Photograph of 2 butane tanks sitting atop a flatbed dolly on the sidewalk outside the H. H. West Company's offices on Omar Avenue. The tanks sit on a dolly, right-of-center, and are viewed at an angle. The dolly and tanks are on a sidewalk that stretches through the image on a vertical angle to the left. Behind the tanks, the office building for the H. H. West Company stretches along the right side of the sidewalk. A set of doors stands wide open, at right. A chain hanging from the dolly lies on the sidewalk and extends towards the doorway. Behind the tanks, a sign in a window reads, "AMERICAN WHOLESALE HARDWARE CO. LONG BEACH."
House belonging to the Brown family.The house has a front porch and features large front windows as well as a dormer window at the top. The address appears to be 1255 Magnolia Avenue. The address has changed to 1502 Magnolia Avenue.
H. H. West's mother, Wilhelmina, in front of his brother, Wilson's home at 4262 Walton Avenue. The house number is above the porch. Wilhelmina wears a hat that appears to have a feather sticking out of it. Another woman is in the doorway of the house. The neighboring his is visible at the right.
John D. Kennedy, 62, appears with Municipal Judge George S. Richardson in relation to charges he attacked Arthur C. Burch. Burch was tried twice and acquitted for the shooting death of John D. Kennedy's son.
Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts, second from right, sits with his defense lawyer Jerry Geisler, second from left, along with his chief deputy Robert P. Stewart, far left, and deputy District Attorney, William Simpson.
An unknown man applying false eyelashes to Elsie the Borden Cow, the unofficial mascott for Borden dairy products. After appearing at the New York World's Fair, Elsie was chosen by R.K.O. producer Gene Towne to star in the 1940 film "Little Men," based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Elsie arrived in Los Angeles on July 12, 1940
Men work on completing an automobile at the Los Angeles Studebaker assembly plant in Vernon, CA. The plant opened in December of 1935, and the first completed automobile rolled off the line on January 2, 1936. The plant operated until June 8, 1954.
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.
A line of radiator grilles, affixed with Studebaker's distinctive "lark in circle" hood ornament, at Studebaker's Los Angeles assembly plant in Vernon, Ca. Studebaker's Los Angeles plant was established in December of 1935, and its first completed car rolled off the assembly line on January 2, 1936. The plant closed on June 8, 1956.