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First Page of the Pridham blackmail letter and second page of the second blackmail letter, 1926

Description:
Blackmail letters addressed to R. W. Pridham, former president of the chamber of commerce. Beginning of second page of second letter: "matter. Your chauffeur played and showed no skill in driving around the block and parking in the ally way and running to the drug store with his hat off, one of us followed him around a bit, you must show more intelligence than that."
Date:
March, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
First Page of the Pridham blackmail letter and second page of the second blackmail letter, 1926

Fundraising letter from William C. Silliman, Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, 1936

Description:
Letter addressed "Dear Friend," requesting payment for "certificates" from the Democratic National Committee, sent by the treasurer, William C. Silliman. The letterhead reads: Roosevelt Nominators/Under auspices of/Democratic National Committee/1009 Transamerica Building/Los Angeles, California/Telephone TRinity 1681. Also printed on the stationary: James A Farley/Chairman, W. Forbes Morgan/Secretary, and Los Angeles Headquarters/Clayton S. Adams/Manager.
Date:
circa August 12, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Fundraising letter from William C. Silliman, Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, 1936

First letter in Marty Rosen shooting investigation, 1935

Description:
Letter to Marty's sister. Marty Rosen was a shooting victim supposedly shot by a gangster. First few lines: "business again, I have a man with plenty of money and I think he's interested in putting me into business again with plenty of financial-backing, it may take a little time, but if I don't prosper shortly, you can expect me back in the city in the very near future..."
Date:
October 2, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
First letter in Marty Rosen shooting investigation, 1935

Letter from Jaime Palmer of the Writers Club Hollywood, 1936

Description:
Letter written by Jaime Palmer, 6855 Bonita Terrace, Hollywood, CA on October 7, 1936. The recipient is unidentified. She expresses her appreciation for an invitation from Harry Kohr to assume the chairmanship for the women's luncheon committee of The Authors club. Palmer was involved with the Writers Club of Hollywood in the 1930s. Harry Kohr was an exchange editor, telegraph editor and literary editor with the Kansas City Star newspaper. He retired in 1932 and lived in Los Angeles after that, returning to editorial work during WWII.
Date:
October 14, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Letter from Jaime Palmer of the Writers Club Hollywood, 1936

Letter to the Editor of the Los Angeles Times from John Anson Ford, Sep. 9, 1936

Description:
A letter from John Anson Ford the the Editor of the Los Angeles Times, offering corrections regarding an article that appeared in the Times on September 9, 1936. Anson had just been elected chairman of the Democratic County Central Committee and writes that the article, in referring to him as an Epic candidate, was incorrect. He states that he was not endorsed by the Epics, and that he has no plans to run for mayor, concluding "there are people who assume public office, or other public position, for the purpose of sincerely rendering service, and without ulterior purposes. I aim to be such a person." The letter is typed on station with the letterhead: John Anson Ford Company/Advertising - Publicity/916 C. C. Chapman Building/Los Angeles/Established 1920
Date:
October 21, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Letter to the Editor of the Los Angeles Times from John Anson Ford, Sep. 9, 1936

Back of a telegram related to Aimee Semple McPherson, 1926

Description:
In 1926 evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach in California for 5 weeks. She emerged in Mexico, claiming to have been kidnapped. A grand jury investigation indicated that she had actually been staying with a former employee, Kenneth Ormiston. The case against McPherson was finally dismissed.
Date:
1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Back of a telegram related to Aimee Semple McPherson, 1926

Photograph of a letter from Captain Eugene Joseph Harrington to his sister, Anna Harrington of Boston (page 3 of 4), 1936

Description:
Photograph of the third page of a letter from Captain Eugene Joseph Harrington to his sister Anna A. Harrington of Boston. The letter is dated July 21, 1876 and details his regiment's activities in the Black Hills War as well as his opinion of the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Date:
April 6, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Photograph of a letter from Captain Eugene Joseph Harrington to his sister, Anna Harrington of Boston (page 3 of 4), 1936

Page of a letter related to Aimee Semple McPherson, 1926

Description:
In 1926 evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach in California for 5 weeks. She emerged in Mexico, claiming to have been kidnapped. A grand jury investigation indicated that she had actually been staying with a former employee, Kenneth Ormiston. The case against McPherson was finally dismissed.
Date:
1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Page of a letter related to Aimee Semple McPherson, 1926

Copy of a letter from Willard Mayberry to W. Bancroft Mellor regarding Kansas Governor Alf Landon and the California primary, 1936

Description:
A copy of this letter appears with the article, “Gov. Landon Not a Candidate in the California Republican Presidential Primary: GOVERNOR'S OWN LETTER EXPOSES HEARST TRICK Documented Record of Kansan's Repeated Refusals to Enter Contest in This State,” Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 1936: 10
Date:
[circa April 25, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Copy of a letter from Willard Mayberry to W. Bancroft Mellor regarding Kansas Governor Alf Landon and the California primary, 1936