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Gordon S. Northcott in Los Angeles, Riverside or San Quentin, 1928-1930

Description:
Gordon Stewart Northcott and his mother Louisa were accused of kidnapping, abusing & murdering 4 boys on their chicken ranch in Riverside County. Louisa confessed to killing one boy; Walter Collins and was sentenced to life in prison. Gordon was tried and convicted on 3 counts for murdering Louis & Nelson Winslow & an unidentified Latino boy. He was executed by hanging on October 2, 1930.
Date:
1928-1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Gordon S. Northcott in Los Angeles, Riverside or San Quentin, 1928-1930

Postmaster-General Farley, Senator McAdoo, and others, possibly at Warner Brothers' Studios, California, 1934

Description:
Men gather around for a photo during the visit of Postmaster-General James A. Farley, possibly at a Warner Brothers' Studio sound stage (based on mid-day shadows and scheduled luncheon program at the studios that day) on July 19, 1934. Farley stands in the center shaking a man's hand and holding papers. Some men wear a "Reception" ribbon.
Date:
July 19, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Postmaster-General Farley, Senator McAdoo, and others, possibly at Warner Brothers' Studios, California, 1934

Alberti Corral, Adriana Galvez, and William Gill rehearsing for Mexican independence commemoration festival, 1935

Description:
View of Alberti Corral, left, standing in hat, collared blouse, pants, holding guitar, Adriana Galvez, middle, standing in hat, dress, shawl, holding castanets, William Gill, right, standing in hat, embellished jacket and pants. To celebrate the 125th anniversary of Hidalgo proclaiming the freedom of Mexico, the Mexicans of Los Angeles partook in two days of planned balls, barbeques, and parades.
Date:
September 14, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Alberti Corral, Adriana Galvez, and William Gill rehearsing for Mexican independence commemoration festival, 1935

Diana Gibson, Billy Burrud, and Marion Bell sign film contracts, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Smiling, and seated from left to right are: Diana Gibson, Billy Burrud, and Marion Bell. In the photograph, the three actors are presumably signing film contracts with Universal Pictures. The article, "Youngster Gets Role, Contract" only references Burrud in recent contract dealings with Universal. This image was not included with the article.
Date:
October 17, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Diana Gibson, Billy Burrud, and Marion Bell sign film contracts, Los Angeles, 1935

Byron Summers, competitive open water swimmer, California, circa 1927

Description:
Byron Summers was a competitive open water swimmer. His period of greatest competitive activity was 1927. He competed in the Wrigley Ocean Marathon Swim from Isthmus Cove on Catalina Island to San Pedro on the Southern California mainland on 15 January 1927, but did not finish. He completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel (CM) on 24 April 1927 in 13 hours 35 minutes. He completed a 45.9 km circumnavigation around Manhattan Island on 18 September 1927 in 8 hours 56 minutes at the age of 25. And he attempted a 90-mile swim down the Sacramento River in northern California in August 1935. He was born in Minnesota, and raised in Alameda, California.
Date:
1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Byron Summers, competitive open water swimmer, California, circa 1927

St. George Hotel in Volcano, and hydraullic mining in Yuba County (?), 1936 (copy neg.)

Description:
Bottom: Hydraulic mining Yuba county? Work, which washed away eight times as much soil as was excavatted in building Panama Canal, not permitted only behind Retention dams, which prevent silt andn other detruits from clogging streams. Reservoirs delivered water to nozzles at pressure of 350 pounds.
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
St. George Hotel in Volcano, and hydraullic mining in Yuba County (?), 1936 (copy neg.)

Workers retrieving Calvin Darling from a caved-in pit, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of workers retrieving Calvin Darling from a pit that caved in on him. Two men are seen standing at opposite sides of the pit, with Darling seen at center. Two signs from the gasoline service station provide a buttress against loose earth surrounding the pit. One sign reads: "Vales Ground 75 [cents] per cyl." Darling was working on completion of a storage tank pit at the service station when the incident occurred.
Date:
August 23, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Workers retrieving Calvin Darling from a caved-in pit, Los Angeles, 1935