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Two men sign documents with a group of men behind them, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:
Two men seated at a desk sign papers while a group of men stands behind them, including John G. Bullock, 5th from the right. On the wall is what appears to be a water map of California and Colorado. This picture may have been taken during the beginning stages of the Colorado River Aqueduct that was approved in 1931.
Date:
[between 1930-1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Two men sign documents with a group of men behind them, Los Angeles, 1930s

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)

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

Daniel in the lion's den, 17th century engraving (photographed between 1920-1939)

Description:
The artist who created the design is Bernard Picart, a French draughtsman, engraver and book illustrator in Amsterdam, and the artist who created the engraving is Matthys Pool, a Dutch draftsman and printmaker, a Dutch printmaker. The print contains titles of the subject in 6 languages: Hebrew, English, German, Latin French and Dutch. The biblical verse is identified on the print as Daniel VI:17.
Date:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Daniel in the lion's den, 17th century engraving (photographed between 1920-1939)

Moses explains promulgates the Law, 17th century engraving (photographed between 1920-1939)

Description:
The artist who created the design is Gerard Hoet, a Dutch painter and draftsman, and the artist who created the engraving is Jan van Vianen, a Dutch draftsman and copper engraver. The print contains titles of the subject in 6 languages: Hebrew, English, German, Latin French and Dutch. The biblical verse is identified on the print as Deuteronomy V: 1-22
Date:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Moses explains promulgates the Law, 17th century engraving (photographed between 1920-1939)

An angel leads Lot out of Sodom & destroys the city, 17th century engraving (photographed between 1920-1939)

Description:
The artist who created the design is Gerard Hoet, a Dutch painter and draftsman, and the artist who created the engraving is Gillian van der Gouwen, a South Netherlandish engraver. The print contains titles of the subject in 6 languages: Hebrew, English, German, Latin French and Dutch. The biblical verse is identified on the print as Genesis XIX: 15-26.
Date:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
An angel leads Lot out of Sodom & destroys the city, 17th century engraving (photographed between 1920-1939)

And it rained upon the Earth forty days & forty nights, 17th century engraving (photographed between 1920-1939)

Description:
The artist who created the design is Gerard Hoet, a Dutch painter and draftsman, and the artist who created the engraving is Gillian van der Gouwen, a South Netherlandish engraver. The print contains titles of the subject in 6 languages: Hebrew, English, German, Latin French and Dutch. The biblical verse is identified on the print as Genesis VII: 12.
Date:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
And it rained upon the Earth forty days & forty nights, 17th century engraving (photographed between 1920-1939)

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

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

Casa Del Mexico cultural center (copy print), Boyle Heights (Los Angeles), 1920-1939

Description:
Copy photograph of the building when it was Euclid Heights Methodist Church, pinned on a wall. The building was completed as a church in 1904. It later served as a synagogue and then became the location of the Casa Del Mexico. Located at 2900 Calle Pedro Infante in the neighborhood of Boyle Heights.
Date:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Casa Del Mexico cultural center (copy print), Boyle Heights (Los Angeles), 1920-1939

F. W. Arlin on a flooded dirt road in the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena (vicinity), 1930-1939

Description:
"F. W. Arlin" on the negative sleeve annotation is probably Frank William Arlin (who ais also recorded as Frank William Arlin Fischer), a water engineer who worked at a pump plant and who lived in Pasadena in the 1930s. Numerous storms and floods affected the Arroyo Seco basin and surrounding communities in the 1920s and 1930s.
Date:
[between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
F. W. Arlin on a flooded dirt road in the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena (vicinity), 1930-1939

F. W. Arlin on a flooded dirt road in the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena (vicinity), 1930-1939

Description:
"F. W. Arlin" on the negative sleeve annotation is probably Frank William Arlin (who is also recorded as Frank William Arlin Fischer), a water engineer who worked at a pump plant and who lived in Pasadena in the 1930s. Numerous storms and floods affected the Arroyo Seco basin and surrounding communities in the 1920s and 1930s.
Date:
[between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
F. W. Arlin on a flooded dirt road in the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena (vicinity), 1930-1939

Christ strengthened by an angel, 17th century engraving (photographed between 1920-1939)

Description:
The artist who created the design is Bernard Picart, a French draughtsman, engraver and book illustrator in Amsterdam, and the artist who created the print is identified as "Bernards." The print contains titles of the subject in 6 languages: Greek, English, German, Latin, French and Dutch. The biblical verse is identified on the print as Luke XXII:43.
Date:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Christ strengthened by an angel, 17th century engraving (photographed between 1920-1939)

Supper of our Lord Jesus Christ, 17th century engraving (photographed between 1920-1939)

Description:
The artist who created the design is Bernard Picart, a French draughtsman, engraver and book illustrator in Amsterdam, and the artist who created the print is Abraham de Blois, a Dutch engraver. The print contains titles of the subject in 6 languages: Greek, English, German, Latin French and Dutch. The biblical verse is identified on the print as Matthew XXVI: 26.
Date:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Supper of our Lord Jesus Christ, 17th century engraving (photographed between 1920-1939)