Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives / Subject: Lifestyle and Entertainment - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Spectators read the paper at the Santa Anita racetrack, February 22, 1937.

Description:: Spectators at a $50,000 Derby day at the Santa Anita racetrack on February 22, 1937. The crowd in attendance was estimated at 45,000 spectators. Twenty-three horses raced that day, beating out the Kentucky Derby's record of twenty-two starting horses at that time. The $50,000 purse was won by the horse Fairy Hill.
Date:: February 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Children play in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Children play in Chinatown.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators check their betting sheet on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

"Queen of Fantasy" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1938

Description:: The theme of the 49th Tourament of Roses Parade in 1938 was "Playland Fantasies"
Date:: January 1, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators take a break on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators take a break on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. A.J. Woodward plays the piano while Mrs. James A. Beck and Mrs. Yvonne Chrarton stand nearby, Los Angeles

Description:: Mrs. A.J. Woodward plays the piano while Mrs. James A. Beck and Mrs. Yvonne Chrarton stand nearby. There is a large basket of flowers on top of the piano
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress Phyllis Brooks wearing a fur-lined coat and fedora, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Actress Phyllis Brooks wearing a fur-lined coat and a fedora, with an airplane visible in the background. Brooks was originally known as the "Ipana Toothpaste Girl," and dated leading men such as Carey Grant and Howard Hughes before marrying a close friend of President John F. Kennedy, Congressman Torbert Macdonald.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd watching a baseball game at Wrigley Field in South Los Angeles

Description:: Crowd watching a baseball game at Wrigley Field in South Los Angeles. Los Angeles's Wrigley Field was built in 1925 and torn down in 1966. It was host to minor league baseball teams and home of the Los Angeles Angeles. The field is named after the same Wrigley as Wrigley Field in Chicago, but it actually received the name first and had more on-site parking than Chicago's field does now.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators at a wrestling match, one man stands clapping and yelling, Los Angeles

Description:: Spectators at a wrestling match, probably at Olympic Auditorium. One man is standing, clapping, and yelling.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd of boys watch Charles Kramer, Paul Barbata, and George Stassi compete in a marble tournament, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Charles Kramer, Paul Barbata, and George Stassi compete in a marble tournament. A crowd of mainly young boys watches in the background.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Group of male students at Los Angeles Junior College wrestle in the mud, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: A group of men wrestle in the mud at an annual Los Angeles Junior College competition between classes.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mud covered students at Los Angeles Junior College, February 1936

Description:: Most likely related to the yearly mud battle between first and second year students and the first time female students took part. Students unknown. LAJC is now known as Los Angeles City College located near Vermont and Santa Monica Blvd.
Date:: [circa February 19, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mud covered students race at Los Angeles Junior College, February 1936

Description:: Most likely related to the yearly mud battle between first and second year students and the first time female students took part. Students unknown. LAJC is now known as Los Angeles City College located near Vermont and Santa Monica Blvd.
Date:: 1936-02-19
[circa February 19, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Representatives from Oakland marching in the Admission Day parade, Santa Monica, September 9, 1937

Description:: Representatives from Oakland marching in the California Admission Day Parade held in Santa Monica. The parade, led by Governor Merriam, was a feature event of the three day Admission Day celebration, which commemorated the 87th anniversary of the day California became a state
Date:: September 9, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

W.J. Stowe sitting at a picnic table during Anaheim's annual Halloween festival, Anaheim, October 31, 1946

Description:: W.J. Stowe with snowshoes attached to his backpack sitting at a picnic table in the park during Anaheim's annual Halloween festival.
Date:: [October 31, 1946]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd of spectators gathered for post-war Labor Day festivities, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: Spectators gathered for post-war Labor Day festivities. Crowds reached over 150,000 during the special three-day celebration, which included parades and other activities.
Date:: September 3, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators read the paper at the Santa Anita racetrack, February 22, 1937.

Description:: Spectators at a $50,000 Derby day at the Santa Anita racetrack on February 22, 1937. The crowd in attendance was estimated at 45,000 spectators. Twenty-three horses raced that day, beating out the Kentucky Derby's record of twenty-two starting horses at that time. The $50,000 purse was won by the horse Fairy Hill.
Date:: February 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd gathers around Charlie Chan, fortune teller, in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Crowd gathers around Charlie Chan, an advertised fortune teller, in Chinatown.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Swim suit models during a fashion show that featured local designers, Los Angeles, September 1946

Description:: Swim suit models during a fashion show that featured local designers. The show was part of a fashion event that lasted for a week and featured designs by Mary Ann De Weese, Margit Fellegi, and Lynn Lester
Date:: September 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Three costumed characters at a picnic celebration for Labor Day, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: Three costumed characters at a picnic celebration presumably for Labor Day. Crowds reached over 150,000 during the special three-day celebration.
Date:: September 3, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd gathers around Charlie Chan, fortune teller, in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Crowd gathers around Charlie Chan, an advertised fortune teller, in Chinatown.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Charlie Chan, fortune teller, speaks to customers in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Charlie Chan, self-proclaimed fortune teller, speaks to a crowd in Chinatown.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Children play on a street in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Children play on a street in Chinatown.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

"Star of the Sea" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1938

Description:: The theme of the 49th Tourament of Roses Parade in 1938 was "Playland Fantasies"
Date:: January 1, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Paddock at the Santa Anita racetrack on Derby Day, February 22, 1937.

Date:: February 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress Frances Staub poses poolside in a white bathing suit, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Actress Frances Staub poses poolside in a white bathing suit.
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Gamblers sit and play tango, a bingo-like game, Venice, 1930s

Description:: Gamblers sit and play tango, a bingo-like game. Gambling was allowed in the amusement zones of Venice beach. Gambling parlors could be found in hotels and speakeasys.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. William E. Beatty, chairman of the bowling event during a Women's Field Day Challenge, May 1939

Description:: Mrs. W.E. Beatty, chairman of the bowling event held during the Los Feliz Woman's Club and Glendale Athletic Club's Field Day Challenge. This event, which was held in May of 1939, was the first time in the history of local woman's clubs that a field day featuring two clubs in competiton occurred
Date:: between May 24 and May 28, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd watches golfer compete at the 12th annual Los Angeles Open golf tournament, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Unidentified golfer competes in the 12th Los Angeles Open golf tournament. A crowd watches the players compete. The tournament was held at the Harding and Wilson golf courses in Griffith Park. 128 golfers competed in the four day tournament.
Date:: January 8, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Marching band led by baton twirlers participating in the post-war Labor Day parade, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: A marching band led by baton twirlers participating in the post-war Labor Day parade. Crowds reached over 150,000 during the special three-day celebration.
Date:: September 3, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Female impersonator singing to the patrons of a nightclub, Hollywood, circa 1937

Description:: Female impersonator singing to the patrons of a Hollywood nightclub.
Date:: 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of the Labor Day Parade, Los Angeles, September 6, 1937

Description:: Float featuring a music stand and guitar passes by the crowds gathered to watch the Labor Day Parade.
Date:: September 6, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators watch a race on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Tree-lined roadway on the estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife Mildred, Beverly Hills, 1927

Description:: Tree-lined roadway on the sixteen-acre estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife, Mildred Harris Lloyd in Beverly Hills.
Date:: [1927?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Circus girls laugh over a game of checkers, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Circus performers (left to right) Flo Hudson, Hazel Moss, and Doris Cleveland laugh over a game of checkers. Most likely to do with the Al G. Barnes circus performances throughout March and April of 1935.
Date:: [circa March 30, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd watches USC versus UCLA rugby game at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Crowd watches the USC versus UCLA rugby game in the rain at the Coliseum.
Date:: March 9, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Horses race on Derby Day at Santa Anita, February 22, 1937.

Date:: February 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Tennis court on the estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife Mildred, Beverly Hills, 1927

Description:: Tennis court on the sixteen-acre estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife, Mildred Harris Lloyd in Beverly Hills.
Date:: [1927?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Overlook on the estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife Mildred, Beverly Hills, 1927

Description:: Overlook on the sixteen-acre estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife, Mildred Harris Lloyd in Beverly Hills.
Date:: [1927?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators between races on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators watch a race on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Contestants preparing for a swing dance competition at Paramount Theater, Los Angeles, December 1937

Description:: Dancers getting ready for a swing dance competition at Paramount Theater. The contest preceded the premiere of the new film "Live, Love and Learn"
Date:: December 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Miniature old English house on 4-year-old Gloria Lloyd's private mini-estate on her parent's sixteen-acre estate, Beverly Hills, 1927

Description:: Completely furnished miniature four-room old English house on 4-year-old Gloria Lloyd’s private estate, which was created by her parents, film comedian Harold Lloyd and Mildred Harris Lloyd, at the summit of the family’s sixteen acre home. In addition to the house, Gloria’s estate includes: a miniature stable for her pony and cart, a miniature wishing well and a slide, swing and sand pile.
Date:: [1927?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

People gather outside Shrine Auditorium for a performance of Tristan and Isolde on opening night of the opera, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

Description:: People gather outside Shrine Auditorium for a San Francisco Opera Association performance of Tristan and Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) on opening night of the opera. Star of the show was Kirsten Flagstad, the Norwegian soprano, along with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Date:: November 15, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Model wears a sparkly "cover-up" swim suit design by Margit Fellegi during a fashion show, Los Angeles, September 1946

Description:: Woman models a sparkly "cover-up" swim suit design by Margit Fellegi during a fashion show. The fashion event lasted for a week and featured designs by Mary Ann De Weese, Margit Fellegi, and Lynn Lester
Date:: September 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators watch a race on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators place their bets on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

"Merry Wives" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1938

Description:: The theme of the 49th Tourament of Roses Parade in 1938 was "Playland Fantasies"
Date:: January 1, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Drill team marching in the Admission Day parade, Santa Monica, September 9, 1937

Description:: Drill team marching in the California Admission Day parade, held in Santa Monica. The parade, led by Governor Merriam, was a feature event of the three day Admission Day celebration, which commemorated the 87th anniversary of the day California became a state
Date:: September 9, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. Irwin Kellog modeling women's fashion, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Mrs. Irwin Kellog sitting at a vanity modeling women's fashion
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

"Adohr-able Nymphs" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:: The theme of the 1934 Rose Parade was: Tales of the Seven Seas. It rained during the parade that year.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Chess set on a table in the house of actor John Gilbert, Beverly Hills, 1936

Description:: Chess set on a table in the Beverly Hills house of actor John Gilbert, probably shortly after his death in 1936. The house was located at 1400 Tower Grove Road.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Los Angeles Junior College students in yearly mud battle, February 1936

Description:: From yearly mud battle between first and second year students and the first time female students took part. Brawl took place in parking lot next to school. LAJC is now known as Los Angeles City College located near Vermont and Santa Monica Blvd.
Date:: [circa February 19, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Betty Redd, O.E. Hanson, and Howard Blez in costume for Anaheim's annual Halloween festival, Anaheim, October 31, 1946

Description:: (left to right) Betty Redd, O.E. Hanson, and Howard Blez around a desk in an office and in costume for Anaheim's annual Halloween festival
Date:: [October 31, 1946]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Top view of a chess board and both of the players' hands, one of the players is moving the white knight, Los Angeles

Description:: Top view of a chess board and both of the players' hands. One of the players is moving the white knight, this is the fifth move of the game
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

"Pageant of the Pacific" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1938

Description:: The theme of the 49th Tourament of Roses Parade in 1938 was "Playland Fantasies"
Date:: January 1, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sally Pact, Eleanor Green, and Stanley Feldman play on the grass at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club, Beverly Hills, March 2, 1940

Description:: Sally Pact, Eleanor Green, and Stanley Feldman playing on the grass. The children’s parents are members of the Beverly Hills Chapter of Hadassah. These three, along with several other member's children, put on a play about the difference between good and bad food during the club’s Child Welfare Day held at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club. During the event, members paid an extra 9 cents for their lunches which went toward providing soup, salad, fruit, and milk for Palestine children.
Date:: March 2, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

USC Kappa Alpha members spank another member with a wooden paddle inside their fraternity house, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: USC Kappa Alpha members spank another member with a wooden paddle inside their fraternity house.
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Juggler Val Setz entertains the crowd at Anaheim's annual Halloween festival, Anaheim, October 31, 1946

Description:: Juggler Val Setz entertains the crowd at Anaheim's annual Halloween festival.
Date:: [October 31, 1946]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectator reads the paper at the Santa Anita racetrack, February 22, 1937.

Description:: Man reading a newspaper at a $50,000 Derby day at the Santa Anita racetrack on February 22, 1937. The crowd in attendance was estimated at 45,000 spectators. Twenty-three horses raced that day, beating out the Kentucky Derby's record of twenty-two starting horses at that time. The $50,000 purse was won by the horse Fairy Hill.
Date:: February 22, 1937.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

"Norse Ship at Anchor" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:: The theme of the 1934 Rose Parade was: Tales of the Seven Seas. It rained during the parade that year.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerialist Bertha Matlock poses by her circus outfits, Los Angeles, 1935

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

Spectators enjoying the sights at the National Air Races, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Spectators enjoying the sights at the annual National Air Races, held at the Los Angeles Municipal Airport. Nearly 100 of the most talented pilots from across the world participated and thousands attended.
Date:: September 4, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators on Derby Day at Santa Anita, February 22, 1937.

Description:: A $50,000 Derby day at the Santa Anita racetrack on February 22, 1937. The crowd in attendance was estimated at 45,000 spectators. Twenty-three horses raced that day, beating out the Kentucky Derby's record of twenty-two starting horses at that time. The $50,000 purse was won by the horse Fairy Hill.
Date:: February 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Close-up of a chess board and a player's hand checking the black king, Los Angeles

Description:: Close-up of a chess board and one of the player's hands. The player is taking out a black knight with the white queen and at the same time checking the black king.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Close-up of a chess board and a player's hand moving the white queen, Los Angeles

Description:: Close-up of a chess board and one of the player's hands. The player is moving the white queen.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators check their betting sheet on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

"Rosalie" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1938

Description:: The theme of the 49th Tourament of Roses Parade in 1938 was "Playland Fantasies"
Date:: January 1, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators watch a race on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators place their bets on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Overlook on the estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife Mildred, Beverly Hills, 1927

Description:: Overlook on the sixteen-acre estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife, Mildred Harris Lloyd in Beverly Hills.
Date:: [1927?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Gatehouse on the estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife Mildred, Beverly Hills, 1927

Description:: Gatehouse on the sixteen-acre estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife, Mildred Harris Lloyd in Beverly Hills.
Date:: [1927?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

"Bride of the Sea" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:: The "Bride of the Sea" float representing a beautiful young maiden riding beneath a floral canopy. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the float in its original location in the middle of the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard. The float was entered by the city of Santa Monica.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Long Beach's "Queen of the Beaches" float in the Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:: The theme of the 1934 Rose Parade was: Tales of the Seven Seas. It rained during the parade that year.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

"Old Ironsides" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934"Old Ironsides" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:: The "Old Ironsides" float was a floral replica of the historic frigate of the American navy. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the float on the right in its original location in the middle of the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard. The float was entered by the city of San Diego.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators near the track on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, February 22, 1940

Description:: Spectators near the track on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park. 33,000 spectators came out to watch California-bred Sweepida win the $50,000 Derby.
Date:: February 22, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Derby day at the Santa Anita racetrack, February 22, 1937.

Description:: Text from original nitrate sleeve: Animals - Race Horses - Tracks - Santa Anita - Around the Paddock.
Date:: February 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators on Derby Day at Santa Anita, February 22, 1937.

Description:: Spectators at a $50,000 Derby day at the Santa Anita racetrack on February 22, 1937. The crowd in attendance was estimated at 45,000 spectators. Twenty-three horses raced that day, beating out the Kentucky Derby's record of twenty-two starting horses at that time. The $50,000 purse was won by the horse Fairy Hill.
Date:: February 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators standing on the side of the street and enjoying the post-war Labor Day parade, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: Spectators standing on the side of the street and enjoying the post-war Labor Day parade. Crowds reached over 150,000 during the special three-day celebration.
Date:: September 3, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Costumed characters marching in the post-war Labor Day parade, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: Costumed characters marching in the post-war Labor Day parade. Crowds reached over 150,000 during the special three-day celebration.
Date:: September 3, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Studio employees drinking coffee during the Conference of Studio Unions strike against all Hollywood studios, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:: Studio employees drinking coffee during the Conference of Studio Unions strike against all Hollywood studios. The CSU strike began in March 1945 and was around the six month mark when it turned violent on October 5, 1945, known as Hollywood Black Friday. National exposure of this violence forced negotiations between studios and the CSU. Negotiation ended the strike about a month later, but CSU didn't last much longer and was eventually disbanded and absorbed by rival union IATSE.
Date:: 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Group of young women read books and write together at their USC sorority house, Los Angeles, 1940

Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mud covered students in wheelbarrow race at Los Angeles Junior College, February 1936

Description:: Most likely related to the yearly mud battle between first and second year students and the first time female students took part. Students unknown. LAJC is now known as Los Angeles City College located near Vermont and Santa Monica Blvd.
Date:: [circa February 19, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Two unidentifed women play on a swing set during the annual Iowa Picnic, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Two unidentified women play on a swing set during the annual Iowa Picnic. The Iowa Picnic was an annual gathering of Iowans living in Los Angeles and Long Beach. The gathering brought together over 100,000 people in 1935 and was often held at Bixby Park and Lincoln Park.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Drum majorette Betty Atkinson poses with officers during annual LAPD parade, July 9, 1937.

Description:: Drum majorette Betty Atkinson photographed with a group of police officers during an annual parade and entertainment show put on by the Los Angeles Police Department. The event drew 40,000 spectators. July 9, 1937.
Date:: July 9, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd waiting to enter Shrine Auditorium for a performance of Tristan and Isolde on opening night of the opera, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

Description:: Crowd waiting to enter Shrine Auditorium for a San Francisco Opera Association performance of Tristan and Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) on opening night of the Opera. Star of the show was Kirsten Flagstad, the Norwegian soprano, accompanied by the San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Date:: November 15, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators place their bets on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators between races on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Miniature old English house on 4-year-old Gloria Lloyd's private mini-estate on her parent's sixteen-acre estate, Beverly Hills, 1927

Description:: Completely furnished miniature four-room old English house on 4-year-old Gloria Lloyd’s private estate which was created by her parents, film comedian Harold Lloyd and Mildred Harris Lloyd, at the summit of the family’s sixteen acre home. In addition to the house, Gloria’s estate includes: a miniature stable for her pony and cart, a miniature wishing well and a slide, swing and sand pile.
Date:: [1927?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Swimming pool and diving board on the estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife Mildred, Beverly Hills, 1927

Description:: Swimming pool with a diving board on the sixteen-acre estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife, Mildred Harris Lloyd in Beverly Hills.
Date:: [1927?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Close-up of a chess board and player's hand moving one of the white bishops, Los Angeles

Description:: Close-up of the corner of a chess board and the hand of a person playing. The player is holding a white bishop and moving it toward a group of black pieces.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Top view of a chess board and player's hand moving the white queen, Los Angeles

Description:: Top view of a chess board and the hand of a person playing. The player is holding the white queen and moving it towards the black king.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

San Bernardino County float in the Admission Day parade, Santa Monica, September 9, 1937

Description:: Float from the Lugonia Parlor and Arrowhead Parlor in San Bernardino County in the California Admission Day parade, held in Santa Monica. The parade, led by Governor Merriam, was a feature event of the three day Admission Day celebration, which commemorated the 87th anniversary of the day California became a state
Date:: September 9, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Horses race out of the gate on Derby Day at Santa Anita, February 22, 1937.

Description:: Horses race out of the gate at a $50,000 Derby day at the Santa Anita racetrack on February 22, 1937. The crowd in attendance was estimated at 45,000 spectators. Twenty-three horses raced that day, beating out the Kentucky Derby's record of twenty-two starting horses at that time. The $50,000 purse was won by the horse Fairy Hill.
Date:: February 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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