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Violinist Fritz Kreisler and sculptor Arnold Foerster at the unveiling of Foerster's statue of Beethoven in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler was an Austrian-born violinist and composer. One of the most famous violin masters of his or any other day, and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing.
Date:
[circa 1932-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Violinist Fritz Kreisler and sculptor Arnold Foerster at the unveiling of Foerster's statue of Beethoven in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1932

Marion and Buron Fitts at perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
On February 7, 1936, District Attorney Buron Fitts was acquitted of perjury regarding a 1931 testimony over the sale of a Claremont orange grove. Mrs. Berthall Gregory, Fitts’ sister, sold the grove to Lucien C. Wheeler. Fitts reportedly falsified the amount of money he received through the sale. The perjury trial lasted three weeks.
Date:
February 7, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Marion and Buron Fitts at perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Los Angeles Times feature editorial writer, S. Fred Hogue, Los Angeles, [1920-1939]

Description:
Photograph of S. Fred Hogue, feature editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times. An expert in art, international affairs, history and modern problems, Mr. Hogue was with the Times from 1914 to his death in 1941. He was also one of 12 reporters chosen to be a part of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Date:
[bBetween 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Los Angeles Times feature editorial writer, S. Fred Hogue, Los Angeles, [1920-1939]

U.S. Attorney Peirson M. Hall with unidentified man, Los Angeles, 1933-1937

Description:
Peirson M. Hall was an attorney in the Los Angeles County who once served as a city councilman, U.S. attorney, and eventually a Los Angeles Superior Court judge. Because the negative sleeve labels Hall as a U.S. Attorney, we can assume that the photograph was probably taken between 1933 and 1937, when Peirson served that post.
Date:
[between 1933-1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
U.S. Attorney Peirson M. Hall with unidentified man, Los Angeles, 1933-1937

Captain Bert Wallis and Lt. Det. Miles Ledbetter with murder suspect Fred Stettler, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
25-year-old Swiss chauffeur Gottfried "Fred" Stettler is being held in suspicion of the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Carl and Dorothea Barbour. Stettler was charged with two counts of murder, two counts of burglary, and one count of arson. The victims were found partially cremated in bed with their skulls smashed.
Date:
[circa February 21, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Captain Bert Wallis and Lt. Det. Miles Ledbetter with murder suspect Fred Stettler, Los Angeles, 1936

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, 2 filmstrip images, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date:
June 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, 2 filmstrip images, Los Angeles, 1936

Members of the League for Disabled Children meet to plan a charity event, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Members of the League for Disabled Children meet to plan a charity event. Four of the women sit on a couch and Arline L. Herbert and Mrs. Charles G. Goodman hold notebooks. Dale D. (Mrs. R. Redge) Lewis sits on a stool and holds knitting. Behind Mrs. Lewis, an issue of House & Garden can be seen, just below an open window.
Date:
March 20, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Members of the League for Disabled Children meet to plan a charity event, Los Angeles, 1936

Patrick MacGill, Francis Evans , Carmen Balfour, Lord Annesley, and Robert W. Major perhaps at the British Consulate, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Photograph of, L to R, Patrick MacGill (Irish poet and playwright), Francis Evans (British Consul in Los Angeles), Carmen Balfour (voice coach at the Robert W. Majors school of Acting), Lord Annesley (Beresford Cecil Bingham Annesley, 8th Earl Annesley), and Robert W. Major (president of his acting school) standing in front of large U.S. and British flags, perhaps at the British Consulate.
Date:
January 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Patrick MacGill, Francis Evans , Carmen Balfour, Lord Annesley, and Robert W. Major perhaps at the British Consulate, Los Angeles, 1936

Ebell Club clubwomen pose while assembling boxes of candy, Los Angeles vicinity, 1936

Description:
At center, six Ebell Club clubwomen pose while gathered at the far end of a table. Trays of sliced candies and gift baskets sit on the table in front of them. The leftmost woman sits while holding a gift basket. She looks to the camera as she reaches for a candy from one of the trays. Behind and to the right of her, 4 more women stand at center. Three of them look towards camera. The rightmost standing woman holds a small gift box and looks down as she samples one of the candies. Another woman is seated at right. She looks down as she slices up the candy.
Date:
[circa February 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Ebell Club clubwomen pose while assembling boxes of candy, Los Angeles vicinity, 1936

Ebell Club clubwomen pack boxes of candy, Los Angeles vicinity, 1936

Description:
At center, five Ebell Club clubwomen stand in a row at the far end of a table. Trays of sliced candies and gift baskets sit on the table in front of them. The leftmost woman holds a basket filled with smaller gifts; she faces towards the right. The rest of the women stand facing towards her. Some hold baskets and some hold the small gift boxes.
Date:
[circa February 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Ebell Club clubwomen pack boxes of candy, Los Angeles vicinity, 1936

Ten-foot segment removed from Commercial Exchange Building, Los Angeles, between 1935-1936

Description:
n the mid-1930’s, the Commercial Exchange Building on Eighth and Olive Streets was re-sized to accommodate a street-widening project. A ten-foot segment was cut along the thirteen-story building, removed, and the two halves of the building pushed together. The job was supervised by Walker & Eisen and conducted by Kress House Moving Company.
Date:
[between 1935-1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Ten-foot segment removed from Commercial Exchange Building, Los Angeles, between 1935-1936

Mrs. Ellsworth (Grace) McGowan, vice president of the Wilshire Women's Club and member of the Breakfast Bridge Club, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Mrs. Grace McGowan, wife of Ellsworth McGowan, sits on a tiled window bay ledge, legs crossed, holding a booklet. Also on the ledge are a variety of plants, mostly cacti and succulents, and a statue of two seated children.
Date:
[circa March 12, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Mrs. Ellsworth (Grace) McGowan, vice president of the Wilshire Women's Club and member of the Breakfast Bridge Club, Los Angeles, 1936

Court Flight cable cars halted during repairs, as civic workers walk up the hill, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Text from newspaper caption: Scores of Civic Center workers were forced to climb the 140 steps from Broadway to the Court-street area between First and Temple streets yesterday when the Court Flight cable cars were temporarily suspended to permit necessary repairs. The flight of 140 steps, 200 feet high, found Civic Center workers who had parked their cars on the hill laboriously making the ascent. The cable cars have been in service for thirty years. [“Workers forced to climb 200-foot hill,” Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 1936: 12]
Date:
September 19, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Court Flight cable cars halted during repairs, as civic workers walk up the hill, Los Angeles, 1936

Ray Pinker and Robert Seares examine a bullet hole in a coat, Los Angeles, 1929-1939

Description:
For nearly 40 years Ray Pinker worked for the Los Angeles Police Scientific Investigation Division, the first police forensic lab in the country. The Dragnet character "Raymond Pinker" was named after him. He worked on numerous famous cases, including the Black Dahlia case. Robert Seares would later become Pasadena's chief of police.
Date:
[between 1929-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ray Pinker and Robert Seares examine a bullet hole in a coat, Los Angeles, 1929-1939