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Wayland Avery compares J. H. Montgomery's model airplane designed like bird's wings and a model of a vulture, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
Wayland Avery looks at a model of a vulture, which rests just above J. H. Montgomery's model airplane fashioned after a similar bird with rigid wings. Both the model airplane and the vulture model are on wheels; both are placed on a track spanning the length of the room. Reported in "Plane to Have Bird-like Wing: Construction Started Here on New Discovery; Tryout With Pilot Planned Within Two Months; Model Used in Tests Rides Against Strong Wind," Los Angeles Times, 6 Jul. 1930: A1.
Date:
July, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Wayland Avery compares J. H. Montgomery's model airplane designed like bird's wings and a model of a vulture, Los Angeles, 1930

Robert Kenny, Fred Dapprich, and C. J. Ver Halen, judging the Los Angeles Times Amateur Snapshot Contest, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of (L to R): Superior Judge Robert Kenny, photographer Fred Dapprich, and C. J. Ver Halen, editor of American Cinematographer (publication of the American Society of Cinematographers). The men, who are seated and standing at a table covered with photographs, are judging the Los Angeles Times Amateur Snapshot Contest.
Date:
[circa August 25, 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Robert Kenny, Fred Dapprich, and C. J. Ver Halen, judging the Los Angeles Times Amateur Snapshot Contest, Los Angeles, 1935

Mrs. Leafie Sloan-Orcutt, Dr. J. W. Todd and Miss. Jeanie MacPherson, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Aunt Sunway's Dinner Party was a promotional contest sponsored by the Los Angeles times, in which contestants submit what they think is the best seating arrangement for Martha "Aunt" Sunway's eight dinner guests, based on information about her and her guests in a 31-page booklet. The prizes were worth a total of $12,000, and a model home designed by architects H. Roy Kelley, Edgar F. Bissantz, and Harold G. Spielman was awarded as First
Date:
Aug 6, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Mrs. Leafie Sloan-Orcutt, Dr. J. W. Todd and Miss. Jeanie MacPherson, Los Angeles, 1935

Car manufacturer Earle C. Anthony with sales manager Ralph E. Macduff and another man, Los Angeles, circa 1924

Description:
Earle C. Anthony (right) was an American businessman and philanthropist who worked in broadcasting and automobiles. He worked as the sole Californian distributor of Packard cars. The person identified as "Ralph" on the negative sleeve is probably Earle C. Anthony Co.'s general sales manager Ralph E. Macduff. The two were reported on in "Four-Month Car Output Mark Falls: Unprecedented Number of Autos Produced Keep Factory Busy," Los Angeles Times, 13 May, 1928: G5.
Date:
[between 1924-1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Car manufacturer Earle C. Anthony with sales manager Ralph E. Macduff and another man, Los Angeles, circa 1924

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

Auto show fire seen from across street, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Overhead view with a telephone pole centered in the frame. Spectators exit the exhibition tent as smoke overtakes the area. Spectators watch, lined up along a fence surrounding the exhibition pavilion, with cars on the street behind them. A long hose is on the street. 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
Auto show fire seen from across street, Los Angeles, 1929

Geologists Malcolm Bissell and Arthur Tieje discussing drought and desert, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
This photograph appears with the article “Geologists Picture Midwest as Sahara, New Desert Foreseen in Dust-Swept Area,” Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 1935: 2. The article states: The theory that another great American desert is in the process of formation in the drought-stricken, wind-swept section of the Midwest was advanced yesterday … Their prediction is based on the dry years experienced in the Midwest since 1930, the drought and intense heat of 1934, and the current dust storms which have swept over Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Texas, and Iowa. …
Date:
April 7, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Geologists Malcolm Bissell and Arthur Tieje discussing drought and desert, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1935