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Boys taking part in a free summer camp organized by Los Angeles Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz. Circa July 1937.

Description:: Boys from financially disadvantaged backgrounds participate in a free summer camp in Griffith Park. The camp, which was organized by Sheriff Biscailuz, lasted hosted groups of 100 boys for 10 days at a time. While at camp, the boys participated in activities such as swimming, fencing, baseball, various hobbies, and a nonsectarian religious program. The camp's 1937 season lasted from July 6th to September 4th.
Date:: [circa July 6, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Labor Day Parade. Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Labor Day Parade members of the Screen Actors Guild, Veterans Division marching down street
Date:: September 7, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Four well-dressed men stand together in the Los Angeles slums while a fifth man looks on, Los Angeles, 1925-1945

Description:: Four well-dressed men stand together in the Los Angeles slums while a fifth man looks on. In the background are several meager homes and clotheslines full of laundry
Date:: [between 1925 and 1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Member of the Mystic Shrine attending to a sign for the Durbar festival, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: A member of the Mystic Shrine attending to a sign created for the Durbar festival. 20,000 spectators enjoyed street parades on South Olive Street and festivities at the Shrine Auditorium.
Date:: June 12, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sailors and civilians celebrate Japan's surrender during World War II in downtown Los Angeles, August 15 and 16, 1945

Description:: Sailors and civilians on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate Japan's surrender during World War II.
Date:: August 15 and 16, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Tournament of Roses floates in staging area along Orange Grove Blvd. (probably), Pasadena, 1937

Description:: The theme for the forty-eighth Rose Parade was "Romance in Flowers"
Date:: January 1, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Santa Clara County parade float for Tournament of Roses, Pasadena, 1937

Description:: The theme for the forty-eighth Rose Parade was "Romance in Flowers"
Date:: January 1, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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

Description:: Crowd 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

Long Beach parade float for Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1937

Description:: The theme for the forty-eighth Rose Parade was "Romance in Flowers"
Date:: January 1, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Woman baking pies at a cooperative in Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Woman baking pies at a cooperative located at 21st and Santee St. in Los Angeles. Many self-sustaining communities like this one emerged in California during the 1930s, specifically in the Los Angeles - Orange County area
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boys compare marbles at a marble tournament, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Paul Barbata and Abram Androff compare marbles at a marble tournament.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

View of audience for Easter service at Hollywood Bowl, 1929.

Description:: Easter sunrise service attended by approximately 45,000 at the Hollywood Bowl.
Date:: March 31, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Female student crowned during paddle day 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

Members of the American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies on Memorial Day, May 26, 1934.

Description:: Memorial Day, also known as "Poppy Day", May 26, 1934. Members of the American Legion Auxillary pose with Los Angeles's City Council president. In the front row of the photo are City Councilman Howard Davis, Auxillary members Marie Gore, and Mary Repp. Behind them are Auxillary members Julia Van Sky and Mrs. Tom Rice.Members of the Los Angeles American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies, made by veterans of the First World War. The poppies were sold by members of the American Legion Auxillary in order to raise money for disabled veterans and their families.Poppies were chosen as representative of Memorial Day due to their presence in the iconic World War I memorial poem, "In Flanders Fields". The poem was written by Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.
Date:: May 26, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Three performers pose for La Boheme at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Opera singers pose for a performance of La Boheme at the Shrine Auditorium, put on by the Metropolitan Civic Opera House. This particular performance benefitted the P.-T.A. milk fund.
Date:: [circa May 12, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Steel worker at the Columbia Steel Company's plant, Torrance

Description:: Steel worker at the Columbia Steel Company's plant in Torrance.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

"Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:: Pre-parade view of South Pasadena's float at 1936 Tournament of Roses Parade which depicts the court of Louis XVI (Robert de Golia) and Marie Antoinette (Mary Bellerue) in a garden at Versailles with a peacock at the front, and with 2 ladies in waiting (Jeanette Thompson and Mary Jean Lloyd). The float is guarded by out-walkers costumed as Nubian servants. Winner of sweepstakes award at parade.
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

"Christopher Columbus" float at Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:: Santa Barbara’s float at 1936 Tournament of Roses Parade in a staging area. The float depicts the Christopher Columbus before King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella with two Indians from the New World.
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boys taking part in a free summer camp organized by Los Angeles Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz. Circa July 1937.

Description:: Boys from financially disadvantaged backgrounds participate in a free summer camp in Griffith Park. The camp, which was organized by Sheriff Biscailuz, lasted hosted groups of 100 boys for 10 days at a time. While at camp, the boys participated in activities such as swimming, fencing, baseball, various hobbies, and a nonsectarian religious program. The camp's 1937 season lasted from July 6th to September 4th.
Date:: [circa July 6, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Photograph of Ray Harvey and June Rogers Harvey dressed like a cowboy and cowgirl, Los Angeles

Description:: Photograph of Ray Harvey and June Rogers Harvey dressed like a cowboy and cowgirl.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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Boys taking part in a free summer camp organized by Los Angeles Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz. Circa July 1937.

Labor Day Parade. Los Angeles, 1937

Four well-dressed men stand together in the Los Angeles slums while a fifth man looks on, Los Angeles, 1925-1945

Member of the Mystic Shrine attending to a sign for the Durbar festival, Los Angeles, 1937

Sailors and civilians celebrate Japan's surrender during World War II in downtown Los Angeles, August 15 and 16, 1945

Tournament of Roses floates in staging area along Orange Grove Blvd. (probably), Pasadena, 1937

Santa Clara County parade float for Tournament of Roses, Pasadena, 1937

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

Long Beach parade float for Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1937

Woman baking pies at a cooperative in Los Angeles, 1930s

Boys compare marbles at a marble tournament, Los Angeles, 1935

View of audience for Easter service at Hollywood Bowl, 1929.

Female student crowned during paddle day at Los Angeles Junior College, February 1936

Members of the American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies on Memorial Day, May 26, 1934.

Three performers pose for La Boheme at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935

Steel worker at the Columbia Steel Company's plant, Torrance

"Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

"Christopher Columbus" float at Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Boys taking part in a free summer camp organized by Los Angeles Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz. Circa July 1937.

Photograph of Ray Harvey and June Rogers Harvey dressed like a cowboy and cowgirl, Los Angeles

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