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Ian Keith, actor, 1926-1936

Description:
Ian Keith began as a Broadway actor in the 1920's and transitioned to silent movies. His stage training ensured his transition to talkies and he became a favorite of DeMille. In the course of his long career, he appeared in at least six Columbia Pictures movies: The Truthful Sex (1926), The Street of Illusion (1928)Light Fingers (1929), Prince of Diamonds (1930), The Deceiver (1931) and Don't Gamble with Love (1936).
Date:
[between 1926-1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Columbia Pictures stills and key books
Ian Keith, actor, 1926-1936

General Andrés Pico, circa 1860-76 (copy print 1920-1936)

Description:
Andrés Pico was a Californio who became a successful rancher, fought in the contested Battle of San Pascual during the Mexican–American War, and negotiated promises of post-war protections for Californios in the 1847 Treaty of Cahuenga. After California became one of the United States, Pico was elected to the state Assembly and Senate. He was appointed as the commanding brigadier general of the state militia during the U.S. Civil War.
Date:
[1920-1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
General Andrés Pico, circa 1860-76 (copy print 1920-1936)

Emery E. Olson, police chiefs W. W. Weatherly and John D. Fraser, and A. E. Stockburger, 1928

Description:
W. W. Weatherly was the Culver City Chief of Police. John D. Fraser was the Glendale Chief of Police. A. E. Stockburger was the city manager of Alhambra. Emery E. Olson was the director of the division of public administration of the University of Southern California, and a professor of economics.
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Emery E. Olson, police chiefs W. W. Weatherly and John D. Fraser, and A. E. Stockburger, 1928

Los Angeles aqueduct, damaged section of channel or pipe, Inyo County, [1924-1931?]

Description:
The Los Angeles aqueduct was bombed or otherwise vandalized in at least 10 incidents from 1924 to 1931. Cf. (1) Los Angeles Times article, 20 June 1927, “City Aqueduct Again Blasted, Dynamite Tears Out Sixteen-Foot Section, Fourth Recent Outrage Done During Night Hours, Explosion Occurs Two Miles South of Lone Pine.” The article states: “A heavy charge of dynamite exploded in the fourth attempt within the past month … shattered a sixteen-foot panel of waterway at the Puddle Creek Delta, two miles southwest of Lone Pine … Other outrages. Previous acts of violence against the Aqueduct are as follows: On the 5th inst., the side walls of a large open concrete conduit at the mouth of Cottonwood Canyon were wrecked by a charge of dynamite … May 28, 1927: Approximately 300 feet of the Aqueduct system was blown out at Big Pine … May 27, 1927: … a charge of explosive in No Name Canyon destroying about 450 feet of iron pipe … May 14, 1926: A ten-foot hole was torn out of the concrete Aqueduct by dynamite … about one mile south of the spillway in the Alabama Hills. November 24, 1924: A mob of men … opened the Alabama control gates … between Independence and Lone Pine … May 21, 1924: A heavy charge of dynamite was set off against an open portion of the Aqueduct at a point two miles north of Lone Pine. … No actual damage …” Cf. (2) Los Angeles Times article, 17 July 1927, “Blasts Peril Owens Mills, New Aqueduct Dynamitings Bring Contingency, Lake Level May Tie Up Chemical Plants, Large Repair Crews Rush Reconstruction Work.” The article states: “… two dynamite blasts … early yesterday wrecked the Aqueduct … The latest explosions occurred at Thebaut gate, eight miles north of Independence, and at Tuttle Creek south of Lone Pine. …” Cf. (3) Los Angeles Times article, 3 Nov. 1931, “Officers Trail Aqueduct Dynamiting Suspects, One of Pair Sought Here as Blast Rips Grapevine Siphon; No Water Shortage.” The article states: “Two men were being sought last night for complicity in the explosion of a terrific charge of dynamite which … tore out a section of the grapevine siphon on the Los Angeles Aqueduct, about fifty miles north of Mojave. …”
Date:
[1924-1931?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles aqueduct, damaged section of channel or pipe, Inyo County, [1924-1931?]

Don Pio Pico's El Ranchito, exterior view from the side, Whittier, [between 1920-1939]

Description:
The west-facing side of Pio Pico's adobe mansion is viewed at an angle as it stretches back through the image. In front of it at right, the ruins of a wall stand. A wooden window frame remains inset into the ruins. At left, overgrown plants grow in front of the building. Three dormers sit atop El Ranchito's sloped roof.
Date:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Don Pio Pico's El Ranchito, exterior view from the side, Whittier, [between 1920-1939]

Deputy Sheriffs Ybarra and Mendoza find children's shoes during the Gordon Northcott investigation, Santa Clarita, circa 1928

Description:
Possibly related to the article, "Mystery Shack, Boys' Shoes Found in 'Death Farm' Hunt: OFFICERS TAKEN TO CANYON HUT Clark Lad Leads Them Also to Filled-up Well Net Being Drawn Closer on Northcott Fugitives Other Clews Being Revealed in Grewsome Case," Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 1928: A2
Date:
[circa September, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Deputy Sheriffs Ybarra and Mendoza find children's shoes during the Gordon Northcott investigation, Santa Clarita, circa 1928

House destroyed by the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
House destroyed by the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Views of Los Angeles in the 1860s, photographed 1920-1939

Description:
Caption: 1) Map of Wilmington Harbor and Government Breakwater. 2) Main street from Temple Block. 3) Cathedral. 4) Cosmopolitan School. 5) High School. 6) Grand Central Hotel. 7) Governor Downey's Residence. 8) Mission San Gabriel. 9) University of Southern California. 10) Temple Block and County Bank. 11) Bake Block. 12) Fort Street. 13) Pico House. 14) Downey Block.
Date:
[1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Views of Los Angeles in the 1860s, photographed 1920-1939

Former location of the Saint Francis Dam shortly after the dam had failed, San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Former location of the Saint Francis Dam shortly after the dam had failed, San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.), 1928

Broadway Tunnel, Fort Moore Hill and the Hall of Justice seen from Spring Street, Los Angeles, 1925-1939

Description:
View down Spring Street from the intersection with Sunset Blvd. (now Cesar Chavez Avenue), facing SW towards the Broadway Tunnel on the right, and the Hall of Justice of the left beyond Fort Moore Hill. A Standard [gas] Station is on the corner. A sign reading "IT'S IN THE EXAMINER" (seen from the back) is visible in the upper center of the photograph. There are 4 billboard signs above and to the left of Broadway Tunnel advertising Carnation Milk and " Aunt Jemina's Daddy!". Rear view of the Hall of Justice Building. A gas station (Standard Stations Inc.) is in the shot as well.
Date:
[between 1925-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Broadway Tunnel, Fort Moore Hill and the Hall of Justice seen from Spring Street, Los Angeles, 1925-1939

Kenneth G. Ormiston, radio engineer, Los Angeles, [1927-1929?]

Description:
Kenneth G. Ormiston, former engineer at the Christian radio station KFSG, possibly in a courtroom. Ormiston is wearing a hat, glasses, and a coat. This photograph was possibly taken when Ormiston when Ormiston was accused of conspiracy to obstruct and pervert justice in relation to the Aimee Semple McPherson case or when Ormiston testified at the impeachment investigation of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carlos S. Hardy.
Date:
[1927-1929?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Kenneth G. Ormiston, radio engineer, Los Angeles, [1927-1929?]

Investigators search for evidence on a ranch visited by Gordon Northcott, Santa Clarita, 1928

Description:
The camera looks from above towards several investigators searching for evidence in the area outside a chicken coop in Mint Valley. Chicken wire-lined pens occupy the foreground and stretch back on an upward angle towards the right. Beyond the pens, investigators scour the nearby brush. A house stands in the far distance at center. Gordon S. Northcott was later tried, convicted and executed for the serial murders of young boys in the area. His mother, Sarah Louisa Northcott, was also imprisoned for assisting him.
Date:
[circa September, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Investigators search for evidence on a ranch visited by Gordon Northcott, Santa Clarita, 1928

Bridge under construction after the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Bridge under construction after the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928