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Tony Cornero's newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, anchored offshore of Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Tony Cornero’s newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill (also known as the Lux), which was meant to operate offshore of Los Angeles. After the Bunker Hill’s opening night, however, Cornero and five of his aides were arrested on felony charges of criminal conspiracy to conduct gambling games and serve alcohol without a license. After his arrest, Cornero announced that he was ready to go to the United States Supreme court to keep the Bunker Hill running. Cornero was also “admiral” of the Rex, another gambling vessel which was forced to suspend operations in 1938.
Date:
August 9, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Tony Cornero's newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, anchored offshore of Los Angeles, 1946

British film producer Alexander Korda with United Artists founders Samuel Goldwyn, Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin and also Robert Fairbanks, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Great Britain's foremost film producer Alexander Korda during a week long visit to America for meetings with Samuel Goldwyn, Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin of United Artists. Also pictured is Robert Fairbanks, brother of Douglas.
Date:
September 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
British film producer Alexander Korda with United Artists founders Samuel Goldwyn, Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin and also Robert Fairbanks, Los Angeles, 1935

Audience gathered at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt speak, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Audience gathered at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt speak. Eleanor and her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Los Angeles for a day before visiting San Diego. During their time in Los Angeles, the President gave a speech at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Mrs. Roosevelt gave a speech at the Hollywood Bowl.
Date:
October 01, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Audience gathered at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt speak, Los Angeles, 1935

Eleanor Roosevelt with unidentified women at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Eleanor Roosevelt stands with unidentified women at the Hollywood Bowl before delivering a speech. Eleanor and her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Los Angeles for a day before visiting San Diego. During their time in Los Angeles, the President gave a speech at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Mrs. Roosevelt gave a speech at the Hollywood Bowl.
Date:
October 01, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Eleanor Roosevelt with unidentified women at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, 1935

Audience gathered at the Hollywood Bowl to hear Eleanor Roosevelt speak, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Audience gathered at the Hollywood Bowl to hear Eleanor Roosevelt speak. Eleanor and her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Los Angeles for a day before visiting San Diego. During their time in Los Angeles, the President gave a speech at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Mrs. Roosevelt gave a speech at the Hollywood Bowl.
Date:
October 01, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Audience gathered at the Hollywood Bowl to hear Eleanor Roosevelt speak, Los Angeles, 1935

Crowd watches President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrive by motorcade, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Crowd gathers to watch President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrive by motorcade to give a speech. Eleanor and her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Los Angeles for a day before visiting San Diego. During their time in Los Angeles, the President gave a speech at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Mrs. Roosevelt gave a speech at the Hollywood Bowl.
Date:
October 01, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Crowd watches President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrive by motorcade, Los Angeles, 1935

Film extras from Gower Gulch supporting Jerome (Blackjack) Ward at hearing on the murder of Johnny Tyke, Los Angeles, February 27, 1940

Description:
Extras from Gower Gulch at an inquest supporting their friend Jerome (Blackjack) Ward, who is charged with the murder of Johnny Tyke. Gower Gulch is the name given to the area near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street where film extras hang out waiting for work; many of the nearby studios produce westerns so often actual working cowboys come here to break into the film business. Allegedly, Blackjack shot Tyke with a .45, but many of the hundreds of Gower Gulch extras who came to the inquest testified that Tyke had started the fight and was “doped up” at the time.
Date:
February 27, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Film extras from Gower Gulch supporting Jerome (Blackjack) Ward at hearing on the murder of Johnny Tyke, Los Angeles, February 27, 1940

Former Racing Commissioner Claude Parker testifying on political corruption in the horse racing community, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:
Claude Parker, former Racing Commissioner, smoking a cigarette and preparing to testify during an investigation of political corruption in the horse racing community. Parker announced that he resigned from his position as commissioner when he found out Hollywood Park was promised winter racing dates after making a $150,000 donation to the Democratic State Central Committee
Date:
March 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Former Racing Commissioner Claude Parker testifying on political corruption in the horse racing community, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Candidates for police and deputy sheriff positions taking a written examination in City Hall, Los Angeles, March 2, 1940

Description:
Some of the over 4000 candidates for city policeman and county deputy sheriff jobs taking an examination administered by the Civil Service Commission in room 804 of City Hall. In addition to the written examination, potential officers will also undergo a physical test later in the month.
Date:
March 2, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Candidates for police and deputy sheriff positions taking a written examination in City Hall, Los Angeles, March 2, 1940

Captain Lars H. Weseth looking through a sextant, Los Angeles, May 23, 1940

Description:
Captain Lars H. Weseth of the State fisheries research ship the N.B. Scofield looking through a sextant. Captain Weseth and the N.B. Scofield recently returned from a 10 week survey trip of tropical tuna grounds and tuna migration habits. The ship sailed around the Galapagos Islands conducting the most extensive surveys ever done on the Pacific.
Date:
May 23, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Captain Lars H. Weseth looking through a sextant, Los Angeles, May 23, 1940

Musician Richard Candreva with his wife Jacqueline in court with a damage suit against actor Victor McLaglen, Los Angeles, March 4, 1940

Description:
Musician Richard Candreva in court with his wife Jacqueline. They are in court because Candreva brought a $76,442 damage suit against actor Victor McLaglen. Candreva claimed he had been struck by the actor during at fight at the McLaglen Sports Center. McLaglen denied the charges and won the suit.
Date:
March 4, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Musician Richard Candreva with his wife Jacqueline in court with a damage suit against actor Victor McLaglen, Los Angeles, March 4, 1940

Former Racing Commissioner Claude Parker testifying on political corruption in the horse racing community, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:
Claude Parker, former Racing Commissioner, preparing to testify during an investigation of political corruption in the horse racing community. Parker announced that he resigned from his position as commissioner when he found out Hollywood Park was promised winter racing dates after making a $150,000 donation to the Democratic State Central Committee
Date:
March 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Former Racing Commissioner Claude Parker testifying on political corruption in the horse racing community, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Mrs. Elsie Hinman Bush at divorce hearing against her ex-husband, former Superior Court Judge Guy F. Bush, Los Angeles, March 4, 1940

Description:
Mrs. Elsie Hinman Bush entering court during a divorce battle with her ex-husband, former Superior Court Judge Guy F. Bush. The couple was married on Christmas Day 1939 in Las Vegas then separated three days later. Judge Bush filed for divorce against his wife citing a charge of cruelty then Mrs. Bush counter-filed with the same charge; neither party described their charge. It was the 3rd marriage for Mrs. Bush and the 4th for Judge Bush.
Date:
March 4, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Mrs. Elsie Hinman Bush at divorce hearing against her ex-husband, former Superior Court Judge Guy F. Bush, Los Angeles, March 4, 1940

Betty Hardaker, mother convicted of murdering her daughter, questioned by Dr. Paul De River, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Betty Flay Hardaker sits during questioning done by Dr. Paul De River, police psychiatrist, at the Los Angeles County Jail. Mrs. Hardaker was convicted of murdering her 5 year old daugher, Geraldine Hardaker, in a Montebello park washroom. The jury convicted her of committing the crime while of unsound mind.
Date:
February 23, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Betty Hardaker, mother convicted of murdering her daughter, questioned by Dr. Paul De River, Los Angeles, 1940

U.S. Army's new Garand rifle on display as part of National Defense week, Los Angeles, February 1940

Description:
Called the “deadliest and most efficient rifle in the world” the U.S. Army’s new Garand rifle went on display in Los Angeles as part of National Defense week. The rifle, which fires 54 rounds per minute compared to its predecessor’s 10 rounds per minute, is named after its inventor, John C. Garand.
Date:
February 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
U.S. Army's new Garand rifle on display as part of National Defense week, Los Angeles, February 1940

Players collide during an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears at Gilmore Stadium, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Players collide during a football game between reigning National Football League Champions the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears at Gilmore Stadium. The game ended in a 20-20 tie after a rough battle (3 Packers and 1 Bear injured and taken out of the game) between the rival teams.
Date:
January 24, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Players collide during an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears at Gilmore Stadium, Los Angeles, 1937

Test of a plan proposed to speed up peak-hour traffic on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, March 1940

Description:
Test of a "streamlined" traffic plan proposed by street traffic engineer Ralph Dorsey for peak-hour traffic on Wilshire Boulevard. The plan included an off-set center lane and no left turns during peak times, the changes would affect Wilshire Blvd, Flower, Figueroa, and 8th streets. After much debate, the plan was eventually rejected by the City Council.
Date:
March 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Test of a plan proposed to speed up peak-hour traffic on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, March 1940

Strikers during the Conference of Studio Unions strike against all Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, October 19, 1945

Description:
Strikers 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:
October 19, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Strikers during the Conference of Studio Unions strike against all Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, October 19, 1945

AFL-CSU members during their strike against all Hollywood studios, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
American Federation of Labor's Conference of Studio Unions members during their 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
AFL-CSU members during their strike against all Hollywood studios, Los Angeles, 1945

Strikers during the Conference of Studio Unions strike against all Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, October 19, 1945

Description:
Strikers get into a car 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:
October 19, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Strikers during the Conference of Studio Unions strike against all Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, October 19, 1945

Lockheed employees and members of the International Association of Machinists prepare a model aircraft to be used on a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1946

Description:
The float was sponsored by the International Association of Machinists, District Lodge 727, and engineers from the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. The float was used in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade in 1946 and featured five women representing one of the "Big Five" nations: the United States, England, France, China, and Russia.
Date:
January 1, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Lockheed employees and members of the International Association of Machinists prepare a model aircraft to be used on a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1946

Retirement ceremony for Admiral William F. Halsey aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Admiral William F. Halsey ended his 45-year naval career aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota in the Los Angeles Harbor. He commanded the Third Fleet during the Pacific War against Japan. The ceremony consisted of the changing of his four-starred flag to the two-starred flag of his successor, Rear-Admiral Howard F. Kingman. The ship's entire company was present during the brief ceremony. After the ceremony, Halsey left the battleship on a crash boat and the U.S.S. South Dakota fired a 17-gun salute.
Date:
November 22, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Retirement ceremony for Admiral William F. Halsey aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota, Los Angeles, 1945

Retirement ceremony for Admiral William F. Halsey aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Admiral William F. Halsey ended his 45-year naval career aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota in the Los Angeles Harbor. He commanded the Third Fleet during the Pacific War against Japan. The ceremony consisted of the changing of his four-starred flag to the two-starred flag of his successor, Rear-Admiral Howard F. Kingman. The ship's entire company was present during the brief ceremony. After the ceremony, Halsey left the battleship on a crash boat and the U.S.S. South Dakota fired a 17-gun salute.
Date:
November 22, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Retirement ceremony for Admiral William F. Halsey aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota, Los Angeles, 1945

Studio employee during the Conference of Studio Unions strike against all Hollywood studios, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Studio employee 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:
[October 19, 1945]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Studio employee during the Conference of Studio Unions strike against all Hollywood studios, Los Angeles, 1945

Retirement ceremony for Admiral William F. Halsey aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Admiral William F. Halsey ended his 45-year naval career aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota in the Los Angeles Harbor. He commanded the Third Fleet during the Pacific War against Japan. The ceremony consisted of the changing of his four-starred flag to the two-starred flag of his successor, Rear-Admiral Howard F. Kingman. The ship's entire company was present during the brief ceremony. After the ceremony, Halsey left the battleship on a crash boat and the U.S.S. South Dakota fired a 17-gun salute.
Date:
November 22, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Retirement ceremony for Admiral William F. Halsey aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota, Los Angeles, 1945

Hal and Myrtle Takaoka, siblings of slain dancer, at a preliminary hearing for their sisters' murder, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Myrtle Takaoka and her brother Hal Takaoka in court at a preliminary hearing involving the murder of their dancer sister, Midi Takaoka. Judge Irvin Taplin was presiding. The dancer's throat was cut by her jilted lover, waiter Raymond Johnson. Johnson later was sentenced to life in prison.
Date:
August 19, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Hal and Myrtle Takaoka, siblings of slain dancer, at a preliminary hearing for their sisters' murder, Los Angeles, 1936

Hal and Myrtle Takaoka, siblings of slain dancer, at a preliminary hearing for their sisters' murder, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Myrtle Takaoka and her brother Hal Takaoka in court at a preliminary hearing involving the murder of their dancer sister, Midi Takaoka. Judge Irvin Taplin was presiding. The dancer's throat was cut by her jilted lover, waiter Raymond Johnson. Johnson later was sentenced to life in prison.
Date:
August 19, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Hal and Myrtle Takaoka, siblings of slain dancer, at a preliminary hearing for their sisters' murder, Los Angeles, 1936

Test of a plan proposed to speed up peak-hour traffic on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, March 1940

Description:
Test of a "streamlined" traffic plan proposed by street traffic engineer Ralph Dorsey for peak-hour traffic on Wilshire Boulevard. The plan included an off-set center lane and no left turns during peak times, the changes would affect Wilshire Blvd, Flower, Figueroa, and 8th streets. After much debate, the plan was eventually rejected by the City Council.
Date:
March 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Test of a plan proposed to speed up peak-hour traffic on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, March 1940

Boy Scout Troop 47 drinking hot chocolate after being marooned overnight in the Arroyo Seco Canyon, Los Angeles, December 9, 1946

Description:
Twenty-one Boy Scouts and three leaders from Troop 47 in Los Angeles drinking hot chocolate after being marooned overnight on a bluff 1000 feet above the canyon floor in the Upper Arroyo Seco Canyon. The scouts became lost on their way back during a seven mile hike between Switzer's Camp and Oake Wilde. The troop lit matches to signal a rescue party of parents, deputy sheriffs, and county prisoners. One of the leaders, David Swaim, suffered a minor heart attack two miles from camp so the scouts carried him the rest of the way on a stretcher.
Date:
December 9, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Boy Scout Troop 47 drinking hot chocolate after being marooned overnight in the Arroyo Seco Canyon, Los Angeles, December 9, 1946

Military personnel practicing on the water during the Army-Navy maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Description:
Military personnel in a boat practicing on the water during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise.
Date:
November and December 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Military personnel practicing on the water during the Army-Navy maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Military personnel practice a water rescue during the Army-Navy maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Description:
Military personnel practice a water rescue during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise.
Date:
November and December 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Military personnel practice a water rescue during the Army-Navy maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Members of Boy Scout Troop 47, who were marooned overnight in the Arroyo Seco Canyon, Los Angeles, December 9, 1946

Description:
Members of Boy Scout Troop 47, who were marooned overnight on a bluff 1000 feet above the canyon floor in the Upper Arroyo Seco Canyon. The scouts became lost on their way back during a seven mile hike between Switzer's Camp and Oake Wilde. The troop lit matches to signal a rescue party of parents, deputy sheriffs, and county prisoners. One of the leaders, David Swaim, suffered a minor heart attack two miles from camp so the scouts carried him the rest of the way on a stretcher.
Date:
December 9, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Members of Boy Scout Troop 47, who were marooned overnight in the Arroyo Seco Canyon, Los Angeles, December 9, 1946

Chamber of Commerce ladies chastising Dick Russell for speeding ticket, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Chamber of Commerce ladies chastising Dick Russell for the speeding ticket he received from motorcycle officer Dick Barlow during a planned race between an automobile and a bus. The race was part of a "Don't be April fools, obey Traffic rules" campaign to prove that safe driving always prospers. Russell sped and disobeyed traffic laws in the automobile and almost beat safe driver Frank Lampley's bus full of Chamber of Commerce ladies, until the officer intervened.
Date:
April 1, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Chamber of Commerce ladies chastising Dick Russell for speeding ticket, Los Angeles, 1947

Peggy McDonald, Hollywood hairstylist, attends the funeral of close friend Jean Harlow. June 9, 1937.

Description:
Peggy McDonald attends the funeral of actress Jean Harlow, who died of uremic poisoning at the age of 26. The funeral was held in the "Wee Kirk O' the Heather" chapel in the Forest Lawn Memorial cemetary in Glendale, California.Ms. McDonald befriended Harlow when they met on set, where McDonald worked as a hairdresser. She, along with three other women close to Harlow, dressed and styled the deceased actress for her funeral and subsequent burial.
Date:
June 9, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Peggy McDonald, Hollywood hairstylist, attends the funeral of close friend Jean Harlow. June 9, 1937.

Worker's Alliance member Oscar Fuss addresses a crowd of relief workers protesting a payout bill outside the State Capitol, Sacramento, February 23, 1940

Description:
Demonstration of relief workers outside the State Capitol showing their opposition to a bill that would provide relief workers with payouts rather than jobs. It was estimated that over half the crowd was from Los Angeles. Oscar Fuss of the Los Angeles Worker's Alliance is addressing the crowd saying, "We have come up here in our old broken-down jalopies to see that that dirty, lousy, stinking relief bill is stopped. Throw it into the sewer, where it belongs.”
Date:
February 23, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Worker's Alliance member Oscar Fuss addresses a crowd of relief workers protesting a payout bill outside the State Capitol, Sacramento, February 23, 1940

Mrs. Rosita Yacopi writes with three young children sitting on a hay bale at the Shrine Charity Circus, Los Angeles, June 1946

Description:
Mrs. Rosita Yacopi and three young children sitting on a bale of hay and writing under a tent at the Shrine Charity Circus. The circus is an annual 10-day event held at Shrine Auditorium, which features an indoor show by the Polack Bros. Circus. Orphaned and underprivileged children are allowed to visit the circus as their admission is paid by affluent members of the community. The circus also travels to the children's hospital to entertain the sick children who can't attend. Proceeds from the circus go to Shrine charitable activities.
Date:
between June 8 and June 18, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Mrs. Rosita Yacopi writes with three young children sitting on a hay bale at the Shrine Charity Circus, Los Angeles, June 1946

F.W. Fetherston examines a truck that is for sale at the War Assets Administration's surplus sale, Port Hueneme, May 1946

Description:
F.W. Fetherston from Corvallis, Oregon points to an area of rust on a truck for sale at the War Assets Administration's surplus truck and trailer sale at Port Hueneme. The sale was open to veterans only and included 5499 vehicles valued at about $14,000,000 total.
Date:
between May 20 and May 26, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
F.W. Fetherston examines a truck that is for sale at the War Assets Administration's surplus sale, Port Hueneme, May 1946

Mrs. Rosita Yacopi talks to three young children sitting on a hay bale at the Shrine Charity Circus, Los Angeles, June 1946

Description:
Mrs. Rosita Yacopi talks to three young children sitting on a bale of hay under a tent at the Shrine Charity Circus. The circus is an annual 10-day event held at Shrine Auditorium, which features an indoor show by the Polack Bros. Circus. Orphaned and underprivileged children are allowed to visit the circus as their admission is paid by affluent members of the community. The circus also travels to the children's hospital to entertain the sick children who can't attend. Proceeds from the circus go to Shrine charitable activities.
Date:
between June 8 and June 18, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Mrs. Rosita Yacopi talks to three young children sitting on a hay bale at the Shrine Charity Circus, Los Angeles, June 1946

Members of the Polack Bros. Circus set up for their show inside Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, June 1946

Description:
Members of the Polack Bros. Circus set up for their show inside Shrine Auditorium, as part of the Shrine Charity Circus event. The Shrine Charity Circus is an annual 10-day event, which features an indoor show by the Polack Bros. Circus. Orphaned and underprivileged children are allowed to visit the circus as their admission is paid by affluent members of the community. The circus also travels to the children's hospital to entertain sick children who can't attend. Proceeds from the circus go to Shrine charitable activities.
Date:
between June 8 and June 18, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Members of the Polack Bros. Circus set up for their show inside Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, June 1946

Woman talking to truant teenagers standing outside a drugstore, Los Angeles, March 1946

Description:
Woman talks to a group of teenagers skipping school outside a drugstore in downtown Los Angeles. The truancy problem prompted the 10th District Congress of Parents and Teachers to recommend an expansion of the truancy detail, which would include increasing personnel in outlying portions of the district as well as on beaches
Date:
March 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Woman talking to truant teenagers standing outside a drugstore, Los Angeles, March 1946