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Chief Davis and Commissioner Birnbaum inspect police at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
From left to right, Chief James E. Davis and Commissioner Birnbaum walk on the field of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and towards camera during an inspection. They are viewed from a slight worm's-eye view. The two men walk between 2 rows of police officers in the near distance at center. A few other officers follow behind them. Chief Davis looks down as he inspects an officer's pistol. The officers under inspection stand in 2 rows that stretch back towards center. They stand at attention, facing right, and holding their pistols in front of them. Additional rows of officers under inspection are visible at far left. The stadium's seats stretch across the background.
Date:
May 2, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Chief Davis and Commissioner Birnbaum inspect police at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Harry Steiger, of the Pacific and Atlantic photo service, pays visit to Mexico, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Harry Steiger, manager for the Pacific and Atlantic photo service, has returned from a visit to Mexico on a photographic assignment, where he learned of many conflicts relating to religion and violence. He also speaks openly of the censorship he encountered while trying to document his visit.
Date:
August 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Harry Steiger, of the Pacific and Atlantic photo service, pays visit to Mexico, Los Angeles, 1926

Dean Rockwell Hunt, Henry Lion and Granville Ashcraft, with the bust of William Bowen, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Rockwell D. Hunter (left) and Granville Ashcraft (right), Deans at the University of Southern California, and Henry Lion, sculptor, pose next to a bust of William Miller Bowen, founder of Exposition Park. As members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, Hunter and Ashcraft presented the bust to the Los Angeles Museum at a dinner at the Student Union at the University of Southern California. Henry Lion was a sculptor associated with Otis Art Institute.
Date:
June 3, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dean Rockwell Hunt, Henry Lion and Granville Ashcraft, with the bust of William Bowen, Los Angeles, 1936

New York publisher James W. Brown, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Phtotograph of James W. Brown of New York, publisher and controlling owner since 1911 of Editor & Publisher Co., the leading trade publication for the newspaper field. Mr. Brown was also a member of the Legion of Honor and ex-president of the Advertising Club of New York. He was a vocal supporter of the Freedom of Speech movement. This photograph was taken while he was in Los Angeles with his wife after an ocean voyage.
Date:
March 26, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
New York publisher James W. Brown, Los Angeles, 1934

Reenactment of J. Belton Kennedy murder scene (copy), Los Angeles, ca. 1921

Description:
According to early reports of the case, Madalynne Obenchain and J. Belton Kennedy arrived late at Kennedy's summer cottage in Beverly Glen. In the darkness, Obenchain asked Kennedy to retrieve a lucky penny she had left nearby and while he was attempting to find it, an unknown figure shot and killed Kennedy while hidden among brush beside the staircase leading to the cottage.
Date:
[circa 1921]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Reenactment of J. Belton Kennedy murder scene (copy), Los Angeles, ca. 1921

Mrs. Herbert Hoover with philanthropists Mrs. Chester Ashley, Mrs. Sumuel C. Dunlap and Mrs. Marcus C. Sloss at Ebell Club, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Standalone photograph with the title: "They're Four Energetic Champions of Charity Drive," related to the article, "Mrs. Herbert Hoover Lauds Activity of Community Chest at Club Luncheon -- Girl Scout Work Told at Meeting -- California Held More Charitable Than Other States," Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 1934: A6.
Date:
Sep 24, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Mrs. Herbert Hoover with philanthropists Mrs. Chester Ashley, Mrs. Sumuel C. Dunlap and Mrs. Marcus C. Sloss at Ebell Club, Los Angeles, 1934

Cornerstone of old County Courthouse being opened, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
One of the cornerstones of the old County Courthouse, which was located on the corner of Temple and Broadway, was opened to reveal a box from 1888 when the foundation was laid. Among the contents was an eight-page issue of the Los Angeles Times. The ceremony was led by Marshall Stimson, president of the Historical Society of Southern California, and Joseph Mesmer, president of the Pioneer Society.
Date:
May 12, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Cornerstone of old County Courthouse being opened, Los Angeles, 1936

Fire fighters walk down a road as fire consumes brush on the hillside behind them in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Roads passing through Griffith Park are viewed from a slightly elevated perspective. One road enters frame along the right half of the bottom edge and stretches into the near distance where it intersects another road at the base of a hillside. The other road enters frame from the lower right and slopes downward to the left. In the near distance and at the intersection, several fire fighters walk towards the camera. A truck is parked behind them, left-of-center. A hillside stretches across the background and along the far edge of the horizontally-oriented road. Halfway up the hill, flames rise and a burn line is visible. Dark smoke billows upward from the flames, obscuring the rest of the hill.
Date:
[December 20, 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Fire fighters walk down a road as fire consumes brush on the hillside behind them in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1929

Dr. Frederick C. Leonard speaks at the dedication ceremony for the Astronomers Monument at Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Dr. Frederick C. Leonard speaks at the dedication ceremony for the Astronomers Monument at Griffith Park. In the foreground is an orchestra. In the background, mountains are visible. Children sit on the steps in front of Leonard and an American flag flies above him.
Date:
November 25, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dr. Frederick C. Leonard speaks at the dedication ceremony for the Astronomers Monument at Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1934

Dr. William Freile and Ross Alexander in court, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
The late Mrs. Alexander was frustrated over several failed screen tests she had taken, which provoked a fight with her husband that culminated in two self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head. She died the following day at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Alexander's business manager Vernon D. Wood called to deliver the message to Mrs. Alexander's father.
Date:
December 12, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dr. William Freile and Ross Alexander in court, Los Angeles, 1935

Frank Cunningham, prospector, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Name on negative sleeve and negative may be incorrect? "Frank L. Cunningham" of Los Angeles was very involved in the Lions club and local work, whereas this Frank Cunningham is a traveler and was only in Los Angeles to pick up a tool. A middle initial was not mentioned at all in article; he was just called "Col. Frank Cunningham."
Date:
September 17, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Frank Cunningham, prospector, Los Angeles, 1936