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Actor Eddie Borden actress Midgie Miller and another actor in costume on a set, Los Angeles, circa 1920s

Description:
Actor Eddie Borden with a cigar in his mouth during a skit, between one man and a couple; the woman is probably Midgie Miller. One man is holding a bank document of some kind. Behind them is a black cloth that may have been used for a photography session. They are standing around a table, with an open cardboard box that has small metal disks coming out of it and laid out on the table. The small circular items appear to be small metal tins, with the words Seaboard National Bank printed on the bottom.
Date:
[between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Actor Eddie Borden actress Midgie Miller and another actor in costume on a set, Los Angeles, circa 1920s

Actor Eddie Borden, actress Midgie Miller and another actor pose in costume, Los Angeles, circa 1920s

Description:
Actor Eddie Borden standing on the left with both hands on his jacket and a cigar in his mouth. On the right is Midgie Miller and not her actor posing as a couple holding their hands by their chests, looking off into the distance. They are standing in front of a black cloth that may have been used for a photography session.
Date:
[between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Actor Eddie Borden, actress Midgie Miller and another actor pose in costume, Los Angeles, circa 1920s

Actor-playwright Frank Bacon, circa 1922

Description:
Signed portrait photograph of Frank Bacon. Bacon was an American character actor and playwright who after years of relative obscurity achieved great success as he entered the twilight of his career. The 1918 play Lightnin', which Bacon co-wrote and starred in, set a Broadway record for the day of 1,291 performances and was still going strong on tour after more than 700 shows when Bacon was forced to bow out due to fatigue. His death from a heart attack followed a week later.
Date:
[circa 1922]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Actor-playwright Frank Bacon, circa 1922

Actors dressed as North American Indians for Mission Play, San Gabriel, 1927

Description:
Reported in "Opening of Mission Play at San Gabriel Brilliant Affair: NEW FEATURES PROVE DELIGHT Cast of Historical Pageant Greatly Enlarged Addresses Made from Stage by Principal Figures Thanks Extended McGroartys for Contributions Throng Seeking Admission to Historical Play. Schallert, Edwin," Los Angeles Times, 06 Mar. 1927: 3.
Date:
March 5, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Actors dressed as North American Indians for Mission Play, San Gabriel, 1927

Actress Anna Q. Nilsson greets explorer Roald Amundsen with an ice pole, Union Station, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Swedish actress Anna Q. Nilsson greets the Roald Amudsen at the train station and presents him with a miniature white "frosted" pole to represent the North and South poles. A similar photo appears with article "Amundsen Guest of City: South Pole Discoverer Arrives to Lecture Tonight; Describes Coming Polar Flight Plans," Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 1926.
Date:
February 3, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Actress Anna Q. Nilsson greets explorer Roald Amundsen with an ice pole, Union Station, Los Angeles, 1926

Actress Anna Q. Nilsson presents explorer Roald Amundsen with an ice pole, Union Station, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Sweedish actress Anna Q. Nilsson greets Roald Amudsen at the train station and presents him with a miniature white pole of ice to represent the North and South poles. A small crowd surrounds the two. A similar photo appears with article "Amundsen Guest of City: South Pole Discoverer Arrives to Lecture Tonight; Describes Coming Polar Flight Plans," Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 1926.
Date:
February 3, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Actress Anna Q. Nilsson presents explorer Roald Amundsen with an ice pole, Union Station, Los Angeles, 1926

Actress Betty Compson meets with Councilmembers Charles A. Holland, Ernest L. Webster, and Charles H. Randall, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Actress Betty Compson meets with City Council members Charles A. Holland, Ernest L. Webster, and Charles H. Randa of the City Planning Committee. Betty Compson filed an appeal after her twice rejected application to build a residential apartment hotel between Curson avenue and Nichols Canyon Road in Hollywood. Photo appears with the article "ACTRESS HAS COUNCIL TILT: Betty Compson's Plea for Hotel Zone in Hollywood Brings About Spirited Hearing," Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 1929: A3.
Date:
October 28, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Actress Betty Compson meets with Councilmembers Charles A. Holland, Ernest L. Webster, and Charles H. Randall, Los Angeles, 1929

Actress Helene Chadwick and air pilot J. E. Zapp in a plane, Los Angeles, 1923

Description:
Actress Helene Chadwick, in the backseat of a two person plane with the air pilot J. E. Zapp in the front seat. The plane is the property of the Los Angeles Times. She is wearing an aviator's helmet and goggles. Her arms are raised and she is holding tickets in one of her hands. This photograph may be related to the article, "Enter Exposition Free: "Times" Plane Carrying Helene Chadwick to Distribute Tickets Over Venice and Ocean Park See Exhibit as Guests of "The Times," Los Angeles Times, 14 Jul. 1923: II1.
Date:
July 13, 1923
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Actress Helene Chadwick and air pilot J. E. Zapp in a plane, Los Angeles, 1923

Actress Helene Chadwick seated in a plane, Los Angeles, 1923

Description:
Actress Helene Chadwick seated in the back seat of a two person plane that is property of the Los Angeles Times. She is wearing an aviator's helmet and goggles. Her arms are raised and she is holding tickets in each of her hands. Photo appears with the article, "Enter Exposition Free: "Times" Plane Carrying Helene Chadwick to Distribute Tickets Over Venice and Ocean Park See Exhibit as Guests of "The Times," Los Angeles Times, 14 Jul. 1923: II1.
Date:
July 13, 1923
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Actress Helene Chadwick seated in a plane, Los Angeles, 1923

Actress Nellie Bayles (aka Bonita Darling), Los Angeles, 1924 (copy print)

Description:
Studio portrait photograph (circa 1915) of Nellie Bayles, with the photographer identification "Hoffman / A [in a circle] S B." The photo appears with article "'Bad Man' and Officer Slain: Battle Fought on Ranch of Actress Near Saugus, She Calls Help as Gunman's Love is Spurned, Constable and Aide Are Met by Hail of Bullets," Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 1924: A1.
Date:
September 15, 1924
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoffman Photo Service
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Actress Nellie Bayles (aka Bonita Darling), Los Angeles, 1924 (copy print)

Addison B. Day, chairman of the Community Chest Campaign, Los Angeles, 1931-1932

Description:
Addison B. Day, chairman of the Community Chest Campaign, stands and pointd to a sign that reads, "Over the top," referring to the success of the campaign. Reported in "CHEST FUND OVER TOP IN FIVE CITIES: Results Elsewhere Add Enthusiasm for Local Campaign of Relief," Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 1931: A5 and in "CHEST REPORTS DUE TODAY: Team Leaders Near Half-way Goal, With More Employee Groups 'Over Top'," Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov 1932: A1. Day was also the president of Los Angeles Gas and Electric.
Date:
[1931-1932]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Addison B. Day, chairman of the Community Chest Campaign, Los Angeles, 1931-1932

Admiral William B. Caperton, Los Angeles, 1916

Description:
U.S. Navy Admiral William B. Caperton who served as commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet from 1916 to 1919. Photo appears with the article, "Pacific Fleet Admiral Here: "Emperor Bill" Caperton to Meet Wife; Long Parted; After Two Years of Keeping Lid on Central America; Sixteen Fighting Units are Likely to be Ours. Two-fisted Head of Western Navy," Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 1916: II1.
Date:
November 17, 1916
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Admiral William B. Caperton, Los Angeles, 1916

Admiral William V. Pratt arrives at train station, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Admiral William V. Pratt arrives at the train station from Washington to accompany the battle fleet for the war games in Panama. Photograph appears with the article "FLEET TO PAUSE HERE NEXT YEAR: Entire Naval Force Will Arrive in April, 1932 Visit to Be Climax of Great War Game in Pacific Admiral Pratt Describes Plans for Maneuvers," Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 1931: A1.
Date:
January 28, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Admiral William V. Pratt arrives at train station, Los Angeles, 1931

Adrianne Ayres, travel companion of "Hollywood Ponzi" J. K. Fronk, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Portrait photograph of Adrianne Ayres. A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "Woman Tells of Fronk Trip: Auto in Which "Ponzi" Fled Brought Back Here; Companion Says They Went to North of State; Asserted Parole Violator Still Unlocated," Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 1931: A5.
Date:
November 25, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Adrianne Ayres, travel companion of "Hollywood Ponzi" J. K. Fronk, Los Angeles, 1931

Adrianne Ayres, travel companion of "Hollywood Ponzi" J. K. Fronk, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Portrait photograph of Adrianne Ayres. A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "Woman Tells of Fronk Trip: Auto in Which "Ponzi" Fled Brought Back Here; Companion Says They Went to North of State; Asserted Parole Violator Still Unlocated," Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 1931: A5.
Date:
November 25, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Adrianne Ayres, travel companion of "Hollywood Ponzi" J. K. Fronk, Los Angeles, 1931

Advertisement for Baker Iron Works featuring the Shrine Auditorium and the Chamber of Commerce building, Los Angeles, circa 1923

Description:
Baker Iron Works advertisementdesigned to look like an architectural plan. The upper half of the ad features a drawing of the exterior of the Shrine Auditorium with three travelers on camels flanking the building. The center of the ad is hand-written text. On the left a banner surrounds the words "Supplied by Baker Iron Works Established 1872. - Structural Steel - Elevators - Riveted Pipe - Plate and Tank Work. North Broadway Los Angeles." To the right is more text that reads "Elevators for Shrine Auditorium and Structural Steel for Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Building -- Each the largest building of its class in the west." There is a small inscription written vertically that reads 7 1/4 inches, measuring the height of the ad in total. The bottom half of the ad features a photograph of the structural steel skeleton of the the Chamber of Commerce building under construction.
Date:
[between 1923-1924]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Advertisement for Baker Iron Works featuring the Shrine Auditorium and the Chamber of Commerce building, Los Angeles, circa 1923

Aerial view after an earthquake, Calexico and Mexicali, 1927

Description:
Photo published with the article, "LIGHT LOSS BY QUAKES: Calexico Damage is Small No Injuries Reported in Series of Temblors at Mexican Border Other Towns Feel Shocks but Suffer Little; Mexicali's Adobes Crumble Airplane Survey of Calexico and Environs Shows Slight Camage Done by Earth Shocks QUAKE DAMAGE IS SLIGHT Imperial Valley Startled by Series of Shocks That Halls New Year Merrymaking, " Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 1927: 1.
Date:
January 1, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Gates, A.C.
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Aerial view after an earthquake, Calexico and Mexicali, 1927

Aerial view of an auto show after a fire, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Aerial view of the corner of Hill and Washington. Crowds of spectators flee from exhibition grounds where the auto show had been held. A sign reading "Show" is all that is left of the tent. The exhibition grounds are otherwise smoky and visibility is low. Reported on in "Fire Sweeps Auto Show; Loss Totals $1,250,000: Spectators Escape Without Panic; Spark Makes Fiery Furnace of Cars Housed in Four Tents," Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 1929: 1.
Date:
March 5, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Aerial view of an auto show after a fire, Los Angeles, 1929

Aerial view of an auto show fire, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
In the lower half of the image, a crowd of spectators watches the exhibition tent opening crumble in the fire. Only the scaffolding of the tent remains along with the signs reading "Auto" and "Show." A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "Panoramic View of Auto Show Grounds Taken During $1,250,000 Fire," Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 1929: 15.
Date:
March 5, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Aerial view of an auto show fire, Los Angeles, 1929

Aerial view of flooded crops in the valley after the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam, Sant Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Aerial view of flooded crops in the valley after the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam, Sant Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Aerial view of flooding after the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
Aerial view of the Santa Clara River Valley with planted plots of land and a road in the foreground and the river beyond. The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Aerial view of flooding after the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928