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Undersheriff Frank Dewar and man holding a box, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:
Undersheriff Frank Dewar (right) standing next to an unidentified man in front of a desk. The unidentified man holds a wooden box in his left hand and inhis right hand he holds the top of a box that had enclosed the wooden box, which wrapped in Chriatmas paper with a holly design on it and which is is labeled "Please no body else / personal to Mary / please." Dewar holds the bottom of the gift box. Behind them are what look like crime scene photographs and a map.
Date:
1930/1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Undersheriff Frank Dewar and man holding a box, Los Angeles, 1930s

Sculptor Robert Paine working in his studio, Los Angeles, circa 1935

Description:
Robert Paine working on a sculpture in his studio. This sculpture is a sphere supported by stylized prong-like projections, this part of the sculpture is on top of a support, possibly a capital featuring a carved bovine head and fluted corner brackets. Slightly behind this is a sculpture of three huddled headless human figures, resting on their shoulders is a disc with an arrow and cornucopia like object emerging from the top. To the right is a sculpture of a saber tooth tiger resting on its hind legs.
Date:
[circa 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Sculptor Robert Paine working in his studio, Los Angeles, circa 1935

Portrait painting of Los Angeles mayor P. Beaudry, Los Angeles, circa 1920 (photo)

Description:
Upside-down framed portrait of Prudent Beaudry in a gilt frame, on a sheet of newspaper and leaning against a brick wall. The sidewalk and step to the left of the frame suggest that the photograph was taken outside. The inscription on the painting's frame accordingly reads "P. Beaudry 1875-1876". Beaudry served as Los Angeles mayor from 1875-1876.
Date:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Portrait painting of Los Angeles mayor P. Beaudry, Los Angeles, circa 1920 (photo)

General David Barrows Prescott, President of the University of California, Los Angeles, circa 1935

Description:
General David Prescott Barrows, an anthropologist, was president of the University of California from 1919 to 1923. Following more than twenty years' service in the Army and the National Guard, he retired in 1936. He chaired the department of political science at U.C. and taught until 1943. He spoke out actively against immigration, miscegenation, and union organizing. He was the namesake of Barrows Hall on UC Berkeley's campus. In 2020, the university announced that his name would be removed from the building, publishing a press release characterizing him as a racist colonizer.
Date:
[circa 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
General David Barrows Prescott, President of the University of California, Los Angeles, circa 1935

Drum and bugle corps in the American Legion Parade, Downtown Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:
Drummers of the Los Angeles American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps in front of the Union Pacific Central Station, at 440 S. Central Avenue, during an American Legion Parade. Two men adjust a sign on top of a Union Pacific street car behind the drummers. Possibly related to the article "Ex-Soldiers Will Parade: Legionnaires Back from East Tomorrow to Celebrate Victory," Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 1937: A5.
Date:
[between 1930-1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Drum and bugle corps in the American Legion Parade, Downtown Los Angeles, circa 1930

Dr. Leo Baughman, Los Angeles, 1928-1937

Description:
Articles that reference Dr. Leo Baughman do not focus on his dental career, although he was a prominent dentist and member of the California State board of dental examination. Baughman was also a speedboat racing enthusiast, owning several world record-holding boats (each one named Blue Streak). Baughman often acted as chief timer for regatta races. These activities are reported on in "Blue Streak Captures Santa Barbara Races," Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 1928: 12; in "Fast Times Feature Outboard Race Card," Los Angeles Times, 17 Jun. 1929: 12; and in "Speedboats in Regatta Today at Long Beach," Los Angeles Times, 14 May 1932: A11, amongst others.
Date:
[between 1928-1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dr. Leo Baughman, Los Angeles, 1928-1937

Deputy Buron Fitts seated with at a desk with Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs around him, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:
Chief deputy district attorney Buron Fitts (seated, right) with Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs: seated, from left: Deputy George Contreras, and Deputy James McDonald; standing, left to right: Deputy Sheriff Vincent J. Monteleone and investigator Harry Johnson from the District Attorney's office.
Date:
1930-1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Deputy Buron Fitts seated with at a desk with Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs around him, Los Angeles, 1930s

Arthur S. Bent shakes hands with Charles C. Teague at a train station, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Description:
Arthur S. Bent shakes hands with Charles C. Teague at a train station platform. Teague wears a straw hat with a ribbon band, as do the two men behind him. Teague was involved in the development of agriculture in Southern California. Bent was a Los Angeles contractor and civic worker who built dams in Southern California and Oregon, and went into public service as the Director of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, the president of the Associated General Contractors of America, and president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in 1926.
Date:
[between 1920-1939
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Arthur S. Bent shakes hands with Charles C. Teague at a train station, Los Angeles, 1920-1939