Genre: news photographs / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Subject: Youth - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: 28th Governor of California Frank Finley Merriam (back right) and actress/musician/politician Adele Arbo (back left) with five young women, presumably participants in a beauty contest. Contestants include (left to right); Sibyl D. Slinkard, Betty Meguire, Laura Kerr, Marjorie Owens, and Helen Gilbert. Photo may possibly have been taken at the San Bernadino Orange Show. Dates given for the photo are based on the dates of Merriam's tenure as Governor.
Date:: between June 2, 1934 and January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Two young girls in matching overalls eat snow cones on the boardwalk on Labor Day.
Date:: September 3, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Helen Wright, three-year-old daughter of Paul A. Wright, who is accused of the double murder of his wife Evelyn and best friend, John Kimmel. Wright confessed to shooting the pair after finding them in an embrace in his home, he was eventually let off on an insanity plea. Wright's brother, Dr. Herbert Wright, sought custody of Helen and planned to take her back to his home in Cleveland. Paul Wright agreed that it would be best for his daughter to be removed from the aftermath of the tragedy and it was said that he was more concerned about the well-being of Helen, than his own welfare.
Date:: November 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Five girls sitting around a table in a classroom--where they should be rather than skipping school. The truancy problem in March 1946 prompted the 10th District Congress of Parents and Teachers to recommend an expansion of the truancy detail, which would include increasing personnel in outlying portions of the district as well as on beaches
Date:: March 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Two boys play with a toy sailboat at 57th and 10th avenue, which was flooded after disastrous storms in January of 1940. The heavy rainstorms halted traffic and caused highway and bridge damage. At least three died and many were treated for injuries
Date:: between January 8 and January 10, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A young boy stands in floodwaters at W. 54th and 5th Avenue after disastrous storms in January of 1940. The heavy rainstorms halted traffic and caused highway and bridge damage. At least three died and many were treated for injuries
Date:: between January 8 and January 10, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Boys from financially disadvantaged backgrounds participate in a free summer camp in Griffith Park. The camp, which was organized by Sheriff Biscailuz, lasted hosted groups of 100 boys for 10 days at a time. While at camp, the boys participated in activities such as swimming, fencing, baseball, various hobbies, and a nonsectarian religious program. The camp's 1937 season lasted from July 6th to September 4th.
Date:: [circa July 6, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Boys from financially disadvantaged backgrounds participate in a free summer camp in Griffith Park. The camp, which was organized by Sheriff Biscailuz, lasted hosted groups of 100 boys for 10 days at a time. While at camp, the boys participated in activities such as swimming, fencing, baseball, various hobbies, and a nonsectarian religious program. The camp's 1937 season lasted from July 6th to September 4th.
Date:: [circa July 6, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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