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Frank C. Touton awarding diploma to his daughter, Harriet Louise Touton, University of Southern California graduation, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
This image is described in Los Angeles Times article, June 15, 1934, Ten Thousand Gather fo U.S.C. Graduation, Class of 1593 Given Diplomas and Other Awards in Colorful Twilight Ceremony at Coliseum … There were dramatic moments, too, such as when Dr. Frank C. Touton, vice-president of the university, who awarded the diplomas, found his pretty young daughter, Herriette [Harriet] Louise Touton, in line and as soon as he had handed her a diploma he planted a resounding kiss on her cheek. …
Date:
June 14, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Frank C. Touton awarding diploma to his daughter, Harriet Louise Touton, University of Southern California graduation, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1934

Model Priscilla Lawson and two other women, Times fashion show, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Priscilla Lawson, in dress, coat, and hat with flowers, holding gloves, and two other women, probably models, one in dress, fur stole, and hat with feathers, one in dotted dress and hat with veil, all standing in hallway. The fachion show took place in the Los Angeles Times building on 202 West 1st Street, most likely inside what is now the Harry Chandler Auditorium. Two pieces of paper tacked onto the doors behind the models contain the names of department stores (?) and motion picture studios: on L: "[Br]oadway..." and on R:" 20th Century-Fox, R-K-O, Warner Bros, Universal, M-G-M, United Artists, Walter Wanger."
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Model Priscilla Lawson and two other women, Times fashion show, Los Angeles, 1936

Bison Hunt fresco by Charles Kassler Jr. at the Los Angeles Central Library, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Charles Kassler Jr. was a painter, printmaker, and lithographer. He lost a hand during a high school chemistry experiment. He studied art and architecture at Princeton University and the Chicago Art Institute. From 1925 to 1932 Kassler continued his studies while living at various times in New Mexico, Europe, and North Africa. While in France he apprenticed himself to a well-known fresco painter. He was active in Denver before moving to Los Angeles in 1933. He painted murals for the Federal Art Project and was an instructor at the Chouinard Art School (1933-34) and School of Design in Pasadena (1939).
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Bison Hunt fresco by Charles Kassler Jr. at the Los Angeles Central Library, Los Angeles, 1934

Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs with two other men at a post office, Los Angeles, 1934-1926

Description:
Los Angeles Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs, center, with two other men at the "Savings Bonds Window" of a post office. The two men hold a stack of savings bonds. A sign above them reads: "For Safe Investment of Idle Funds, United States Savings Bonds, $18.75 . . . increases in ten years to . . . . $25.00.....$750.00 . . . increases in ten years to . . $1,000.00." Behind them is the sign for the "Philatelic Window."
Date:
[between February 1, 1934 to September 28, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs with two other men at a post office, Los Angeles, 1934-1926

Robert S. James, suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, and Norris Stensland, deputy sheriff, studying photographs, LosAngeles, 1935 or 1936

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, August 10, 1935, Pond Death Confab Held. While tentative plans for an inquest were announced, Robert S. James, beauty-parlor operator, yesterday conferred with Capt. Norris Stensland at the Sheriff’s office in connection with the death of his bride, Mrs. Mary Bush [sic] James, whose partly submerged body was discovered last Monday in the fish pond of her La Crescenta home. …
Date:
August 9, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Robert S. James, suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, and Norris Stensland, deputy sheriff, studying photographs, LosAngeles, 1935 or 1936

Ralph Sheldon in court, Los Angeles, 1930 or 1931

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, January 3, 1931, Sheldon Trial Begins Monday, Gunman Engaged in Fight With Three Policemen, Faces Charge of Attempt to Commit Murder, Battle Brought Action Against Gambling Ships. Trial of Ralph Sheldon, eastern gunman and hoodlum, on three counts of assault to murder three Long Beach policemen in a waterfront gun battle two weeks ago, yesterday was set for next Monday … Sheldon maintained that his true name is James Sherman, the name he gave police when arrested, but the police say they have otherwise identified him. … His indictment grew out gun battle … following the kidnaping of E.L. (Zeke) Caress … on his way to collect $50,000 ransom …
Date:
1930-1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ralph Sheldon in court, Los Angeles, 1930 or 1931

Football player Red Grange and manager C.C. Pyle posing, Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Harold "Red" Grange, in Chicago Bears sweatshirt and athletic shoes, and C.C. Pyle, in suit and tie, holding hat and cigarette, both on one knee on Coliseum field, looking toward each other, with empty seats in background and another man partially visible at right
Date:
January 15, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Snyder, William Earl, 1896-1956
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Football player Red Grange and manager C.C. Pyle posing, Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926

Adolfo Carsi, who murdered his wife, at the coroner's jury, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Adolfo Carsi holding up his right hand, perhaps taking an oath, judge at the coroner's jury. Carsi had strangled his wife, Florence Carsi, because he suspected her of infidelity. Spectators are seated behind him and attorneys are seated at a table in front of him. A man with a camera on a tripod is on the left.
Date:
January 31, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Adolfo Carsi, who murdered his wife, at the coroner's jury, Los Angeles, 1935

Crown Prince Gustav Adolf and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden at a train station, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
In 1926-1927, Crown Prince Gustav Adolf and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden made an international trip around the world to benefit Swedish interests, which was described as a great success, especially the trip to the USA, during which they travelled over the nation from New York to San Francisco.
Date:
July 22, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Crown Prince Gustav Adolf and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden at a train station, Los Angeles, 1926

Former boxer, Fidel La Barba, becomes sportswriter, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Fidel La Barba, smiles directly at the camera while sitting at a desk with a typewriter and documents. He wears glasses, a tie, and sport jacket. Behind him is a window with the blinds closed. La Barba was a former championship fighter, who upon retirement, attended Stanford and received journalism degree. He became a sportswriter and eventually became a boxing advisor for Hollywood films. He wrote the related article and describes the grim reality of being a boxer.
Date:
October 10, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Former boxer, Fidel La Barba, becomes sportswriter, Los Angeles, 1935

Grover Russell and C.W. Eastin meet over real estate commission business, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Grover Taylor Russell, in a striped tie, and real estate broker C. W. Eastin, in a checked one, pose in an office, perusing documents. They sit beside each other at a desk strewn with papers, with window blinds and drapes in background. In upper right corner, glass window with view of city can be seen.
Date:
October 18, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Grover Russell and C.W. Eastin meet over real estate commission business, Los Angeles, 1935

At a mural exhibition at the Los Angeles Central Library, artist Leo Katz points to an area of a cartoon drawing for the Frank Wiggins Trade School mural, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
The cartoon drawing depicts a area of a multi-panel mural for the Frank Wiggins Trade School (now LA Trade Tech) in Los Angeles. The theme of the mural program is the history of the uses of tools serving the creative and destructive passions of man within the context of the Toltec and Aztec cultures. After completion, the mural immediately became controversial especially because of the depictions of nudity and references to war in the central panel. The central panel was removed from the trade school lobby and returned to the Public Works Administration in 1935 and the other two panels were returned in 1939.
Date:
November 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
At a mural exhibition at the Los Angeles Central Library, artist Leo Katz points to an area of a cartoon drawing for the Frank Wiggins Trade School mural, Los Angeles, 1934

Model Priscilla Lawson in satin and fur negligee, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Priscilla Lawson, in long satin robe with train, self-fabric belt, and fur trim at sleeves, collar, and hood. The location of this photograph may be the roof terrace of the Los Angeles Times Building. The fashion show took place in the Los Angeles Times building (competed in 1935 and located at 202 West 1st Street) most likely inside what is now the Harry Chandler Auditorium.
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Model Priscilla Lawson in satin and fur negligee, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Frank Shaw being sworn in as mayor of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:
Connected to either Los Angeles Times article, June 14, 1933, Oath of Mayor Taken by Shaw, Council Approves Canvass of Recent Election, Presto! New Mayor Sworn in Record Time, Introduced by Randall, Who Met Defeat at Polls; or July 2, 1933, New Regimes Take Helm of City and Schools, Shaw and Chesebro Sworn In and Davis Elected Head of Council; Education Shake-up Launched
Date:
1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Frank Shaw being sworn in as mayor of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1933

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date:
June 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Crown Prince Gustav Adolf and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden with others, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
In 1926-1927, Crown Prince Gustav Adolf and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden made an international trip around the world to benefit Swedish interests, which was described as a great success, especially the trip to the USA, during which they travelled over the nation from New York to San Francisco.
Date:
July 22, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Crown Prince Gustav Adolf and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden with others, Los Angeles, 1926

Judge Irvin Taplin and son and daughter on playground slide, Los Angeles Orphans' Home, Hollywood, 1933

Description:
A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Time article, April 20, 1933, "Party Comes to Orphans’ Home, Judge’s Daughter Shares Birthday Pleasures." The article begins: "In celebration of the seventh birthday of his daughter, Lorena Ann Taplin, and in memory of his own early life in an orphanage, Munipical Judge Taplin yesterday was host at a birthday party to 100 children at the Los Angeles Orphans’ Home, 815 North El Centro avenue, Hollywood. …"
Date:
April 19, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Judge Irvin Taplin and son and daughter on playground slide, Los Angeles Orphans' Home, Hollywood, 1933

Ralph Sheldon in court, Los Angeles, 1930 or 1931

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, January 3, 1931, Sheldon Trial Begins Monday, Gunman Engaged in Fight With Three Policemen, Faces Charge of Attempt to Commit Murder, Battle Brought Action Against Gambling Ships. Trial of Ralph Sheldon, eastern gunman and hoodlum, on three counts of assault to murder three Long Beach policemen in a waterfront gun battle two weeks ago, yesterday was set for next Monday … Sheldon maintained that his true name is James Sherman, the name he gave police when arrested, but the police say they have otherwise identified him. … His indictment grew out gun battle … following the kidnaping of E.L. (Zeke) Caress … on his way to collect $50,000 ransom …
Date:
1930-1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ralph Sheldon in court, Los Angeles, 1930 or 1931

Robert S. James, suspect in Lois Wright morals case and Mary Emma James murder case, and lawyer Samuel Silverman in court, Los Anglels, 1936

Description:
A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, May 28, 1936, James Guilty in Girl Case, Suspect Smiles at Verdict, Jury Convicts Barber on All Three Counts of Morals Offenses. … James … sat stolid and emotionless as a jury decreed him guilty of three separate morals offenses involving his 21-year-old niece. … facing the still more serious charge of murdering his wife last August by rattlesnake venom and drowning …
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Robert S. James, suspect in Lois Wright morals case and Mary Emma James murder case, and lawyer Samuel Silverman in court, Los Anglels, 1936

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

"Butch" Rogers and "Champ" Clark boxing at the Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
View of boxing ring corner where boxer Alfred "Butch" Rogers is on floor, while opponent Kent "Champ" Clark is held back by referee or coach. In foreground and background, spectators and photographers surrounding the ring look on. The heavyweight match was conducted at the former Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Date:
October 15, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Butch" Rogers and "Champ" Clark boxing at the Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935

Football player Red Grange and manager C.C. Pyle posing, Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Harold "Red" Grange, in Chicago Bears sweatshirt and athletic shoes, and C.C. Pyle, in suit and tie, holding hat and cigarette, both on one knee on Coliseum field, with empty seats in background and another man partially visible at right
Date:
January 15, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Snyder, William Earl, 1896-1956
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Football player Red Grange and manager C.C. Pyle posing, Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926

Football player Red Grange running, Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
A similar photograph appears with the article “Red Grange and George Wilson Collide Today, All-American Stars in Great Coliseum Game, Expect More Than 75,000 Fans to Watch Athletes in Action; Bears Doped to Win,” Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 1926: 9
Date:
January 15, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Snyder, William Earl, 1896-1956
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Football player Red Grange running, Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926

Mariposa County Judge W.A. Scott with section of tree grown around revolver, Los Angeles or Pasadena, 1931

Description:
A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article "Ghost Gang Relic Found: Forgotten Revolver Grows in Tree," November 16, 1931, describing how bandit Charley Jack simulated a gang of attackers along the Mammoth Trail by hiding guns and coats in tree branches; the son of an attack victim later discovered an abandoned gun grown into a tree
Date:
1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Mariposa County Judge W.A. Scott with section of tree grown around revolver, Los Angeles or Pasadena, 1931

Newlyweds, Onslow Stevens and Phyllis Cooper embrace for publicity shot, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Actor Onslow Stevens embraces his new socialite wife Phyllis Cooper. A mustached and carefully groomed Stevens is wearing a suit and a tie, while his wife also wears a suit jacket and light colored ascot. Around six weeks after their elopement, the two divorced and Cooper kept her maiden name.
Date:
[September 1934?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Newlyweds, Onslow Stevens and Phyllis Cooper embrace for publicity shot, Los Angeles, 1934

Betty Wang, Journalist, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Betty Wang (her Americanized name) was a Chinese journalist who graduated from Shanghai University, worked as a reporter for a daily Chinese newspaper before attending the University of Southern California as a graduate student in journalism in 1933-1934. While in Los Angeles she became a member of the Theta Sigma Phi national honorary and professional journalism sorority and worked as a technical expert on "The Good Earth" at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; she appears in Harry Carr's "Lancer" feature 3 times. In 1934 she became editor of the women's page editor of the China Press newspaper in Shanghai in 1934. Ms. Wang published 2 articles in the Los Angeles Times: Ms. Wang published 2 articles in the Los Angeles Times: "We China Dolls are Free!" 6/3/1934" and "Mass Marriage in Shanghai" 11/24/1935.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Betty Wang, Journalist, Los Angeles, 1934

Football player Red Grange and manager C.C. Pyle posing, Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Harold "Red" Grange, in Chicago Bears sweatshirt and athletic shoes, with C.C.Pyle, in suit, tie, and hat, holding cigarette, arm around Grange's shoulder, both standing on Coliseum field, with about 6 other men, some in athletic clothing, and empty seats in background
Date:
January 15, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Snyder, William Earl, 1896-1956
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Football player Red Grange and manager C.C. Pyle posing, Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926

Joan Dix wins lawsuit against Frank Tipper for injuries in car crash, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
View of Joan Dix seated on desk, in jacket, holding right wrist. Joan Dix was a screen actress and dancer who complained she suffered from headaches and dizzy spells which had prevented her working because of a collision between her car and Frank Tipper's, as reported in the article, "Suit Winner: Dancer Wins Crash Cash." Los Angeles Times 3 Sept. 1935.
Date:
September 2, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Joan Dix wins lawsuit against Frank Tipper for injuries in car crash, Los Angeles, 1935

George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer, posing with anvil [outside the KJH Radio studio, Los Angeles(?)], circa 1926-1927

Description:
George Godfrey, "The Leiperville Shadow," was the ring name of Feab Smith Williams, a heavyweight boxer from the state of Alabama who fought from 1919-1937. Godfrey twice won the World Colored Heavyweight Championship. In 2003, Godfrey was named to the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.
Date:
[circa 1926-1927 ]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer, posing with anvil [outside the KJH Radio studio, Los Angeles(?)], circa 1926-1927

Model Lois Ward in bathing suit and beach robe, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Lois Ward in light-colored one-piece bathing suit with braided rope trim and belt, with flying fish decoration at leg, and beach robe decorated with anchors, ropes, and sailboat. The show took place in the Los Angeles Times building on 202 West 1st Street, most likely inside what is now the Harry Chandler Auditorium.
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Model Lois Ward in bathing suit and beach robe, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936