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View of the remaining center portion of the St. Francis Dam after its disastrous collapse, 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 13, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
View of the remaining center portion of the St. Francis Dam after its disastrous collapse, San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.), 1928

Unpaved road in a hillside area photographed in relation to the investigation of the murder of Alberta Meadows by Clara Phillips, 1922

Description:
Unpaved road in a hillside area photographed in relation to the investigation of the murder of Alberta Meadows by Clara Phillips. Three automobiles are parked on the road. Four men are gathered on the right side of the road with about 14 bystanders watching them from the left side of the road.
Date:
[1922]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Unpaved road in a hillside area photographed in relation to the investigation of the murder of Alberta Meadows by Clara Phillips, 1922

"Peacock" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
View of Santa Barbara's sweepstakes winning "Peacock" float with twins Marguerite and Mary Somerville reading fairy stories in a garden composed of 2 urns and a fountain at the front, mechanical peacocks and steps leading to a large peacock in the center, and classical structure with columns and more urns at the back. The float was photographed at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Peacock" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Woman stands in front of the Los Angeles County display at the National Orange Show, San Bernardino, 1935

Description:
A woman stands in front of the Los Angeles County display at the National Orange Show. The display consists of huge, orange covered columns and at the center is a cup that bears the phrase, "Greets 25th National Orange Show from Los Angeles County." Chandeliers hang from the ceiling along with fabric panels. Other displays are visible in the background.
Date:
[circa February 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Woman stands in front of the Los Angeles County display at the National Orange Show, San Bernardino, 1935

Los Angeles County sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and aviators Claude F. Morgan and P.G.B. Morriss at dinner at Hotel Clark, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Probably related to the article “Flying Deputies to Repeat Show.” Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 1934: A3. The article states: … members of the Sheriff’s aeronautical detail will give another demonstration of their work sometime in June, it was announced by Sheriff Biscailuz last night at a meeting of the aero squadron at the Hotel Clark as guests of the hotel manager, P.G.B. Moriss. …
Date:
March 30, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Los Angeles County sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and aviators Claude F. Morgan and P.G.B. Morriss at dinner at Hotel Clark, Los Angeles, 1934

Arizona National Guard members filling canteens at water's edge, Colorado River, 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
Arizona National Guard members filling canteens at water's edge, Colorado River, near Parker, Arizona, 1934

Home of murder victim Jacob Denton, Los Angeles, 1920-1921

Description:
Louise Peete was convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob Denton. She served 18 years in San Quentin before being released. In 1945 she was convicted of a second murder, this time of Margaret Logan, a wealthy woman who had supported Peete while she was in prison. For the second murder she was given the death penalty, and in 1947 became the second woman to be executed in California.
Date:
[between 1920-1921]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Home of murder victim Jacob Denton, Los Angeles, 1920-1921

Buron Fitts at his perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
On February 7, 1936, District Attorney Buron Fitts was acquitted of perjury regarding a 1931 testimony over the sale of a Claremont orange grove. Mrs. Berthall Gregory, Fitts’ sister, sold the grove to Lucien C. Wheeler. Fitts reportedly falsified the amount of money he received through the sale. The perjury trial lasted three weeks.
Date:
February 7, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Buron Fitts at his perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Reverend Elsie Peters demonstrates how she communicates during services to the deaf members of the church, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Mrs. Elsie Peters and her husband Grover W. are the founders and pastors of a church for the deaf, mute and blind. The churchgoers of the Peters' church can either understand through sign language, reading lips or feeling the hands of the person interpreting the sermons and songs.
Date:
January 19, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Reverend Elsie Peters demonstrates how she communicates during services to the deaf members of the church, Los Angeles, 1936

Beach house where Aimee Semple McPherson stayed while recuperating, Malibu, 1930

Description:
A similar photograph of the same cottage appears with the articles, "MOTHER DENIES BLINDNESS OF 'SISTER' M'PHERSON: Broken-Nosed Parent Requests Her Daughter to Appear at Temple; Facial Liftings in Spotlight," Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 1930: A1, and "'MA' KENNEDY TELLS OF BLOW: Nose Broken by Daughter in Fight, Says Mother History of Angelus Temple Conflict Exposed Row Over Woman Declared to Have Been Climax," Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 1930: A1
Date:
[circa August, 1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Beach house where Aimee Semple McPherson stayed while recuperating, Malibu, 1930

Councilman Carl I. Jacobson outside grand jury witness entrance, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Photograph of Thirteenth district councilman Carl I. Jacobson taken during the trial against him for violating the moral code. The councilman was arrested from the home of a woman, and charged with resorting to a room for immoral purposes. He was later freed of all charges, and he protested his innocence by claiming that he was framed -- a claim that was later verified. In this photograph he is standing outside a door that a has a painted sign reading, "Grand Jury, Witnesses Only, Entrance."
Date:
[between August and October, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Councilman Carl I. Jacobson outside grand jury witness entrance, Los Angeles, 1927

Alvin Hudson, injured during Busby Berkeley car crash, 1935

Description:
View of Alvin Hudson, in jacket, pants, with bandage on chin, squatting and pointing to car involved with three way collision. Alvin Hudson was a pest control worker from Santa Paula who reported he had pulled into the middle lane on the Roosevelt Highway when all of a sudden two headlights appeared in front of him and the crash occurred. The three way collision occurred 400 yards north of Santa Monica Canyon on Highway 1, and was the fault of Busby Berkeley, film dance director, who was driving in the wrong direction while intoxicated. Six people were injured in the accident, and two died.
Date:
September 12, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Alvin Hudson, injured during Busby Berkeley car crash, 1935

School (?) building damaged by the Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933

Description:
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
Date:
March 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
School (?) building damaged by the Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933

Pilot Louise McPhetridge Thaden, 1929

Description:
This photograph, cropped, appears with Los Angeles Times article, August 18, 1929, "Girl Air Derby to Start Today, Twenty-One Women Flyers to Hop Off for Cleveland, Pistol Shot by Radio Will Open Event at 2:15 p.m., Santa Monica Crowds to See 2800-Mile Race Begin, Queens of Sky Race Today for Gold and Glory"
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Pilot Louise McPhetridge Thaden, 1929

Adolfo Carsi, who murdered his wife, at the coroner's jury, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Adolfo Carsi holding up his right hand, perhaps taking an oath, judge at the coroner's jury. Carsi had strangled his wife, Florence Carsi, because he suspected her of infidelity. Spectators are seated behind him and attorneys are seated at a table in front of him. A man with a camera on a tripod is on the left.
Date:
January 31, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Adolfo Carsi, who murdered his wife, at the coroner's jury, Los Angeles, 1935

Postmaster-General Farley, Senator McAdoo, and others, possibly at Warner Brothers' Studios, California, 1934

Description:
Men gather around for a photo during the visit of Postmaster-General James A. Farley, possibly at a Warner Brothers' Studio sound stage (based on mid-day shadows and scheduled luncheon program at the studios that day) on July 19, 1934. Farley stands in the center shaking a man's hand and holding papers. Some men wear a "Reception" ribbon.
Date:
July 19, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Postmaster-General Farley, Senator McAdoo, and others, possibly at Warner Brothers' Studios, California, 1934

Members of the press surround Commander Richard E. Byrd as he waves goodbye, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
At left, a thick mass of press members stand in the foreground, crowding the deck of the C. A. Larsen. They are viewed from an elevated perspective. Rigging and rails line the right side of the ship, containing the throng of reporters and photographers. A cabin stretches behind them at left. They stand in a cluster, facing right, and surround Commander Richard E. Byrd. Commander Byrd stands, off-center to the right, along the ship's guardrails. He faces the dock at right and smiles as he waves his hat. The ship's deck continues into the distance at left. The harbor's waters lie beyond the dock in the background at right.
Date:
[October 10, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Members of the press surround Commander Richard E. Byrd as he waves goodbye, Los Angeles, 1928

Attendees of the 2nd annual "Sports Headliners Dinner" fill the Times building auditorium, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
The camera views the Times Building's full rose garden auditorium from above. About a hundred or so people, mostly men, sit at long banquet tables during the second annual "Sports Headliners Dinner." The nearest table enters frame from the bottom edge at center and angles back to the left. A few more tables sit to the right of it. At the far end of the tables, a stage stands, off-center to the left. The Tournament of Roses band sits on the stage.
Date:
[circa December 29, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Calvert, Paul
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Attendees of the 2nd annual "Sports Headliners Dinner" fill the Times building auditorium, Los Angeles, 1938