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Composer John Philip Sousa standing with Jennie Jones and Susan Dorsey, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: Composer John Philip Sousa, shaking hands with Los Angeles schools superintendent Susan Dorsey, hat in left hand, standing with Jennie Jones, supervisor of orchestral music in the Los Angeles public schools, at Philharmonic Auditorium, with doors in background
Date:: January 7, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Federal Petroleum Administrative Board member E.B. Swanson, 1934

Description:: E.B. Swanson, in suit and tie, papers protruding from coat pocket, seated on bed with flowered bedspread
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Jerry Six, grand jury witness, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Jerry six, an investigator who had formerly worked for the Los Angeles District Attorney, was sought to testify before the Grand Jury in the investigation of Edgar Dudley
Date:: September 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Polish Consul Juliusz Szygowski, 1934

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, December 14, 1934, "Polish Aide Tells Fruit Purchases, Consul Szygowski and Wife Conclude Southland Tour After Brief Vacation"
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lena and Eileen Jeffers attending Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A similar photograph appears with the article, "Noted Omahans View Show," with caption: Mrs. W.M. Jeffers of Omaha and her daughter, Miss Eileen Jeffers, were interested spectator s at The Times’ First Annual Spring Fashion Show last week. They are enjoying a late winter vacation in the Southland, in the Los Angeles Times, March 1, 1936
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Southern Pacific officials R.E. Kelly, A.M. Merton, and W.H. Whalen with "Prosperity Special" train, Los Angeles, 1922

Description:: This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, July 1, 1922, Thousands See Giant Engines, “Prosperity Special” Reaches Los Angeles, Leviathans of Rail Brought by Southern Pacific, Will be Used to Haul Trains Over Mountains, Monsters of Rail Here to Serve. Cheered by thousands lining the tracks in Southern California towns as it madeits way into Los Angeles, the Southern Pacific Prosperity Special of twenty new Leviathans of the rails reached the city last night and was parked in the Figueroa-street switch at Exposition Park. …
Date:: 1922
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Composer John Philip Sousa onstage with school orchestra and school officials, Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: This photograph appears with the Los Angeles Times article, 1/8/1926, "Children Greet Band King, Sousa Presents Trophies, Conducts Combined School Orchestra, Receives Gift and Plays Concert"
Date:: January 7, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

William H. Whalen and another man with Southern Pacific "Prosperity Special" train, Los Angeles, 1922

Description:: Southern Pacific Los Angeles area superintendent William H. Whalen, in jacket, light shirt, and light tie, and another man in pinstriped suit and tie with cigar, both wearing hats, standing in front of railroad car
Date:: 1922
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Zelda Smith on witness stand, with Coroner Frank Nance and jury, at arraignment of Harold Wolcott for the Pasadena murder of Helen Bendowski, 1933

Description:: A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, August 17, 1933, Principal Figures at Inquiry on Penthouse Tragedy. … Mrs. Zelda Smith, who testified as to what she saw and heard on night of slaying. …
Date:: August 16, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Harold Godshall playing tennis, Midwick Country Club, Alhambra, 1925

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, "Young Stars Triumph, Nelson Dodge Midwick Victor, Youthful Player Winner in Four Encounters, H. Godshall Defeats Ciano in Men’s Singles Match, May Sutton Bundy Meets Miss Clarke Today." Los Angeles Times, 24 Jun. 1925: B2.
Date:: 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs and Peggy Milligan in a postal facility, Los Angeles, 1934-1936

Description:: Henry B. R. Briggs, Postmaster of Los Angeles, and Peggy Milligan standing next to a bin holding mail at a postal facility.
Date:: [between February 1, 1934 to September 28, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Fletcher Bowron, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

Description:: Fletcher Bowron, Superior Court Judge (1926-1938), and mayor of Los Angeles (1938-1953).
Date:: [between 1930-1039]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Mayor Frank Shaw, Mrs. Cora Shaw, and others at formal dinner, 1933-1938

Description:: Mrs. Cora Shaw, 3rd from left, and Mayor Frank Shaw, 6th from left, and about 13 other men and women, all in formal dress, seated at long table set with flowers, glasses, and menus or programs, under curtained balcony
Date:: 1933-1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Mayor Frank Shaw in car, [Los Angeles?], 1933-1938

Description:: Mayor Frank Shaw in dark suit and light hat, holding hat brim, seated in back seat of open car, with man in light suit beside him, another man holding open car door in foreground, about 8 men, including 1 policeman, standing behind car, with buildings in background
Date:: 1933-1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

General George Owen Squier, seated at desk, [Los Angeles?], 1932

Description:: General George O. Squier, in jacket and tie, seated at small desk with pen, papers, and lamp, with surprised expression
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Arizona National Guard sergeant Ernest Mendoza transmitting report by radio, near Parker, Arizona, 1934

Description:: In 1934, with plans in place for United States Reclamation Service and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to build Parker Dam on the Colorado River between Arizona and California, Arizona governor Benjamin B. Moeur protested the diversion of water to California by sending members of the Arizona National Guard to the dam construction site. A local ferry service also participated under the informal name of the Arizona Navy.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Charles B. Wilson, Civil War veteran who escorted Abraham Lincoln to Richmond after the end of the war, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Charles B. Wilson in his home at 2328 Eleventh Avenue seated and looking at a newspaper.
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actor Clark Gable as a young man with group of young men on porch, [Ohio?], [1920s?]

Description:: Clark Gable, at left, with 5 other young men in suits, ties, and hats, seated on wooden porch, some hugging or leaning on each other
Date:: [1920s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Plane carrying the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post arrives at Union Air Terminal, Burbank, 1935

Description:: Pan American Airways airplane carrying the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post entering the Pacific Automotive Corp hangar at Union Air Terminal. A photographer, policemen and others watch.
Date:: August 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Superintendent of Parks Frank Shearer and wife Mrs. Marva Jane Havey Shearer, 1935

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, March 19, 1935, Marriage Announcement Clears Shearer Mystery. … disclosed that on March 4 Frank Shearer had married Marvajane Havey …
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ralph Sheldon in court, Los Angeles, 1930 or 1931

Description:: Two men, seated, one covering his face with his hand, with about eight people, mostly men, seated behind, with block wall in background
Date:: 1930-1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Baseball pitcher Satchel Paige in a baseball field ready to pitch, Los Angeles, circa 1933

Description:: Famed baseball pitcher Satchel Paige with his arms raised about to pitch. A sign on the fence in the background reads: "New, Clean Grade-Marked Lumber, $1800 per 1000 ft., Owens-parks Lumber Co., 2100 E. 38th St., 5 blocks East" which is a Los Angeles address. The location may be Thomas Jefferson High School at Hopner and 41st St.
Date:: [circa 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Roger Noble Burnham sculpting a bust of Frances Whitesell, circa 1935-1939

Description:: Roger Noble Burnham sculpting a bust in clay of Frances Whitesell. The bust is on a sculpture trestle with a rotating stand and Ms. Whitesell is seated on a chair on a platform.
Date:: [circa 1935-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Architect George Edwin Bergstrom, [1920s?]

Description:: Portrait of George Edwin Bergstrom, in suit and tie
Date:: [1920s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Francis X. Shields playing tennis, 1932

Description:: Tennis player Francis X. Shields, on tennis court, in white pants and shirt, reaching for a ball, with empty seats, building, flag, and trees in background
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Defendant Roy Randolph and woman outdoors near palm tree, 1937

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, September 2, 1937, "Director Freed in Morals Case, Roy Randolph Refutes Girl’s Charges of Improper Conduct."
Date:: 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

J.A. (Foghorn) Murphy, circa 1930-1939

Description:: J.A. (Foghorn) Murphy, from San Francisco, was a storyteller, entrepreneur, politician and local legend in Los Angeles and San Francisco, his home town. He may have gotten his nickname during his early career as a baseball announcer.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Barclay W. Bradley, 1934

Description:: Barclay W. Bradley ran for Los Angeles City Council, 1st district, in 1935. He may be the same person as Barclay White Bradley (1877-1951).
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actor Clark Gable and Ria Langham Gable in audience at outdoor event, 1930s

Description:: Clark Gable, in suit and hat, and second wife Ria Langham Gable, in dark coat and hat, seated in end seats among audience at outdoor event, with field in background
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

James A. Wilson and others at the dedication ceremony of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, Santa Barbara, 1929

Description:: The Santa Barbara County Courthouse is located at 1100 Anacapa Street, in Santa Barbara. The Spanish Colonial Revival style building was designed by William Mooser, Jr. and completed in 1929.
Date:: August 14, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Murder suspects Violet and Otis Shields in court, 1935

Description:: Murder suspect Violet Shields, bent forward on her husband's arm, and Otis Shields, both seated at table in court, with lawyers at right and in foreground and spectators in background
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Murder suspects Violet and Otis Shields in court, 1935

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times articles, June 11, 1935, Couple Protest Innocence in Youth’s Death, Littlerock Ranch Pair Held in Youth’s Slaying. Steadfastly denying any connection with the death of Milton Shoup, 19-year-old Pasadena youth, Otis T. Shields and his wife, Violet R. Shields, ranchers of Littlerock, were held in the County Jail last night on suspicion of murder … and August 2, 1935, Court Drops Death Case, Rancher Shields Accused of Shooting Milton Shoup Given Freedom
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Constance D. Simpson and James Roche in court over an Olvera Street dispute, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:: Ms. Simpson's suit is covered in the article "Court Airs Avila Adobe Paving Row" in the Los Angeles Times, February 1, 1930, pg. A1
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Pianists Mildred Titcomb Rains and Madelaine Forthmann in recital, Biltmore Hotel ballroom, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Probably related to Los Angeles Times article, May 10, 1936, "Beau Peep Whispers." … Junior League Musicale … Last Wednesday’s Junior League musicale in the quiet dignity of the Biltmore Ballroom … Madelaine Forthmann, looking blondely lovely in white chiffon, played Beethoven and Bach with exceptional skill, while Mildred (Mrs. William) Rains, in an Alice blue gown, was masterful in her contrasts of Chopin’s gay and somber moods. We thought the program rose to a new high in the talented two-piano playing of Rachmaninoff …
Date:: May 6, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Typewritten description of photograph of Anita Baldwin and General F.S. Strong at World War I monument, Camp Kearny, San Diego, 1928

Description:: The text describes a photographic image, ark no. 21198/zz002db9qr
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Portrait photograph of Dr. Leonard Siever, 1909-1933

Description:: Dr. Leonard Siever, a prominent Pasadena dentist and socialite, was murdered on December 14, 1933 as he preparing to enter his parked car. The case was never solved.
Date:: [1909-1933?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Sculptor Roger Noble Burnham with his portrait sculpture of botanist Luther Burbank, circa 1923

Description:: Sculptor Roger Noble Burnham, wearing a shirt, tie and apron and holding a clay modeling tool, standing next to his clay half-length sculpture of botanist Luther Burbank. The base of the sculpture is inscribed Luther Burbank.
Date:: [circa 1923]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer, [outside the KJH Radio studio, Los Angeles(?)], circa 1926-1927

Description:: George Godfrey, "The Leiperville Shadow," was the ring name of Feab Smith Williams, a heavyweight boxer from the state of Alabama who fought from 1919-1937. Godfrey twice won the World Colored Heavyweight Championship. In 2003, Godfrey was named to the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.
Date:: [circa 1926-1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

James A. Wilson at the dedication ceremony of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, Santa Barbara, 1929

Description:: James A. Wilson (right), member of the Native Sons of the Golden West, presenting an U. S. flag to another man at the dedication ceremony for the Santa Barbara Courthouse. Ceremony participants are seated on folding chairs and the courthouse entrance is behind them.
Date:: August 14, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Walter E. Scott, or "Death Valley Scotty" and Louis Schwabee (?), circa 1925-1935

Description:: Walter E. Scott, or "Death Valley Scotty" and Louis Schwabee (?), seated at a desk inan office
Date:: [circa 1925-1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Walter E. Scott, or "Death Valley Scotty," circa 1925-1935

Description:: Portrait of Walter Scott wearing a white shirt, tie, suspenders and hat
Date:: [circa 1925-1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Cuban boxer Kid Chocolate, circa 1930-1938

Description:: Boxer Kid Chocolate wearing a 3-piece suit and standing at the bottom of a staircase
Date:: [circa 1930-1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Kismet Sirri, Turkish newspaper columnist, 1935

Description:: Photographic portrait of Kismet Sirri, a Turkish newspaper columnist who attended the University of California at Los Angeles
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Diane Sinclair, 1932

Description:: Actress Diane Sinclair seated in front of a desk, wearing a suit and hat
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Betty Carrillo with a Police Chief Roy E. Steckel and Deputy Chief James E. Davis, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: This photograph is related to the Los Angeles Times article, "Turkey Shoot Begins Today, Police Offer Yule Birds in Contest," December 17, 1932.
Date:: December 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

R. M. Sims, vice-president of the American Trust Company, San Francisco, 1932

Description:: R. M. Sims, vice president of the American Trust Company, was made president of the trust division of the American Bankers' Association on October 4 , 1932, as reported in "Nation's Bankers to Open Annual Meeting Today," in the Los Angeles Times, pg. A1
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Albert Sittel, U.S. Marshal, starts his third term in office, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:: Albert Sittel, U.S. Marshal for the Southern district of California, seated at his desk and surrounded by vases of flowers. The photograph was taken on the occasion of the start of his third term in office.
Date:: July 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Kismet Sirri, Turkish newspaper columnist, 1935

Description:: Photographic portrait of Kismet Sirri, a Turkish newspaper columnist who attended the University of California at Los Angeles
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Sister M. Irene, Superior, Queen of Angels Hospital, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Portrait of Sister M. Irene, Superior. The photograph was taken on the occasion of the opening of the Queen of Angels Hospital new building located at 2301 Bellevue Ave. in Los Angeles.
Date:: January 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Chief Luther Standing Bear in jail, 1935

Description:: Luther Standing Bear, aka Ota Kte (meaning Plenty Kill) or Mochunozhin, was a Native American writer and actor. Although Standing Bear achieved many successes by American standards, including becoming a member of the Actor's Guild of Hollywood, the plight of his people remained foremost in his mind. The Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 was particularly disturbing to him. Standing Bear published books during his lifetime to educate the public about Native American and Lakota culture and government policies toward his people. These included My People the Sioux (1928), Land of the Spotted Eagle (1933), and Stories of the Sioux (1934). In 1939, he died of the flu while on the set of the film Union Pacific. He is buried in Los Angeles, California's Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Date:: May 7, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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