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

Description:: Portrait of William Moseley Jones. Jones (1905 - 1988) was a Democratic attorney from Montebello, California who served several terms in the California State Assembly, including one term as Speaker.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Frank E. Walton sits next to Templeton Peck while Peck takes down notes from a book.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: "Baron" Benny Ginsberg and Bluebeard Lewis take their wrestling match outside the ring at the Olympic stadium in downtown Los Angeles. Lewis pinned Ginsberg in 3 minutes and 12 seconds. May 26, 1937.
Date:: May 26, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Wrestler Jules Strongbow on the ground after falling out of the ring during a match against Daniel Boone Savage at the Olympic. Also known as the "Cherokee Choker," Strongbow weighed in at 285 pounds and measured at six foot four inches.
Date:: [circa May 16, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Wrestler Daniel Boone Savage petting a hound in the ring at the Olympic before a match against Jules Strongbow. "Whiskers" Savage was known for his rustic sensibility and untameable locks.
Date:: [circa May 16, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Heavyweight wrestling world champ Bronko Nagurski, pictured, prepares to take on challenger Vincent Lopez. The two met in a much-touted match before a crowd of 20,000 at Los Angeles' Wrigley Field. Nagurski won the match after 30 minutes of grappling with his opponent.
Date:: [circa August 11, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: From left to right: film producer Louis B. Mayer, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, and Bishop Bertrand Stevens in the luncheon room at the Biltmore Hotel where 400 leading Californians had gathered to discuss the campaign to raise funds for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Mr. Mayer spoke at the meeting saying, "this battle is not for greed or power, but for human good without distinction of race or creed" and acknowledged the presence of Rabbi Magnin and Bishop Stevens (among others) as a sign that we live in a "land where men of different faiths combine to aid humanity"
Date:: December 12, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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