Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives / Subject: Lifestyle and People - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Aimee Semple McPherson, popular evangelist of the 1920s and 1930s and founder of the Foursquare church.
Date:: [between 1930-1940?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Clubwomen Mrs. Charles R. Smith and Mrs. Leon Kassob dressed up for Valentine's Day. They are wearing aprons with hearts on them and carrying trays
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Mrs. Zella Jeffers on the witness stand in the courtroom of Judge Charles W. Fricke. She is accused of performing immoral acts with her husband, Reverend Joseph Jeffers, in front of guests in their home. Mrs. Jeffers claimed that on the night of her arrest she was drugged by neighbor Vincent Higgins, a District Attorney’s detective, and didn’t remember the events that were supposed to have taken place. A film reviewed by the prosecution showed Reverend and Mrs. Jeffers disrobing in front of their guests. Behind Mrs. Jeffers is a floor plan of her home, which she described for the jury.
Date:: June 27, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Heiress Nancy Pierson Brooks Macy Brill sitting next to an unidentified man. Her estranged husband William Brill was pressing a suit for the annulment of their marriage. They had separated hours after their elopement and subsequent marriage.
Date:: [circa July 2, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Frank L. Shaw accepts an invitation to the formal opening of the Nsei festival from "Miss 'Lil Tokio" Alice Watanabe and her attendants. In front, left to right, Fukiko Hori, Alice Watanabe, Frank L. Shaw, and Kay Okamoto. In the back, left to right, Miye Fujioka and Mary Ota.
Date:: August 12, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Mayor Shaw greets a group of men belonging to the Elks fraternal organization. Frank Lawrence Shaw (February 1, 1877 – January 24, 1958) was an American politician. In 1933, he successfully ran for mayor of Los Angeles. He was re-elected in 1937 but was recalled from office on September 16, 1938.
Date:: between 1935-1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Mrs. Ellwood K. Lightholder, president of the Los Angeles County California Federation of Women's Clubs, Mrs. Henry H. Robinson, president of the El Sereno Friday Morning Club, and Mrs. John H. Harris playing cards. Could possibly be at the first annual press luncheon for the El Sereno Friday Morning Club, held to promote the club on January 24, 1938.
Date:: [1930s and 1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A photograph of "Prince" (not, as captioned here, "Grand Duke") Michael Romanoff, a Hollywood restaurateur and actor, who claimed to be a member of the Russian royal family. This claim was widely known to be false; however, Romanoff kept up the deception throughout his life in Los Angeles.Romanoff was born Hershel Geguzin in Lithuania. He traveled extensively before settling in Los Angeles and into the role of Michael Romanoff. In Hollywood, he acted on stage and in film, but was perhaps most successful as the owner of the restaurant "Romanoff's" in Beverly Hills. The restaurant was popular for its chocolate souffles, and was frequented by many celebrities. It closed its doors in 1962.
Date:: 1934?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Aerialist Bertha Matlock poses by her myriad of circus outfits. Most likely taken in anticipation of the Al G. Barnes circus performances in Los Angeles throughout March and April 1935.
Date:: [circa March 30, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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