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Bettye K. Cree studio, drawing of the exterior, Palm Springs, 1930

Description:: Bettye K. Cree (Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Cree) was born March 24, 1879. She married Raymond Cree, a founder and developer of Palm Springs, but the marriage ended in divorce. Ms. Cree then maintained an art gallery in Palm Springs. She died in Pasadena on March 16, 1944.
Date:: 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of the Lansdowne Hermes statue at end tree-bordered lawn, Montecito, 1931

Description:: The Ludington estate, also known as Val Verde, Dias Felices, the Henry Dater house, and the Dr. Warren Austin home was designed by the architect Bertram Grovenor Goodhue, constructed in 1918 and then purchased by Charles H. Ludington in 1924. His son, Wright Saltus Ludington (who inherited the estate in 1927 or 1930), engaged the landscape architect Lockwood de Forest to design the gardens in 1925. Retaining the geometry of Goodhue's design and much of the wilderness, Lockwood transformed the gardens over a period of twenty-three years.
Date:: March 28, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of the Lansdowne Hermes, Montecito, 1931

Description:: View of the Lansdowne Hermes (a Roman, marble statue from the Hadrianic period, now in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art), against a backdrop of alternating columns and hedges. On top of each column is a sculpted basket of flowers.
Date:: March 28, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

John Percival Jefferson residence, view towards house from reflection pool with statue of a bacchante by MacMonnies, Montecito, 1931

Description:: View towards house from the reflection pool with a bronze statue of a bacchante and infant faun by Frederick MacMonnies
Date:: March 28, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Katheryn Padrick posing, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Katheryn Padrick sits on a desk wearing gloves and a hat with a typewriter in the background.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

American artist Rockwell Kent and his wife Frances Lee Kent, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: American artist Rockwell Kent and his wife Frances Lee Kent. Kent lectured at the Philharmonic Auditorium on "Warm Hearts and Cold Feet in Greenland," where he showed motion pictures of the scenes he described.
Date:: [circa March 7, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

American artist Rockwell Kent at his desk, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: American artist Rockwell Kent at his desk. Kent lectured at the Philharmonic Auditorium on "Warm Hearts and Cold Feet in Greenland," where he showed motion pictures of the scenes he described.
Date:: [circa March 7, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

German author Thomas Mann seated in a chair, Los Angeles

Description:: Thomas Mann, German author and father to author Erika Mann, seated in a chair
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face murder charges, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Famed director and choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face three murder charges after he caused a car accident that resulted in fatalities after leaving a cocktail party. Witnesses reported smelling alcohol on Berkeley's breath at the time.
Date:: [circa December 9, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Director Roland West and Actress ZaSu Pitts, circa 1935

Description:: Possibly taken in relation to the investigation of actress Thelma Todd's death in December 1935. Todd's body was found in West's home where she was residing. Todd was a former co-star and close friend with Pitts and lover to West.
Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress Evelyn Poe poses after her film contract is approved, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Actress Evelyn Poe poses after her film contract with R.-K.-O. was approved by Superior Judge Wood.
Date:: July 31, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Harold Bell Wright, author, Los Angeles

Description:: Harold Bell Wright (May 4, 1872-May 24, 1944) , author, poses in Los Angeles. Wright was a novelist and playwright who worked in Hollywood. He wrote fifteen original screenplays and he sold five of his novels to moviemakers (1926-1941). Movies based on his novels include The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) and The Shepherd of the Hills (1941). Wright died in La Jolla and was buried in San Diego.
Date:: [between 1926-1941?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Frank Veloz and Yolanda Casazza, dance team, Los Angeles

Description:: Husband and wife dance team posing in front of train car; Yolanda Veloz also known by maiden name Yolanda Casazza.
Date:: [between 1934-1949?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Portrait of dancer and choreographer Martha Graham sitting in a chair, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Description:: Portrait of dancer and choreographer Martha Graham sitting in a chair.
Date:: [1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Portrait of dancer and choreographer Martha Graham sitting in a chair, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Description:: Portrait of dancer and choreographer Martha Graham sitting in a chair.
Date:: [1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress Colleen Moore photographed holding peacock statuette, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Colleen Moore, popular and fashionable actress of the silent film era, poses for a photograph while holding peacock statue.
Date:: [between 1925-1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

House of actor, John Gilbert, shortly after his death, Beverly Hills, 1936

Description:: Exterior view of the house of actor John Gilbert in Beverly Hills taken from the cactus garden. Formerly located at 1400 Tower Grove Road, the house has been demolished.
Date:: January 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Marilyn Miller, famous Broadway star, sets off on a trip by rail.

Description:: Marilyn Miller, popular Broadway actress of the 1920s and 1930s, smiles for the camera as she sets off on a trip.
Date:: [between 1925-1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Circus performer Ruby Woods poses beneath the big top, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Circus performer Ruby Woods poses beneath a tent. This was most likely taken in anticipation of the Al G. Barnes circus performances in Los Angeles throughout March and April of 1935.
Date:: [circa March 30, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. Irwin Kellog, Mrs. R. W. Lund and Mary Ficonic modeling women's fashion, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Mrs. Irwin Kellog, Mrs. R. W. Lund and Mary Ficonic modeling women's fashion
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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Bettye K. Cree studio, drawing of the exterior, Palm Springs, 1930

Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of the Lansdowne Hermes statue at end tree-bordered lawn, Montecito, 1931

Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of the Lansdowne Hermes, Montecito, 1931

John Percival Jefferson residence, view towards house from reflection pool with statue of a bacchante by MacMonnies, Montecito, 1931

Katheryn Padrick posing, Los Angeles, 1930s

American artist Rockwell Kent and his wife Frances Lee Kent, Los Angeles, 1937

American artist Rockwell Kent at his desk, Los Angeles, 1937

German author Thomas Mann seated in a chair, Los Angeles

Choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face murder charges, Los Angeles, 1935

Director Roland West and Actress ZaSu Pitts, circa 1935

Actress Evelyn Poe poses after her film contract is approved, Los Angeles, 1935

Harold Bell Wright, author, Los Angeles

Frank Veloz and Yolanda Casazza, dance team, Los Angeles

Portrait of dancer and choreographer Martha Graham sitting in a chair, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Portrait of dancer and choreographer Martha Graham sitting in a chair, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Actress Colleen Moore photographed holding peacock statuette, Los Angeles, 1930s

House of actor, John Gilbert, shortly after his death, Beverly Hills, 1936

Marilyn Miller, famous Broadway star, sets off on a trip by rail.

Circus performer Ruby Woods poses beneath the big top, Los Angeles, 1935

Mrs. Irwin Kellog, Mrs. R. W. Lund and Mary Ficonic modeling women's fashion, Los Angeles, 1937

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