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3/4 length portrait of Walburga Oesterreich, circa 1930

Description:
Handwriting on negative states "Mrs.Walburga Oesterreich" In 1922 Walburga Oesterreich’s husband Fred Oesterreich was shot and killed supposedly by a burglar in their Los Angeles, Calif. home. Eight years later after being arrested for another crime Otto Sanhuber confessed to police that he had killed Fred Oesterreich in party with Walburga. Sanhuber stated that he had lived in the attic of the Oesterreich’s home for years in order to carry on an affair with Walburga. In 1930 Sanhuber was put on trial and was convicted of manslaughter. Walburga Oesterreich was tried for murder and conspiracy but her jury ended in deadlock. She was never retried.
Date:
1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
3/4 length portrait of Walburga Oesterreich, circa 1930

A. B. Murchison testifies during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At center, A. B. Murchison sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. He sits facing towards the right and looks at a map unfolded in front of him. Two lawyers stand to the left of the witness box. Behind and to the right of Murchison, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and looks down towards the witness. In the foreground at right, a few lawyers sit at the counsel's table.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
A. B. Murchison testifies during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Accused murderers Libbie and Albert Olson with Ben Silverman, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
On October 8, 1932, Charles H. Scull was shot and killed. Libbie and Albert Olson were accused of murdering Scull over a potentially new will, which would remove the Olsons as primary beneficiaries. While originally found guilty, they appealed and a panel of judges determined the evidence presented was insufficient and ordered a new trial. In January 1933, the Olsons were acquitted.
Date:
December, 12, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Accused murderers Libbie and Albert Olson with Ben Silverman, Los Angeles, 1932

Actor Del Lawrence in an American Indian costume at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Stage and screen actor Del Lawrence (also known as Del Stone Lawrence, and Landen Stone Gans) is viewed from the back seated at a desk and reflected in a mirror. He is wearing a costume of an American Indian feather headdress. Lawrence was playing the character of "Wahnotee" (an "Indian Chief") in a revival of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon. It is likely that this photograph was taken at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Theatre Project.
Date:
April 21, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Actor Del Lawrence in an American Indian costume at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Actor James Guilfoyle and an unidentified actress at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Actor James Guilfoyle and an unidentified actress, both in blackface. Guilfoyle was appearing in a revival of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon. It is likely that this photograph was taken at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Theatre Project.
Date:
April 21, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Actor James Guilfoyle and an unidentified actress at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Actors dressed as North American Indians for Mission Play, San Gabriel, 1927

Description:
Reported in "Opening of Mission Play at San Gabriel Brilliant Affair: NEW FEATURES PROVE DELIGHT Cast of Historical Pageant Greatly Enlarged Addresses Made from Stage by Principal Figures Thanks Extended McGroartys for Contributions Throng Seeking Admission to Historical Play. Schallert, Edwin," Los Angeles Times, 06 Mar. 1927: 3.
Date:
March 5, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Actors dressed as North American Indians for Mission Play, San Gabriel, 1927

Actors Philip Armenta, Nat Leffingwell, and George Kern at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Actors (L to R) Philip Armenta, Nat Leffingwell, and George Kern posing with a canoe. The men were appearing in a revival of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon. It is likely that this photograph was taken at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Theatre Project.
Date:
April 21, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Actors Philip Armenta, Nat Leffingwell, and George Kern at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Actress Judith Alden and an unidentified actor at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Actress Judith Alden is seated, looking up at an unidentified male actor. Alden was appearing in a revival of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon. It is likely that this photograph was taken at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Theatre Project.
Date:
April 21, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Actress Judith Alden and an unidentified actor at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Actress Nellie Bayles (aka Bonita Darling), Los Angeles, 1924 (copy print)

Description:
Studio portrait photograph (circa 1915) of Nellie Bayles, with the photographer identification "Hoffman / A [in a circle] S B." The photo appears with article "'Bad Man' and Officer Slain: Battle Fought on Ranch of Actress Near Saugus, She Calls Help as Gunman's Love is Spurned, Constable and Aide Are Met by Hail of Bullets," Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 1924: A1.
Date:
September 15, 1924
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoffman Photo Service
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Actress Nellie Bayles (aka Bonita Darling), Los Angeles, 1924 (copy print)

Address on letter from kidnap victim William Gettle to his attorney, Ernest E. Noon, May 1934 (page 2)

Description:
Gettle was kidnapped from his ranch home in Arcadia on the night of May 9th during a housewarming party, then held in a La Crescenta house by a gang consisting of three men and two women. Police foiled their ransom plot and rescued Gettle on May 14th, following clues recorded on a dictagraph placed on the telephone conversations of a suspected bank robber.
Date:
May 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Address on letter from kidnap victim William Gettle to his attorney, Ernest E. Noon, May 1934 (page 2)

Admiral Frank H. Brumby, Mayor Frank Shaw, Harry L. Harper, F. P. Woellner, and W. A. Simpson at Chamber of Commerce banquet, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
From left to right: Frank H. Brumby; Mayor Frank Shaw; Harry L. Harper, president of Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce; Frederick P. Woellner; W. A. Simpson. They are seated at a banquet table at the Ambassador Hotel with a mural depicting a Spanish dancer and musicians is on the wall behind them.
Date:
[circa February 23, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Admiral Frank H. Brumby, Mayor Frank Shaw, Harry L. Harper, F. P. Woellner, and W. A. Simpson at Chamber of Commerce banquet, Los Angeles, 1934

Admiral William V. Pratt and Vice-Admiral Louis M. Nulton on a Navy ship, San Pedro (Los Angeles), 1929

Description:
Admiral William V. Pratt (left) and Vice-Admiral Louis M. Nulton on a Navy ship. The occasion was the transfer of Pratt to become the Commander-in-Chief of the combined United States Fleet and Nulton to take Pratt's former assignment as commander-in-chief of the Battle Fleet.
Date:
May 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Admiral William V. Pratt and Vice-Admiral Louis M. Nulton on a Navy ship, San Pedro (Los Angeles), 1929

Adobe hut probably related to the disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, Sonora (Mexico), 1926

Description:
Adobe hut in the Sonora desert. In 1926 the Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Ocean Park Beach. A search ensued. When she finally re-appeared in Arizona, weeks later, she claimed that she had been abducted and taken to a a hut in Mexico, from which she eventually escaped.
Date:
1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Adobe hut probably related to the disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, Sonora (Mexico), 1926

Adobe hut probably related to the disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, Sonora (Mexico), 1926

Description:
Adobe hut in the Sonora desert. In 1926 the Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Ocean Park Beach. A search ensued. When she finally re-appeared in Arizona, weeks later, she claimed that she had been abducted and taken to a a hut in Mexico, from which she eventually escaped.
Date:
1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Adobe hut probably related to the disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, Sonora (Mexico), 1926

Aerial view after an earthquake, Calexico and Mexicali, 1927

Description:
Photo published with the article, "LIGHT LOSS BY QUAKES: Calexico Damage is Small No Injuries Reported in Series of Temblors at Mexican Border Other Towns Feel Shocks but Suffer Little; Mexicali's Adobes Crumble Airplane Survey of Calexico and Environs Shows Slight Camage Done by Earth Shocks QUAKE DAMAGE IS SLIGHT Imperial Valley Startled by Series of Shocks That Halls New Year Merrymaking, " Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 1927: 1.
Date:
January 1, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Gates, A.C.
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Aerial view after an earthquake, Calexico and Mexicali, 1927