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Outside kidnap victim Zeke Caress's Hollywood Hills residence, Los Angeles, circa 1931

Description:
The reporters and investigative journalists (19 men and 7 women) stand outside Zeke’s residence. Skid marks from the kidnappers’ car is shown. Zeke’s residence was Hollywood Hills, 2230 Hollyridge Drive, Los Angeles, CA. Zeke (E. L., Ezekiel Logan) Caress, his wife Helen Caress and their chauffeur were kidnapped from their Hollywood Hills home on December 20, 1930. They were held in a house near El Sereno, and freed after their abductors were captured by on their way cash the ransom checks.
Date:
[circa 1931]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Outside kidnap victim Zeke Caress's Hollywood Hills residence, Los Angeles, circa 1931

Baskerville Bible, featured at the Rare Book Exhibition at Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of the title page of the Baskerville Bible. In English, it reads, “The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revifed, By His Majesty’s Special Command, Appointed to be Read in Churches. Cambridge, Printed by John Baskerville, Printer to the University, M DCC LXIII. Cum Privilegio.”
Date:
July 9, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Baskerville Bible, featured at the Rare Book Exhibition at Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, 1935

Western Air Express biplane on display at an auto show, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
View of a biplane in an exhibition hall. Tassels and fringe hang from the ceiling. To the upper left of the plane hangs a sign reading "Western Air Express." There are two signs on the plane itself: one on the lower left wing, reading "Souvenir California Booster Letter, Ready for Air Mail East - 10 ¢", and another on the engine body reading "Airplane Trips 2 Free." Reported in "Fourteenth Annual Automobile Show Closes Tomorrow After Record Attendance: Air Mail Campaign Success is Recognized," Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 1927: 6.
Date:
[between February 26, 1927-March 6th, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Western Air Express biplane on display at an auto show, Los Angeles, 1927

Zensaku Azuma in the cockpit of the plane he would fly from the United States to Tokyo, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
Pilot Zensaku Azuma in the cockpit of his plane on which is painted "City of Tokyo / U.S.A. To Japan" and an inscription in Japanese. Azuma flew from Los Angeles to New York. He then had his plane shipped to London, from which he flew to Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Siberia, and then on to Korea and Japan. A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "Dream Built on Chop Suey: Japanese Restaurant Man Ready to Fly Home as Climax to Years of Planning," Los Angeles Times, 4 Jun. 1930: A2.
Date:
June 15, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Zensaku Azuma in the cockpit of the plane he would fly from the United States to Tokyo, Los Angeles, 1930