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Mary Jane Fong holding a gong stick and standing next to a Chinese lion in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Little Mary Jane Fong holding a gong stick and standing next to a Chinese lion. The lion was being prepared for the February 5 New Year celebration in Chinatown. (Although it is identified as a dragon in the newspaper article, another photograph taken on the same occasion identifies it as a lion and shows the shorter lion's body, ark no. 21198/zz002d9cvb).
Date:
February 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Mary Jane Fong holding a gong stick and standing next to a Chinese lion in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1927

Commercial buildings on the 900 block of State Street, Santa Barbara, [1926-1929?]

Description:
Commercial buildings with pediments, arches, balconies, dormers, and tile roofs, possibly rebuilt after 1925 earthquake, with pedestrians, bicyclist, parked and moving cars, and parked bicycle in foreground. Business signs read: Howard-Canfield, The Great Wardrobe, [Santa Ba]bara First National Bank, Murrays Light Lunch, Homemade Ice Cream, Michel A. Levy, Confectionery, Glasse[s?], Nervous Wreck
Date:
[1926-1929?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Commercial buildings on the 900 block of State Street, Santa Barbara, [1926-1929?]

Mystic Meher Baba and kneeling man with suitcase, Hollywood, 1932

Description:
Related to the article “Indian Mystic Arrives for Visit in Hollywood.” Los Angeles Times, 30 May 1932: 14. The article states: Conversing only through indicated letters on a small alphabet board, as the result of a self-imposed seven-year “silence,” Shri Meher Baba … arrived yesterday … will break his silence … July 13 in Hollywood … he chose Hollywood as the scene of his revelation … because a proper balance of material and spiritual forces exists …
Date:
1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Mystic Meher Baba and kneeling man with suitcase, Hollywood, 1932

Switchboard controlling Wirephoto's network of telephone lines used to transmit photographic images, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
One of several related photographs housed in this negative sleeve that document the process of phototelegraphy -the process of transmitting photographic images over telephone wire. Though there were advancements - namely the Telediagraph, the Belinograph, and the Telephotograver (invented by Los Angeles Times managing editor Ralph Trueblood) – the technology left much room for improvement. In the 1930s, the Associated Press began working with Kodak to create a machine that could transmit quality images over wire networks. On January 1, 1935, the AP sent the first photograph out over its Wirephoto service to 47 affiliated newspapers across the United States. The Los Angeles Times documented their contribution to photojournalism while touting the latest innovation in a related article.
Date:
January 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Switchboard controlling Wirephoto's network of telephone lines used to transmit photographic images, Los Angeles, 1935

Men with shovels clearing mud from a street after a catastrophic mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. In late December, a series of storms dropped 12 inches of rain. On New Year's Eve, heavy rains led to sporadic flooding. Around midnight, mountain hillsides collapsed sending millions of tons of mud into the Crescenta Valley neighborhoods below. More than 400 homes were destroyed in La Cañada, La Crescenta, Montrose and Tujunga. Scores of people were killed, and hundreds were left homeless. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Men with shovels clearing mud from a street after a catastrophic mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Olivia Redwine, Katherine Watkins, and Maxine White pose sit on a diving board wearing bathing suits, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Olivia Redwine (Olivia Redwine McElheney), Katherine Watkins (Katherine S. Watkins Barnes), and Maxine White (Dorothy Maxine White Hoch) sit on a diving board wearing bathing suits. Katherine Watkins was the daughter of Louise Ward Watkins, president of American Women, Inc.
Date:
September 5, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Olivia Redwine, Katherine Watkins, and Maxine White pose sit on a diving board wearing bathing suits, Los Angeles, 1935

Jack and Ellen Morich serving lunch to members of the press covering the kidnapping of William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a housewarming party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:
[circa May 10, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Jack and Ellen Morich serving lunch to members of the press covering the kidnapping of William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills, 1934

"Queen Elizabeth" float at Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, California, 1936

Description:
Court life of the period of Queen Elizabeth is the theme of this float with Dorothy Haggen as the Queen and a court guard in front of her. The float signage reads "L. A. County Fair" and "Pomona." The float is seen at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Snyder, Bill
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Queen Elizabeth" float at Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, California, 1936