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Young women carrying the "Huntington Park High School Band" banner in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

Description:
Young women carrying the "Huntington Park High School Band" banner, followed by a drum majorette and the band. The Orth Storage building on the left was located at 238 West Colorado Blvd. (the block later became a freeway overpass). On the right, signs painted on the side of a commercial building read: "Chevrolet, Gwynn Johnson, 245," and "H. R. Slayden."
Date:
January 1, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Young women carrying the "Huntington Park High School Band" banner in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

Women seated in doorway of Adolph L. Bernheimer residence, Bernheimer Garden, Pacific Palisades, 1927-1940

Description:
Two women, one in light dress seated on cushion, one in flowered dress seated on decorated stool or drum, in doorway of Adolph L. Bernheimer residence, with wood carvings above door, circular medallions decorating door, open woodwork around door, driveway, gatehouse, and mountains in background
Date:
1927-1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Women seated in doorway of Adolph L. Bernheimer residence, Bernheimer Garden, Pacific Palisades, 1927-1940

Women riding a cart serenaded by 2 men at the Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Santa Barbara, 1932

Description:
Six women riding in a cart serenaded by 2 men, one playing a guitar, at the Old Spanish Days Fiesta in Santa Barbara. They may be part of the wedding party described in an 8/19/1932 Los Angeles Times article titled "Historic Pageant Opens Santa Barbara Fiesta..." stating "The bridal pair on horseback were escorted by many riders by caballero and senorita, while a creaking careta carried members of the family of both bride and groom."
Date:
August 18, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Women riding a cart serenaded by 2 men at the Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Santa Barbara, 1932

Women dressed as bridal party, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, March 8, 1936, "Seeing Styles From Times Revue, With Sylva Weaver, Fashion Reporter," with caption: Jane Hamilton was one of the brides in the Times fashion show. Her wedding outfit was designed by Bernard Newman. Left to right are Mrs. F. Ernest Potts, Jr., Peggy Terry, Miss Hamilton, Mrs. Harry D. Parkin, Jr., and Eleanor Dabney.
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Women dressed as bridal party, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Woman in traditional Mexican dress in front of Hotel Playa de Ensenada, Ensenada, 1931

Description:
The Hotel Playa Ensenada opened on October 31, 1930. Later known as the Hotel Riviera del Pacifico, it was an elegant gambling casino developed by the North American Compañía Mexicana del Rosarito. The architect was Gordon E. Mayer. The hotel was closed and partly demolished in 1964. Partly rebuilt in 1978, the hotel was reopened as the Centro Social, Cívico y Cultural de Ensenada.
Date:
1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Woman in traditional Mexican dress in front of Hotel Playa de Ensenada, Ensenada, 1931

Woman in traditional Mexican dress in front of Hotel Playa de Ensenada, Ensenada, 1931

Description:
The Hotel Playa Ensenada opened on October 31, 1930. Later known as the Hotel Riviera del Pacifico, it was an elegant gambling casino developed by the North American Compañía Mexicana del Rosarito. The architect was Gordon E. Mayer. The hotel was closed and partly demolished in 1964. Partly rebuilt in 1978, the hotel was reopened as the Centro Social, Cívico y Cultural de Ensenada
Date:
1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Woman in traditional Mexican dress in front of Hotel Playa de Ensenada, Ensenada, 1931

Woman and two men in traditional Dutch clothing standing in front of the ocean, Holland, 1929

Description:
Woman standing between two men in traditional Dutch clothing. The woman is wearing a stiff lace cap, elbow-length sleeves and a layered skirt. The men have on wide-leg trousers and long-sleeved layered tops. One man is wearing a fur hat; the other has on a flat cap. All three are wearing wooden shoes called klompen. Ocean is in the background.
Date:
[1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Woman and two men in traditional Dutch clothing standing in front of the ocean, Holland, 1929

Woman and two men in traditional Dutch clothing sitting in front of a brick building, Volendam, Netherlands, 1929

Description:
Woman sitting between two men in traditional Dutch clothing. The woman is wearing a stiff lace cap, elbow-length sleeves and a layered skirt. The men have on wide-leg trousers and long-sleeved layered tops. One man is wearing a fur hat; the other has on a flat cap. All three are wearing wooden shoes called klompen. Brick building and a shop with a window full of teapots are in the background.
Date:
[July 7, 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Woman and two men in traditional Dutch clothing sitting in front of a brick building, Volendam, Netherlands, 1929

Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church with fundraising banners, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Exterior view of the Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church at Plymouth and Wilshire Boulevards, just after the exterior scaffolding came down. Signs on the church advertised a fundraising effort to acquire donations to complete the construction project: "Save The Tower! $25,000 will do it. Will You Give It?" and "$50,000 Will Save This Church. Have You Given Your Bit for Religion? This Church belongs to Everybody" and "Save The Church In May, $50,000 Needed..." The edifice is now the home of the Wilshire United Methodist Church. The building was designed by the architectural firm Allison and Allison Architects.
Date:
May 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church with fundraising banners, Los Angeles, 1928

Will Rogers Commemorative float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:
A tribute to Will Rogers, following his death the previous year, at the 1936 Tournament of Roses Parade, surrounded by an unknown number of spectators. A tribute by the Union Oil Company, the float depicts a riderless horse in front of a large star to represent Rogers's career. The float won the grand prize award for the parade.
Date:
January 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Will Rogers Commemorative float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

William Gibbs McAdoo, John Willis Baer, and group posing with billboard advertising Golden Rule Week at Golden Rule Foundation Pageant, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
William Gibbs McAdoo and group of about 50 people, mostly children, many in international dress, some in Scout uniforms, many waving American flags, in front of billboard reading "International Golden Rule Week, Dec. 7-14, Bread, Schools, Clothing, For children Everywhere..." Golden Rule Foundation
Date:
1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
William Gibbs McAdoo, John Willis Baer, and group posing with billboard advertising Golden Rule Week at Golden Rule Foundation Pageant, Los Angeles, 1930

Wedding cake float in the Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
Three-layer wedding cake float on a gondola-like boat with boy gondolier and girl riding in the boat and topped with boy and girl, Harold Van Horn and Ardath Aline Elsasser, dressed as a bride and groom beneath an archway. Inscribed in flowers on the side of the boat: Davis.... The float was entered by the Davis Perfection Bakery.
Date:
January 1, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Wedding cake float in the Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1927

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

Victor Emmanuel Monument, view from Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy, 1929

Description:
View of the Monumento Nazionale Vittorio Emmanuele II (National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II) from Piazza Venezia in Rome. Victor Emmanuel was the first king of unified Italy. The monument was built between 1911 and 1935 and features a central statue of Victor Emmanuel on a horse, Corinthian columns, a wide stairway and two statues of the goddess Victoria riding on quadrigas, a chariot drawn by four horses. The monument is built out of white marble and houses the museum of Italian Reunification and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Date:
March 31, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Victor Emmanuel Monument, view from Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy, 1929

"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
The Long Beach float with Venus, Virginia Johnson, in a sunburst throne with her attendants, Joan Slaughter, Margaret Burley, Mary Lou Turner and Gladys McCleary, dressed in Grecian robes in pastel shades. A huge peacock heads the float, with a fountain in the center supporting 2 green cockatoos with orchid tails. The float was photographerd at the intersection of Orange Grove. Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
The Long Beach float with Venus, Virginia Johnson, in a sunburst throne with her attendants, Joan Slaughter, Margaret Burley, Mary Lou Turner and Gladys McCleary, dressed in Grecian robes in pastel shades. A huge peacock heads the float, with a fountain in the center supporting 2 green cockatoos with orchid tails. The float is seen passing the Goodhue Flagpole at the intersection of Orange Grove. Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
Birdeseye view of the Long Beach float with Venus, Virginia Johnson, in a sunburst throne with her attendants, Joan Slaughter, Margaret Burley, Mary Lou Turner and Gladys McCleary, dressed in Grecian robes in pastel shades. A huge peacock heads the float, with a fountain in the center supporting 2 green cockatoos with orchid tails.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Unidentified residence at 3936 East First Street, Garden fence with gate beneath trellis with vine, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Two images of an unidentified East First street residence with a garden fence with gate beneath trellis with vine. The picket fence and arbor are made from unpainted wood. In the left image a little boy wearing overalls leans against a gate post. In the right image Josephine Uribe, in a dress and dress shoes, leans against a gate post
Date:
September 6, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Unidentified residence at 3936 East First Street, Garden fence with gate beneath trellis with vine, Los Angeles, 1931

Two women at the charity ball of the Junior Auxiliary of the Jewish Home for the Aged at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, February 11, 1940

Description:
Two women in fur coats shake hands at the 11th annual charity ball and dinner of the Junior Auxiliary of the Jewish Home for the Aged, held in the Biltmore Bowl. The theme was patriotic and Bob Hope, George Murphy and Jerry Colona presided as masters of ceremony
Date:
February 11, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Two women at the charity ball of the Junior Auxiliary of the Jewish Home for the Aged at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, February 11, 1940

Two little girls wearing traditional Dutch clothing outside a row of buildings in Holland, 1929

Description:
Two little girls wearing traditional Dutch clothing, including wooden shoes called Klompen and layered skirts, in the street outside a row of buildings in Holland, possibly Volendam. A few of the buildings are A-frame and there are several women and young girls in the background.
Date:
[July 7, 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Two little girls wearing traditional Dutch clothing outside a row of buildings in Holland, 1929