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"Fastest Man Alive" and 100-meter gold medalist Charlie Paddock stands with A.A.U. chief Robert Weaver and revelers, 1920s.

Description:
Olympic gold medalist in the 100-meter and 200-meter races, Charlie Paddock, stands next to A.A.U Chief Robert Weaver, presumably after a race. From 1921 until 1956, Charles Paddock held the world record for the 100-meter dash, making him the "fastest man alive" for thirteen years after his death.
Date:
[between 1920-1928?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
"Fastest Man Alive" and 100-meter gold medalist Charlie Paddock stands with A.A.U. chief Robert Weaver and revelers, 1920s.

General Andrés Pico, circa 1860-76 (copy print 1920-1936)

Description:
Andrés Pico was a Californio who became a successful rancher, fought in the contested Battle of San Pascual during the Mexican–American War, and negotiated promises of post-war protections for Californios in the 1847 Treaty of Cahuenga. After California became one of the United States, Pico was elected to the state Assembly and Senate. He was appointed as the commanding brigadier general of the state militia during the U.S. Civil War.
Date:
[1920-1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
General Andrés Pico, circa 1860-76 (copy print 1920-1936)

Don Pio Pico's El Ranchito, exterior view from the side, Whittier, [between 1920-1939]

Description:
The west-facing side of Pio Pico's adobe mansion is viewed at an angle as it stretches back through the image. In front of it at right, the ruins of a wall stand. A wooden window frame remains inset into the ruins. At left, overgrown plants grow in front of the building. Three dormers sit atop El Ranchito's sloped roof.
Date:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Don Pio Pico's El Ranchito, exterior view from the side, Whittier, [between 1920-1939]

Lincoln School under restoration, Santa Barbara, 1920-1934

Description:
Lincoln Elementary School, at Cota and Anacapa streets. The school was torn down and rebuild between 1920 and 1934. The entrance of the building is intact and only the frame is seen on the inside of the building. Men are seen working on the inside of the building. Bricks are piled up on the sidewalk and on the side of the road.
Date:
[between 1920-1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Lincoln School under restoration, Santa Barbara, 1920-1934

Views of Los Angeles in the 1860s, photographed 1920-1939

Description:
Caption: 1) Map of Wilmington Harbor and Government Breakwater. 2) Main street from Temple Block. 3) Cathedral. 4) Cosmopolitan School. 5) High School. 6) Grand Central Hotel. 7) Governor Downey's Residence. 8) Mission San Gabriel. 9) University of Southern California. 10) Temple Block and County Bank. 11) Bake Block. 12) Fort Street. 13) Pico House. 14) Downey Block.
Date:
[1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Views of Los Angeles in the 1860s, photographed 1920-1939

Jurors for the trial of Arthur C. Burch at the location of the murder, Los Angeles, 1921

Description:
The jurors for the trial of Arthur C. Burch gathered at Beverly Glen, where the murder took place. One group is huddled on the right and others are scattered on the left, some of whom appear to be smoking. In the background are cars and small cabins. Reported in "Burch and Jury View Murder Scene in Glen: Prisoner Jokes and Laughs When He is Taken to Death Spot; Bereaved Father Follows," Los Angeles Times, 01 Dec. 1921: II1.
Date:
November 30, 1921
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Jurors for the trial of Arthur C. Burch at the location of the murder, Los Angeles, 1921

Babe Adams of the Pittsburgh baseball team at Washington Park, Los Angeles, 1920-1925

Description:
Babe Adams wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball uniform, a crowded stadium is out of focus in the background. The location is the Washington Park baseball field in Los Angeles. Charles Benjamin "Babe" Adams was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1906 to 1926 who spent nearly his entire career with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Date:
[between 1920-1925]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Babe Adams of the Pittsburgh baseball team at Washington Park, Los Angeles, 1920-1925

Children fly kites near Silver Spray Pleasure Pier, Long Beach, [between 1920-1939]

Description:
In the foreground, people crowd the beach on the north side of Silver Spray Pleasure Pier in Long Beach. Children on the beach carry or fly kites. From the middle of the crowd, a kite with a long tail sails over the beach at center. Across the kite, text reads, "LONG BEACH." The crowd extends back towards the pier, which stretches across the background. Along the side of the pier, a sign reads, "SILVER SP[...] PLEASURE PIER." A roller coaster sits behind it on the pier. About a couple dozen kites are visible sailing through the sky in the distance.
Date:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Children fly kites near Silver Spray Pleasure Pier, Long Beach, [between 1920-1939]

Outlet tunnel at Devil's Gate Dam, La Cañada Flintridge

Description:
The Devil's Gate Dam was the first flood control dam constructed in Los Angeles County. Designed by the flood engineers from the Los Angeles County Flood Control District and completed in 1920 Bent Brothers company, it formed the Hahamongna flood basin. The dam is located in La Cañada Flintridge at Devil's Gorge, the narrowest point on the Arroyo Seco. The Arroyo Seco is a seasonal river and watershed that begins at Red Box Saddle near Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountains and ends at the confluence with the Los Angeles River near Elysian Park, north of Downtown Los Angeles.
Date:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Outlet tunnel at Devil's Gate Dam, La Cañada Flintridge

Arthur Burch as a baby, Los Angeles, 1921

Description:
According to early reports of the case, Madalyne Obenchain and J. Belton Kennedy arrived late at Kennedy's summer cottage in Beverly Glen. In the darkness, Obenchain asked Kennedy to retrieve a lucky penny she had left nearby and while he was attempting to find it, Arthur Burch shot and killed Kennedy while hidden among brush beside the staircase leading to the cottage. This was never proven however.
Date:
September 2, 1921
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Arthur Burch as a baby, Los Angeles, 1921

California National Guard members at train station, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1933

Description:
Possibly related to the article "'Los Angeles Own' – the 160th U.S. Infantry," Los Angeles Times, 25 July 1926. The article states: ... the five designations of the regiment from first to last: The Los Angeles Guard, the Eagle Corps, the Seventh Regiment, the Ninth Infantry, and the 160th Infantry, "Los Angeles Own." The crest is that prescribed for the National Guard organizations of California. ...
Date:
[between 1920-1933]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
California National Guard members at train station, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1933

Montebello, oil tanker, Los Angeles vicinity?, circa 1921-1939

Description:
The oil tanker Montebello sails through a harbor (presumably, Los Angeles Harbor). It sits in the near distance, off-center to the left and is viewed from its starboard side. At right, a rope extends from the nose of the ship and out of frame. Three masts and a funnel rise from the ship's deck. Between the rightmost masts, the ship's bridge sits atop the deck. The harbor stretches across the background.
Date:
[circa 1921-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Montebello, oil tanker, Los Angeles vicinity?, circa 1921-1939

Portraits of actors Mary Anderson and Edwin Booth, United States, circa 1920s

Description:
Copy print of a studio portrait of the actress Mary Anderson in a hooded costume by the New York photographer Benjamin J. Falk. On the bottom of the print it reads The Waldorf-Astoria, N.Y., where the photograph may have been taken. In the lower left corner is written "copyright 1895 / By Falk." Copy print of actor Edwin Booth. On the bottom of Booth's print, the photography studio is identified as "Dewey" on the left, with the address "Los Angeles, Cal., 147 S. Main St." on the right.
Date:
[between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Falk, B. J. (Benjamin J.), 1853-1925
Dewey
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Portraits of actors Mary Anderson and Edwin Booth, United States, circa 1920s

Oda Aument, witness in the Louise Peete murder trial, Los Angeles, 1921

Description:
Oda Aument seated in a chair with her hands in her lap. She wears an overcoat, hat, and gloves. She smiles warmly and looks to the left. Oda Aument was the niece of mining engineer Jacob Charles Denton. Denton was murdered by Louise Peete in 1920, a crime for which Peete received a sentencing of life in prison in 1921. Aument aided in this sentencing with her particularly damning testimony. Reported on in "Denton Heiress to Take Stand: Due to Testify Tomorrow in Trial of Mrs. Peete" Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 1921: I10 and in "Woman's Testimony Hits Hardest at Mrs. Peete: Mrs. Aument State's Star Witness of Day at the Murder Trial; Bloody Rope to be Shown Today," Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 1921: II1.
Date:
[circa January-February 1921]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Oda Aument, witness in the Louise Peete murder trial, Los Angeles, 1921