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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

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. Several men are seen standing around the pit at the surface. One police officer holds an empty bucket while two men are viewed inside the pit with Darling. 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

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.)

Senator Joseph Pedrotti, Assemblymen George W. Rochester and Clare Woolwine, and Sen. P.J. Gray, California, circa 1929

Description:
Three men are standing while one is seated, reading a document. From right to left: Senator Joseph Pedrotti, George W. Rochester, Clare Woolwine, seated, Senator P.J. Gray. They were part of the legislative committee responsible for selecting a site for a state prison in Southern California. Initial tours were conducted in August 1929.
Date:
[circa 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Senator Joseph Pedrotti, Assemblymen George W. Rochester and Clare Woolwine, and Sen. P.J. Gray, California, circa 1929

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

Portrait of the early California governor Juan Bautista Alvarado, circa 1837

Description:
Juan Bautista Alvarado was a California politician who served as the Governor of Alta California from 1837 to 1842, prior to California's statehood. Alta California was originally a Spanish territory which became a Mexican territory in 1822. It included the modern U.S. states of California, Nevada, and Utah, along with parts of Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. Alvarado led a movement for Alta Californian independence in 1837, which was ultimately abandoned upon making peace with Mexico that same year.
Date:
[between 1837-1842]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Portrait of the early California governor Juan Bautista Alvarado, circa 1837

Portrait of John R. Quinn, California, circa 1923

Description:
Portrait of John R. Quinn, National Commander of the American Legion; he smirks while looking at the camera. A similar photograph apears in "LEGION LEADER ALL WESTERNER: Bread of Vision as He is Typical of Plains; "Old Man Quinn's Sen John" Will Stick to Him; Leader in School, College-and Among Cowboys," Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 1923: II8.
Date:
[circa 1923]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Portrait of John R. Quinn, California, circa 1923

M. D. Martin, proprietor of the National Forest Inn, observes damage following a fire, California, 1932

Description:
This photograph appears in the article, "Flames Spread Ruin and Menace Highway Travel. Ridge Route Fire Spreads. Blaze which Destroys Forest Inn and Dozen Cabins Leaps to Highways and Perils Travels." Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 1932: A1. A second image of the smoke reaching the highway appears above it.
Date:
October 14, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
M. D. Martin, proprietor of the National Forest Inn, observes damage following a fire, California, 1932

Jessie Moeur Hamilton and Bee Huhn Wofford pose with a horse, [California?], 1935

Description:
From left to right, Jessie Moeur Hamilton and Bee Huhn Wofford pose with a horse. The 2 women stand to either side of the horse and both are dressed in cowgirl attire. They smile to camera as they raise their hats above them. At center, the horse's face is framed by each of the women's arms. Their arms hold onto a rein hanging down from the horse's bridle. The group appears to stand in an empty lot or pen. A fence stretches across the back edge of the lot behind them at right and a ranch shed stands in the background at left.
Date:
October 16, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Jessie Moeur Hamilton and Bee Huhn Wofford pose with a horse, [California?], 1935