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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 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

Armless pilot Josephine Callaghan standing in front biplane at Dycer airport, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Armless pilot Josephine Callaghan standing in front bi-plane at Dycer airport. On her plane is a painted sign reading "Dycer Airport Los Angeles Calif." Photo appears with the article, "Fall Kills Armless Pilot: Josephine Callaghan, Flying to Washington to Plead for License, Plunges in Texas," Los Angeles Times, 28 September 1929: A3.
Date:
April 16, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Armless pilot Josephine Callaghan standing in front biplane at Dycer airport, Los Angeles, 1929

Bank employee and open vault at Belvedere State Bank, Belvedere Heights (Los Angeles), 1931

Description:
Employee standing in front of a deak with an open bank vault behind her in the Belvedere State Bank in East Los Angeles. At the top of the bank vault a sing reads "Belvedere State Bank." This photograph may be related to the article, "Police Trail Bank Bandits: Belvedere Robbers Sighted Near Pasadena; Gang Gets $20,000; Member Shot by Bystander," Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 1923: II1.
Date:
1923
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Bank employee and open vault at Belvedere State Bank, Belvedere Heights (Los Angeles), 1931

Baseball pitcher Satchel Paige in a baseball field ready to pitch, Los Angeles, circa 1933

Description:
Famed baseball pitcher Satchel Paige with his arms raised about to pitch. A sign on the fence in the background reads: "New, Clean Grade-Marked Lumber, $1800 per 1000 ft., Owens-parks Lumber Co., 2100 E. 38th St., 5 blocks East" which is a Los Angeles address. The location may be Thomas Jefferson High School at Hopner and 41st St.
Date:
[circa 1933]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Baseball pitcher Satchel Paige in a baseball field ready to pitch, Los Angeles, circa 1933