Genre: glass plate negatives / Resource Type: still image / Location: United States - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Copy print of a studio portrait of the actress Mary Anderson in a hooded costume by the New York photographer Benjamin J. Falk. On the bottom of the print it reads The Waldorf-Astoria, N.Y., where the photograph may have been taken. In the lower left corner is written "copyright 1895 / By Falk." Copy print of actor Edwin Booth. On the bottom of Booth's print, the photography studio is identified as "Dewey" on the left, with the address "Los Angeles, Cal., 147 S. Main St." on the right.
Date:: [between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Falk, B. J. (Benjamin J.), 1853-1925
Dewey
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Estelle Alexander, an American from San Francisco, married French aristocrat François Marie Constant Amédée Robert de Broglie (known as Prince Robert de Broglie) in the early 1900s, after which she was known as (Princess) Estelle de Broglie. They had a daughter, Jassemonde Estelle Siglinde de Broglie. According to newspaper accounts, they gave concerts, with Estelle, a soprano, singing, and Robert conducting the orchestra. The marriage was eventually annulled. Estelle continued to live in France and visited the United States in 1929 intending to regain U.S. citizenship. She died at Auschwitz in 1944, and is identified as "Estelle Alexander 1872" on the Mémorial de la Shoah (Shoah Memorial) in Paris. In documents, her name is sometimes given as Estella Dolores Alexander. Photo appears with the article: "CHIEF ATTRACTION FAILS TO APPEAR: PRINCESS SIDESTEPS ON SHOW Mrs. Astor Has to Put on Fashion Event Without Piece de Resistance," Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 1929: 3. In an earlier article: "PRINCE BUILDS TIMEPIECES: Scion of French Nobility, Visiting Here, Heads Works for Manufacturing Electric Clocks," Los Angeles Times, 27 May 1926: A8, this photograph is mis-identified as the wife of Robert de Broglie's brother, Jacques de Broglie.
Date:: circa 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Stock photo of convicted murderess Clara Phillips from her days as a chorus girl. In 1922 she was convicted of the murder of Alberta Meadows.
Date:: [between 1915-1922]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Henry Justin Allen stands in a room with multiple framed images on the walls. He stands on a rug, cane in hand, and hat on his head. There is a chair and a bureau atop which sits a fan behind him. He does not look at the camera. Mr Allen served as the 21st governor of Kansas from 1919 to 1923. He later represented Kansas in the Senate.
Date:: [between 1919-1923]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Henry Justin Allen stands in a room with multiple framed images on the walls. He stands on a rug, cane in hand, and hat on his head. There is a chair and a bureau atop which sits a fan behind him. He looks at the camera. Allen served as the 21st governor of Kansas from 1919 to 1923. He later represented Kansas in the Senate.
Date:: [between 1919-1923]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Newton Diehl Baker, U.S. Secretary of War,United States, wearing a derby or bowler hat.
Date:: [circa 1918]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Two photographs of Winnie Ruth Judd, who was suspected of murdering Hedvig Samuelson and Agnes Anne LeRoi. On the left, she is seated on a bench beside her husband, Dr. W. C. Judd. On the right, she stands in front of a bush.
Date:: [1925-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Dr. Robert L. Kelly, executive officer of the American Association of Colleges, sits at his desk and holds a sheet of paper. His body is turned sideways from the desk and his legs are crossed. Another pair of crossed legs are partially in frame, showing how someone is sitting in front of Dr. Kelly and possibly interviewing or speaking with him. Reported with a similar photograph "expert here for college survey," and in "EDUCATION IN STATE PRAISED: High Schools Hold Tenth of Nation's Students Dr. Kelly Finds Great Trend Toward Colleges Entrance Requirements Get Word of Criticism," Los Angeles Times, 09 Mar. 1927: A1.
Date:: March 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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