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Former boxer, Fidel La Barba, becomes sportswriter, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Fidel La Barba, smiles directly at the camera while sitting at a desk with a typewriter and documents. He wears glasses, a tie, and sport jacket. Behind him is a window with the blinds closed. La Barba was a former championship fighter, who upon retirement, attended Stanford and received journalism degree. He became a sportswriter and eventually became a boxing advisor for Hollywood films. He wrote the related article and describes the grim reality of being a boxer.
Date:
October 10, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Former boxer, Fidel La Barba, becomes sportswriter, Los Angeles, 1935

Model Priscilla Lawson in satin and fur negligee, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Priscilla Lawson, in long satin robe with train, self-fabric belt, and fur trim at sleeves, collar, and hood. The location of this photograph may be the roof terrace of the Los Angeles Times Building. The fashion show took place in the Los Angeles Times building (competed in 1935 and located at 202 West 1st Street) most likely inside what is now the Harry Chandler Auditorium.
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Model Priscilla Lawson in satin and fur negligee, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Old Los Angeles Times Building being prepared for demolition, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
View from Broadway facing southwest towards First St. The old Los Angeles Times building and the adjacent building on the same block are being prepared for the May 1938 demolition. There is scaffolding around the base of both buildings. A sign on the adjacent building reads: "Being Wrecked by LA Wrecking Co. Inc., 810 E. 9th ... VA5135." A man on the 3rd floor of the adjacent building is handing wooden beams to a man on top of the scaffolding, who hands them to a man on the flatbed of a truck parked next to the scaffolding. A painted sign on the Times building reads: "Los Angeles Times, Largest Home Delivered Circulation on the Pacific Coast." The clock tower with its neon "Times" sign is visible above the roof line of the adjacent building. Old signs on the adjacent build read: "Double Cola," and "Old Mis[sion]."
Date:
1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Old Los Angeles Times Building being prepared for demolition, Los Angeles, 1938

Old Los Angeles Times Building being prepared for demolition, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
View from First St. towards Broadway and the old Los Angeles Times Building as it was being prepared for the May 1938 demolition. There is scaffolding at the third story and the top level of the clock tower, and the clock has been removed. A sign on a commercial building across the street reads: "139 / ... Artistic / Hair Shaping / 50 / IN LOBBY / OF LAW BLDG. / Tel ..." A sign on a small trailer attached to a parked car reads: "20th CENTURY FOX / FILM CORPORATION."
Date:
!938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Old Los Angeles Times Building being prepared for demolition, Los Angeles, 1938

Betty Wang, Journalist, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Betty Wang (her Americanized name) was a Chinese journalist who graduated from Shanghai University, worked as a reporter for a daily Chinese newspaper before attending the University of Southern California as a graduate student in journalism in 1933-1934. While in Los Angeles she became a member of the Theta Sigma Phi national honorary and professional journalism sorority and worked as a technical expert on "The Good Earth" at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; she appears in Harry Carr's "Lancer" feature 3 times. In 1934 she became editor of the women's page editor of the China Press newspaper in Shanghai in 1934. Ms. Wang published 2 articles in the Los Angeles Times: Ms. Wang published 2 articles in the Los Angeles Times: "We China Dolls are Free!" 6/3/1934" and "Mass Marriage in Shanghai" 11/24/1935.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Betty Wang, Journalist, Los Angeles, 1934

Roland C. Casad sitting with engraved squash, circa 1935

Description:
View of Roland C. Casad in jacket and tie, sitting behind a table with a large squash on top, right hand holding knife and resting on top of squash. Words engraved into squash read: "YOU MAY NOT LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT A PERSON, EVEN SO ABOUT A NEWSPAPER, BUT IF YOU WANT TO READ A REAL NEWSPAPER, READ THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, ROLAND C CASAD."
Date:
[circa 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Roland C. Casad sitting with engraved squash, circa 1935

Women dressed as bridal party, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, March 8, 1936, "Seeing Styles From Times Revue, With Sylva Weaver, Fashion Reporter," with caption: Jane Hamilton was one of the brides in the Times fashion show. Her wedding outfit was designed by Bernard Newman. Left to right are Mrs. F. Ernest Potts, Jr., Peggy Terry, Miss Hamilton, Mrs. Harry D. Parkin, Jr., and Eleanor Dabney.
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Women dressed as bridal party, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Reward poster for Maude Moore and Martin Hunter, Knoxville, Tenn., 1920

Description:
Text reads, in part: $500 Reward. Knoxville, Tenn., August 4, 1920. A reward of $500 has been offered for the arrest of MAUDE MOORE, formerly of Knoxville, Tenn., now under indictment in the criminal court of Knox County, Tenn., charged with murder in the first degree, for killing LeRoy D. Harth, a Knoxville automobile dealer, September 8th, 1919, on a highway in said County, for the alleged purpose of robbery, the killing occurring in the night time. ... In connection with the same crime, one Martin Hunter was also indicted as an accessory after the fact. ... a reward of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for the arrest of said Martin Hunter. ... Ed. M. Haynes, Chief of Police, Knoxville, Tennessee
Date:
1920
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Reward poster for Maude Moore and Martin Hunter, Knoxville, Tenn., 1920

Betty Wang, Journalist, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Betty Wang (her Americanized name) was a Chinese journalist who graduated from Shanghai University, worked as a reporter for a daily Chinese newspaper before attending the University of Southern California as a graduate student in journalism in 1933-1934. While in Los Angeles she became a member of the Theta Sigma Phi national honorary and professional journalism sorority and worked as a technical expert on "The Good Earth" at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; she appears in Harry Carr's "Lancer" feature 3 times. In 1934 she became editor of the women's page editor of the China Press newspaper in Shanghai in 1934. Ms. Wang published 2 articles in the Los Angeles Times: Ms. Wang published 2 articles in the Los Angeles Times: "We China Dolls are Free!" 6/3/1934" and "Mass Marriage in Shanghai" 11/24/1935.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Betty Wang, Journalist, Los Angeles, 1934

Fred W. Hatch holding newspaper, 1935

Description:
View of Fred W. Hatch holding the September 5, 1935 print of the Antelope Valley Ledger Gazette. Fred represented the Meyer-Both Company, affiliated with the Western Newspaper Union, which supplied the weeklies with news and advertising as reported in the Los Angeles Times, September 13, 1935.
Date:
September 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Fred W. Hatch holding newspaper, 1935

Model seated in dressing room, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Woman in dress and striped scarf, seated at dressing table applying lipstick, holding hand mirror, with wall mirror, lamp, and hanging dresses in background. The fachion show took place in the Los Angeles Times building on 202 West 1st Street, most likely inside what is now the Harry Chandler Auditorium.
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Model seated in dressing room, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Model Jeannette Warren in chiffon gown and fur wrap, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Jeannette Warren in light-colored chiffon gown and fur wrap. The location may be the roof terrace of the newly completed Los Angeles Times Building. The fashion show took place in the Los Angeles Times Building on 202 West 1st Street, most likely inside what is now the Harry Chandler Auditorium.
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Model Jeannette Warren in chiffon gown and fur wrap, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Los Angeles Trust and Saving Bank, Huntington Park Branch, after robbery, Huntington Park, 1921

Description:
Exterior view of Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank, Huntington Park Branch, 2-story brick building at corner of Clarendon Avenue and Pacific Boulevard, with crowd of about 25 people on sidewalk and near curb, with 2 men on bicycles at right, boy on bicycle reading newspaper and boy holding stack of newspapers at left. Signs read: Huntington Park Branch, Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank, Los Angeles, Cal., Capital and Reserve; Clarendon Ave. (on lamppost); S. Pacific Bl. (on curb); Viola J. Miller, School of Dressmaking, Gowns; Schulkinds Building; Chiropractors, Holmes & Holmes; Bluemle & Gibson, Hardware, Rugs, Furniture.
Date:
1921
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Los Angeles Trust and Saving Bank, Huntington Park Branch, after robbery, Huntington Park, 1921

Roy W. Howard, Scripps-Howard newspapers editor and publisher [rephotographed]

Description:
Roy W. Howard in jacket and tie. Roy Howard was a journalist, editor, and eventually became co-director of Scripps-Howard newspapers. He wrote a letter to President Roosevelt on August 26, 1935, asking the President to clarify certain aspects of New Deal policies. This letter was published in the Los Angeles Times on September 7, 1935.
Date:
[between 1920-1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Roy W. Howard, Scripps-Howard newspapers editor and publisher [rephotographed]