Genre: news photographs and cellulose nitrate film / Location: California, Southern - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Miners working on the Colorado River Aqueduct, Southern California, between 1933 and 1935

Description:: Construction for the Colorado River Aqueduct began in 1933 and ended in 1935, overseen by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Water first flowed through the completed aqueduct in 1939.
Date:: [between 1933 and 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Theodore Roosevelt School heavily damaged by an earthquake, Long Beach, 1933

Description:: Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt School with earthquake damage visible in the 2nd story of the projecting centerpiece, with the rubble in a heap on the ground in front of the arched double doorway.
Date:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Building damaged by the Long Beach earthquake undergoing demolition, 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

Buildings damaged and destroyed 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

Runaway Beulah Sizemore sleeps, Southern California, 1935

Description:: At center, runaway Beulah Sizemore sleeps. She lies face down in a bed. To the right of her, another unidentified child sleeps.
Date:: [circa August - September, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Runaway John Sizemore, Jr. sleeps, Southern California, 1935

Description:: At center, runaway John Sizemore, Jr. sleeps. He is viewed close-up as he lies, face-up, in a bed. To the left of him, another unidentified child sleeps.
Date:: [circa August - September, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Professional golfer Willie Hunter, 1927

Description:: Scottish golfer Willie Hunter takes a swing during a golf tournament.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Twenty-mule team at a desert loading station, Southern California, 1935 (copy photo), originally 1870s?

Description:: This photograph appears in "What Became of the 20-Mule Freighters?" Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct 1935: H16.
Date:: [circa October 13, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Professional golfer Willie Hunter, 1927

Description:: Portrait of Scottish golfer Willie Hunter.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Scenic view of desert rocks, Southern California, 1930s

Description:: A scenic shot taken in the desert of jutting rocks surrounded by greenery.
Date:: [between 1930-1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Decorated float carrying Catholic girls and priests, Calexico (?), 1939

Description:: Seven visible girls and two priests ride a float draped with light colored fabric, fabric swags and flowers, riding on a street with parade onlookers.
Date:: circa March 1, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Major Eldo A. Peterman and Captain George C. Sherwood, California, circa 1935

Description:: At left, Major Eldo A. Peterman stands on the wing of an airplane. He stands with his back to camera and faces right. The Major also wears his flying uniform, including a parachute which hangs down his back. To the right of him, Captain George C. Sherwood sits in the cockpit of the same plane. He smiles as he looks towards Major Peterman. The plane is viewed close-up and from its side; it faces towards the left. Along the side of the plane, the number 4 is painted as is a silhouetted image of the California bear. The plane appears to sit within a hangar; the pilots' shadows cast onto a ceiling visible in the distance.
Date:: [between July-September 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Decorated float carrying members of the Mexican Association of Catholic Youth, Calexico (?), 1939

Description:: Possibly related to the dedication of the new church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Calexico. Reported in "Catholics set for dedication," Los Angeles Times, 26 March 1939: B14.
Date:: circa March 1, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Emily von Romberg with James Ross Clark II and Barbara Clark, Southern California, 1936

Description:: Seated at a table on a lawn are, from left, Emily von Romberg (later Tremaine) with James Ross Clark II and his wife Barbara Clark (formerly actress Barbara Fritchie). Three men in white jackets beneath umbrellas are visible in the background.
Date:: circa August 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Capt. George C. Sherwood and Maj. Eldo A. Peterman of the National Guard, Southern California, 1935

Description:: This photograph is likely related to the article, "Planes Fly to 'Battle'," Los Angeles Times, 9 Jul 1935: A1.
Date:: July 8, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Curb-side produce store in front of a 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

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

Edsel Ford with a group of boys during his vacation, Southern California, 1935

Description:: Edsel Ford with a group of boys during his vacation in Southern California.
Date:: August 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of the USS Louisville, a Navy heavy cruiser, Southern California, 1931-1939

Description:: An aerial view of the USS Louisville, a Navy Northampton-class heavy cruiser.
Date:: [between 1931-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Civic activist Louise Ward Watkins, 1934

Description:: Civic activist Louise Ward Watkins was president of the Friday Morning Club from 1931 to 1934. Watkins, a Progressive Conservative, was involved with numerous civic organizations, and in 1938 became the first woman to run for the U.S. Senate in California. However she also opposed women in higher education.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Eleanor Mae Rosetti waves farewell from a ship, Southern California, 1936

Description:: Eleanor Mae Rosetti, in a printed dress and black hat, waves with one gloved hand and holds a small bucket back in another. She appears to be on a ship.
Date:: June, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Damaged building seen from across a vacant lot after 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

Jack London speaks with Rex Smith as he leaves for Chicago, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Rex Smith, left, and Jack London, center, walk beside one another and appear to be in conversation. An unidentified man on the left stands behind a travel bag.
Date:: October 28, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Outdoor relief area for victims of 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

Commercial street with brick rubble on the ground after 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

Miss Helen Hill models skiing, Southern California, about 1939

Description:: This photograph appears in the photo spread, “ALL IN THE COURSE OF A WINTER DAY IN THE SOUTHLAND,” Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 1939: A19
Date:: [circa January, 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Buildings 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

Miners working on Colorado River Aqueduct, Southern California, between 1933 and 1935

Description:: Construction for the Colorado River Aqueduct began in 1933 and ended in 1935, overseen by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Water first flowed through the completed aqueduct in 1939.
Date:: [between 1933 and 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Decorated float carrying Catholic girls Calexico (?), 1939

Description:: Fifteen visible girls, wearing festive dresses, some with sashes with lettering, and one dressed as the Lady of Guadalupe (?), on a float on a float supported by a flatbed truck. the float is decorated with swags of sheer fabric, garlands of light-colored flowers and a flame mandorla behind the girl dressed as the Virgin.
Date:: circa March 1, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Boy poses while feeding ducks in their pen, Southern California, 1935

Description:: Appears with the article, "How to Feed Ducks," Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 1935: I24
Date:: [circa November, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

People lined up to receive aid after 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

Herbert Hoover greets crowd gathered at train, Southern California, ca. 1928

Description:: This photograph was likely taken during Herbert Hoover's campaign stop in Los Angeles before embarking on a trip to South America.
Date:: [circa 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Apartment 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

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:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Gun crew aboard the USS West Virginia battleship gathered on deck, 1924-1939

Description:: The gun crew aboard the U.S.S. West Virginia battleship gathered on deck.
Date:: [between 1924-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Building destroyed 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

Miners working on Colorado River Aqueduct, Southern California, between 1933 and 1935

Description:: Construction for the Colorado River Aqueduct began in 1933 and ended in 1935, overseen by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Water first flowed through the completed aqueduct in 1939.
Date:: [between 1933 and 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Two men wearing badges examining a cache of jewelry after the Long Beach earthquake (?), Southern California, 1933

Description:: Photograph of 2 men wearing badges (policemen of detectives?) crouched next to a large box (?) containing jewelry as they hold jewelry items in their hands. The negative sleeve annotation suggests this is somehow related to the Long Beach earthquake.
Date:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Roadside reconstruction following 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:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Automobiles on a road with wide cracks after the Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933

Description:: View from the back of a long line of automobiles on a road wide cracks in it after the Long Beach earthquake
Date:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Professional golfer Willie Hunter, 1927

Description:: Willie Hunter teeing off at a golf tournament.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Two twenty-mule teams in the desert, Southern California, 1935 (copy photo), originally 1870s?

Description:: Mule teams would carry freight through the deserts to Los Angeles before the railroads went there. Remi Nadeau originated the 20 mule team until the railroads were built.
Date:: [circa October 13, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Building and power lines along train track damaged by Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933

Description:: View of a wooden building leaning far to one side and workmen on power poles repairing power lines next to a railroad track after the Long Beach earthquake. A wood post fence runs parallel to the track, a railroad car is on the left and a truck and automobile are on the right.
Date:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Willys" automotive business heavily damaged by the Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933

Description:: Photograph of a commercial building on a street corner housing "Willys" automotive business heavily damaged by the Long Beach earthquake. The roof is caved in and the ground is covered in brick rubble. Signs read "Willys," and "Genuine Nash Parts."
Date:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Crowd gathered to greet Herbert Hoover, Southern California, ca. 1928

Description:: Text from negative sleeve: Hoover, Herbert X 3x
Date:: [circa 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Secretary of Commerce Dan C. Roper, Southern California, 1933

Description:: Dan C. Roper (center), Secretary of Commerce, delivers a speech to a crowd.
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Port side view of the USS Chicago, a US Navy heavy cruiser, Southern California, 1931-1939

Description:: The port side view of the USS Chicago, a US Navy heavy cruiser, which joined the Pacific Fleet in 1931.
Date:: [between 1931-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Civic activist Louise Ward Watkins seated next to an unidentified man, Southern California, 1934

Description:: Civic activist Mrs. Louise Ward Watkins, president of the Friday Morning Club, seated at a banquet next to unidentified man. Her wine glass is filed with a white liquid (milk?).
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

View of earthquake-damaged institutional or commercial building after the Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933

Description:: View of a building facade with broken windows and building rubble beneath the central doorway, with 2 men looking up toward a mattress jutting out from a 2nd floor window.
Date:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Grocery store with brick rubble on street in front after the Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933

Description:: Negative is damaged.
Date:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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