TRACK OUTFIT WINS," Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 1926: A1
Date:
[February 20, 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Les Heilman breaks the U.S.C. mile record while Ralph Shawhan trails behind during a dual track meet versus Occidental, Los Angeles, 1926

Arson suspect Robert D. Barr with lawyers Marcus Muskat and Lawrence Cobb, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:
Related to the article “Inquest in Fire to Open Today, More Than Fifty Subpoenaed About Park Tragedy, Work Will Be Resumed by 6000 Welfare Men, Council and Supervisors Act on Liability Issue,” Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 1933. The article states: Trial Ordered for Man Facing Park Arson Charge. Accused of “starting his own fire” in Griffith Park on the 3rd inst. when he found out he was too late to assist in putting out the conflagration which took more than a score of lives, Robert D. Barr, unemployed film studio technician, yesterday was held for trial … defended by Attorneys Lawrence Cobb and Marcus Muskat. …
Date:
1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Arson suspect Robert D. Barr with lawyers Marcus Muskat and Lawrence Cobb, Los Angeles, 1933

House washed by flood into middle of street after the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Paula (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:
March 14, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
House washed by flood into middle of street after the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Paula (Calif.), 1928

Anthony Fokker and Harris M. Hanshue pose as they shake hands, [Montebello?], [1928]

Description:
From left to right, Anthony Fokker and Harris M. Hanshue stand at center and shake each other's hand. They both appear to pose as they look towards the right. To the right of them, a man stands in partial view along the right edge. Behind and to the left of them, a group of 3 women stand, including Violet Fokker. She stands in partial view, blocked by her husband, and faces towards the left. The side of an airplane is viewed close-up as it stretches behind the group and across the background.
Date:
[between June - July, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Anthony Fokker and Harris M. Hanshue pose as they shake hands, [Montebello?], [1928]

Sheriff's Pistol Team members George S. Barton, Eugene W. Biscailuz, and Sewell F. Griggers taking a shot at Kiwanis President John F. Eastwood's hat at Kiwanis Club luncheon, 1935

Description:
View of George S. Barton, left, standing in collared shirt, tie, jacket, pants, left hand holding Eastwood's hat, John F. Eastwood, center left, standing in hat, collared shirt, tie, jacket, Eugene W. Biscailuz, center right, standing in collared shirt, tie, jacket, right hand holding Eastwood's hat, and Sewell Griggers, right, standing with back to viewer in sheriff uniform, pointing gun at Eastwood's hat.
Date:
September 11, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Sheriff's Pistol Team members George S. Barton, Eugene W. Biscailuz, and Sewell F. Griggers taking a shot at Kiwanis President John F. Eastwood's hat at Kiwanis Club luncheon, 1935

Roadside reconstruction following 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:
1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Roadside reconstruction following the Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933

Sunkist display at the National Orange Show, San Bernardino, 1935

Description:
The Sunkist display at the National Orange Show. And image of a horse and jockey overlays rows of oranges. Signs above the oranges read, "Sierra Vista Packing Ass'n Riverside," "Riverside Hights [sic] Orange Growers Ass'n Riverside," and "National Orange Co. Riverside." Other bunches of oranges and plants are set up at the front of the display.
Date:
[circa February 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Sunkist display at the National Orange Show, San Bernardino, 1935

Earthquake-damaged Arlington Hotel, Santa Barbara, 1925

Description:
On June 29, 1925 at 6:42 am a major earthquake hit the area of Santa Barbara. It was 19 seconds in duration and registered 6.8 on the Richter magnitude scale. The downtown of Santa Barbara was destroyed, the Sheffield Dam collapsed, and thirteen people died. The facade of the Mission Santa Barbara was severely damaged and lost its statues. Three persons thought to shut off the town electricity and gas, thereby preventing catastrophic fire. The city was rebuilt in a unified Spanish Colonial Revival style in 1925-1929.
Date:
June 29, 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Earthquake-damaged Arlington Hotel, Santa Barbara, 1925

Group portrait of children outside tents after the flood resulting from 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:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Group portrait of children outside tents after the flood resulting from the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Group portrait of children outside tents after the flood resulting from 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:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Group portrait of children outside tents after the flood resulting from the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Men and children in a relief camp for flood victims 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:
March 1928
1928-03
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Men and children in a relief camp for flood victims following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Two men and a woman at a desk with a Pennsylvania newspaper in front of them, 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:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Two men and a woman at a desk with a Pennsylvania newspaper in front of them, 1928

Angeles Forest Highway float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
View of a float commemorating the recent completion of the Angeles Forest Highway entered by the city of Antelope Valley. The float rider is Ann Steddom, a senior at Antelope Valley Joint Union High School, seated on a floral throne. Spectators view the parade from a grandstand on the right, located on the north side of Colorado Blvd. on the first block east of Orange Grove Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Angeles Forest Highway float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

"Sunset in Haiti" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Description:
The "Sunset in Haiti" float features a floral arch representing a sunset over a floral mountain and ocean. Bee Richardson, Alice Wright and Jane Hagenbush were the riders; 2 riders are visible. The float was entered by the Pasadena city schools and is shown at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Sunset in Haiti" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Walter and Trude Loewendahl, parents of Erika Nussimbaum Essad-Bey, wife suing for annulment, 1937

Description:
This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, November 19, 1937, Parents of Plaintiff in Marital Tangle, Annulment Case Proceeds in Suing Wife’s Absence. Efforts of a mother, father, and brother to obtain a marriage annulment … created an unusual situation … The suit was that of Mrs. Erika Nussimbaum Essad-Bey, who sought an annulment from her Berlin marriage to Leo Nussimbaum Mohammed Essad-Bey …
Date:
November 18, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Walter and Trude Loewendahl, parents of Erika Nussimbaum Essad-Bey, wife suing for annulment, 1937