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

Description:: An electrical-themed float including a throne, costumed participants and an imitation crystal ball created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural. The celebration was held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power light, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A floral-themed float including a throne, costumed participants and glowing flowers created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural. The celebration was held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power light, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A Grecian-themed float including columns and costumed participants created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural. The celebration was held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power light, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Crowd shops at department store during Dollar Day sale. Sales totaled $15,000,000 and included over 100 downtown stores.
Date:: September 07, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The damaged remains of a home in Malibu during the wildfires of September 1936.
Date:: [circa September 9, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Actor Ben Lyon with his wife, actress Bebe Daniels, during a trial for 36-year-old war veteran Albert F. Holland. Holland's sanity was questioned after he wrote more than 150 love letters to Daniels and claimed to have married her in Mexico. During the case, Holland ran most of his own defense, including a lengthy cross-examination of Lyon. The jury ultimately found Holland to be insane and committed him to the state hospital.
Date:: January 4, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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