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

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Description:: Damage done to a marine terminal in L.A. Harbor after the Markay, an oil tanker owned by the Keystone Tankship Corp., exploded in the wee hours of the morning. The fire was fed by leaking gasoline and threatened at least five terminals in the harbor. At least 22 were injured and 9, possibly 12, people were killed. Damage was estimated at $10,000,000.
Date:: June 22, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Painting of indigenous Mexican man by John Coleman Burroughs and exhibited at Stendahl Gallery. The painting is titled "Hombre y Pipa" (Man and Pipe). The paintings were oils and pastels. Burroughs was the son of Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author best known for his creation of the character Tarzan.
Date:: March 20, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Track athlete participates in the high jump event during the All-City High School track and field meet.
Date:: June 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: An extortion letter received by actress Anna May Wong threatening members of her family and demanding immediate payment. Several other celebrities were targeted as well, such as Dr. A.M. Foote and producer David O. Selznick.
Date:: [circa March 25, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives