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Dr. Townsend advocates old age pension proposal to crowd at La Crescenta picnic, 1935

Description:
Similar to theimage of Dr. Townsend captioned: "Pension advocate addresses 20,000: Dr. Townsend, unperturbed by the plane crash which delayed his arrival at the La Crescenta picnic, addressed a crowd estimated at 20,000 on the old age pension plan which he originated." With the article "Dr. Townsend's Plane Crashes on Way to Picnic - Bowl Debater Heckled" Los Angeles Times 19 Aug. 1935.
Date:
August 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dr. Townsend advocates old age pension proposal to crowd at La Crescenta picnic, 1935

George Palmer Putnam, widower of Amelia Earhart

Description:
View of George Palmer Putnam standing in glasses, collared shirt, tie, jacket, with overcoat and umbrella in right hand. George Putnam, husband and widower of Amelia Earhart, and Hollywood publisher and writer, was named sole executor of his wife's estate when Earhart was declared legally dead seventeen months after her ill-fated trip.
Date:
[between 1938-1939?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
George Palmer Putnam, widower of Amelia Earhart

View of penstocks and generators on original bases during the reconstruction of the Bureau of Power and Light's Power House #2, San Francisquito Canyon, 1928

Description:
A dirt road stretches along the bottom edge of the image. Behind it, a large pit sinks into the ground at center. Piles of lumber (center) and metal beams (right) sit in front of it. Scaffolding is visible within the pit. To the far left, the power plant's penstocks sit and extend below the ground. To the right of the pit, the 2 generators sit atop their original bases. Beyond the pit, three small buildings stand in a row at the foot of the canyon wall. To the far right, a sawmill stands. The canyon wall stretches across the background. The water line of the St. Francis Dam disaster's flood waters is visible stretching across the canyon wall.
Date:
[circa May 14, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
View of penstocks and generators on original bases during the reconstruction of the Bureau of Power and Light's Power House #2, San Francisquito Canyon, 1928

Members of the Women's Breakfast Bridge Club at the home of Exa Browning Link, Santa Monica, 1935

Description:
Members of the Women's Breakfast Bridge Club at the home of Exa Browning Link. They surround a cart that is topped with settings for tea, including a samovar, tea cups, and saucers. Exa Browning Link holds a tiered plate and Virginia Reid (Lynne Carver) and Edna Marie Lavin Cobb each hold a cracker (or whatever type of food is on the plates.)
Date:
[circa September 27, 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Members of the Women's Breakfast Bridge Club at the home of Exa Browning Link, Santa Monica, 1935

Workers using tractors to clear flood debris after the flood resulting from the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
View of workers using tractors to clear flood debris, including dead trees and a ruined building, after the flood resulting from the failure of the Saint Francis Dam. The regularly spaced trees in the background appear to be a ruined orchard.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Workers using tractors to clear flood debris after the flood resulting from the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Relief station 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
Relief station after the Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933

Toddler Richard Burt was burnt after sticking a cartridge in the family car's socket, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
When baby Richard Burt was left alone in the car to play he found one of his father's .22 caliber cartridges in the side-pocket of the car and pushed the cartridge against the electrical contact points in the empty dash-light socket, which caused it to explode, but only injuring Richard's finger with some powder burns. The bullet from the shell had been melted.
Date:
July 22, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Toddler Richard Burt was burnt after sticking a cartridge in the family car's socket, Los Angeles, 1935

"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
Birdeseye view of the Long Beach float with Venus, Virginia Johnson, in a sunburst throne with her attendants, Joan Slaughter, Margaret Burley, Mary Lou Turner and Gladys McCleary, dressed in Grecian robes in pastel shades. A huge peacock heads the float, with a fountain in the center supporting 2 green cockatoos with orchid tails.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

President Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and mayor Frank Shaw in a car at Central Station, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of President Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and mayor Frank Shaw in the back seat of a convertible car at Central Station (Central Ave. and 5th St.) in front of the presidential train. Mrs. Roosevelt is holding a bouquet of roses and the automobile is surrounded by security men.
Date:
October 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
President Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and mayor Frank Shaw in a car at Central Station, Los Angeles, 1935

Mrs. Alpheus George Barnes Stonehouse, circa 1920-1925

Description:
Mrs. Alpheus George Barnes Stonehouse dressed in a long fur coat and hat and standing in front of a shop. The style of clothing determines the circa date of the photograph, indicating that this is probably Dolly Barlow Barnes, the first wife of circus owner known as Al Barnes. The couple divorced in 1922. The 2nd and 3rd wives were Sarah Jane Barnes and Margaret Goldsborough-Barnes.
Date:
[between 1920-1925]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Mrs. Alpheus George Barnes Stonehouse, circa 1920-1925

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date:
June 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Illustration of horse-drawn Banning & Co. stagecoach with passengers, 1935

Description:
Pictured: an illustration of a stagecoach full of men and women, being pulled by six horses on a cliffside dirt road. The passengers, sitting atop and inside the coach, are dressed in period clothing possibly from the late 19th or early 20th century. Signage on the coach reads, "Banning & Co., U.S. Mail, Wells Fargo & Co. Express." The illustration has margins, with a separate note paper attached to the bottom margin that reads, "Stage Coach, 10-12-35." White lines exist on the illustration, probably for cropping. It may indicate a proposed edit. An illegible artist signature and the date 1895 are in the lower right corner of the image.
Date:
October 12, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Illustration of horse-drawn Banning & Co. stagecoach with passengers, 1935