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Wrestler Dean Detton at the side of the ring during a match against Bronko Nagurski at Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1937-1938

Description:: Wrestler Dean Detton at the side of the ring during a match against Bronko Nagurski. Detton and Nagurski met in the ring several times between 1937 and 1938, Nagurski was usually the victor in these matches
Date:: between 1937 and 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestler Dean Detton at the side of the ring during a match against Bronko Nagurski at Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1937-1938

Description:: Wrestler Dean Detton at the side of the ring during a match against Bronko Nagurski at Olympic Auditorium. Detton and Nagurski met in the ring several times between 1937 and 1938, Nagurski was usually the victor in these matchesPhoto was probably in the wrong sleeve, or mislabeled
Date:: between 1937 and 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestler Dean Detton about to slam his opponent Kiman Kudo into the mat at Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, August 25, 1937

Description:: Wrestler Dean Detton about to slam his opponent Kiman Kudo into the mat at Olympic Auditorium. The match was mixed-style. Kudo was awarded the first round after Detton was so enraged by Kudo's jiu jitsu skills that he ripped off Kudo's jacket. The second round was catch-as-catch-can style. Detton won this with the move shown in the picture and Kudo was unable to return for a third round, so Detton was declared the winner.
Date:: August 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestler Daniel Boone Savage petting a hound in the ring before a match, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Wrestler Daniel Boone Savage petting a hound in the ring at the Olympic before a match against Jules Strongbow. "Whiskers" Savage was known for his rustic sensibility and untameable locks.
Date:: [circa May 16, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestler Bluebeard Lewis getting a shave as opponent Daniel Boone Savage and others watch, 1937

Date:: June 2, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestler and football player Bronko Nagurski with challenger Vincent López in a headlock during a wrestling match at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Wrestler and Chicago Bears fullback Bronko Nagurski with opponent Vincent Lopez in a headlock during their wrestling match at Wrigley field. Nagurski won the match in front of 20,000 fans to defend his title as world heavyweight champion
Date:: August 11, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestler and football player Bronko Nagurski posing in ring, circa 1937

Date:: 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestler and football player Bronko Nagurski poses with a group of women in the wrestling ring at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, August 11, 1937

Description:: Wrestler and Chicago Bears fullback Bronko Nagurski poses with a group of women before his match against Vincent Lopez at Wrigley Field. Nagurski won the match in front of 20,000 fans to defend his title as world heavyweight champion
Date:: August 11, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestler and football player Bronko Nagurski on the scale before a wrestling match at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, August 11, 1937

Description:: Wrestler and Chicago Bears fullback Bronko Nagurski smiling on the scale before his wrestling match against Vincent Lopez at Wrigley Field. Nagurski won the match in front of 20,000 fans to defend his title as world heavyweight champion
Date:: August 11, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestler and football player Bronko Nagurski in the ring before his match against Vincent López at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Wrestler and Chicago Bears fullback Bronko Nagurski in the wrestling ring before his match against Vincent Lopez at Wrigley Field. Nagurski won the match in front of 20,000 fans to defend his title as world heavyweight champion
Date:: August 11, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestler and football player Bronko Nagurski having his thigh measured before a wrestling match at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, August 11, 1937

Description:: Wrestler and Chicago Bears fullback Bronko Nagurski getting his thigh measured before his wrestling match against Vincent Lopez at Wrigley Field. Nagurski won the match in front of 20,000 fans to defend his title as world heavyweight champion
Date:: August 11, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestler and football player Bronko Nagurski flipping challenger Vincent López during a wrestling match at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Wrestler and Chicago Bears fullback Bronko Nagurski flipping opponent Vincent Lopez during their wrestling match at Wrigley field. Nagurski won the match in front of 20,000 fans to defend his title as world heavyweight champion
Date:: August 11, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrecking crew tearing out streetcar tracks on Vermont Ave. in Los Angeles, Calif., 1948

Date:: September 24, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Wreckage of a plane crash that killed test pilot Clark McRoy and his 15-year-old passenger Russell C. Holt, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:: Wreckage of a plane crash that killed 34-year-old test pilot Clark McRoy and his 15-year-old passenger Russell C. Holt. Holt's father, Elwin E. Holt, watched the crash and saw the plane hit the ground 300 yards from his home. Holt said he saw his son wave from the plane before it went into a sharp dive.
Date:: November 25, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wreckage of a plane crash that killed test pilot Clark McRoy and his 15-year-old passenger Russell C. Holt, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:: Wreckage of a plane crash that killed 34-year-old test pilot Clark McRoy and his 15-year-old passenger Russell C. Holt. Holt's father, Elwin E. Holt, watched the crash and saw the plane hit the ground 300 yards from his home. Holt said he saw his son wave from the plane before it went into a sharp dive.
Date:: November 25, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wreckage from a plane crash at Mines Field, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Spectators watch as wreckage form a small plane is removed from Mines Field.
Date:: September, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Wreckage from a plane crash at Mines Field, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Spectators watch as wreckage form a small plane is removed from Mines Field.
Date:: September, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Wreckage from a plane crash at Mines Field, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Spectators watch as wreckage form a small plane is removed from Mines Field.
Date:: September, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Wreckage after an automobile swerved off the road and crashed into the front of a building, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Wreckage of a building after an automobile swerved off the road and crashed into the front of it.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wreath Placed on the Olvera St. Cross to commemorate Harry Carr, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: The day after the death of Los Angele Times columnist Harry Carr, members of the Mexican community gathered at Olvera Street to recite the rosary and litany, after which Consuela Castillo De Bonzo and Zacarias Hernandez placed a memorial wreath on the Philip de Neve cross on Olvera Street. Carr had been a champion of Olvera Street.
Date:: January 11, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

W. R. Dresslen, Mrs. W. R. Dresslen, Luther L. Mack, Mrs. Luther Mack, John E. Bauer, Mrs. John Bauer, and Frank Weller from the Lions Club raise their hats as they leave for Mexico, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph may be associated with the article, “PARAMOUND SPEEDS PLAN,” Los Angeles Times, 18 Jul. 1935: A1.
Date:: July 18, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

W.R. Angell and city officials pose with pilot, Rogers Airport, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Writing on airplane: Continental Motors Fokker Aircraft Corporation
Date:: April 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

W. R. Angell and city officials at plane show, Rogers Airport, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Five men stand in front of a Fokker monoplane. Left to right, Councilman Hughes, W.R. Angell, Councilman Criswell, H.R. Brashear, Jim Webster.
Date:: April, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

W. P. Roth and Burt Edwards, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:: W. P. Roth (left), president of Matson Lines, and Burt Edwards, Manager of the Los Angeles Harbor. Roth was married to Lurline Roth, daughter of William Matson, founder of Matson Lines.
Date:: 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

WPA workers with files, circa 1936

Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

W.P.A. strike leaders gathered together in a dusty field, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Works Progress Administration strike leaders gathered together in a dusty field
Date:: [March 4, 1938?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

WPA project on La Brea, circa 1936

Description:: Unknown WPA project, possibly on La Brea Blvd in 1936
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

WPA project on La Brea Avenue, circa 1936

Description:: Unknown WPA project, possibly on La Brea Blvd (i.e. Avenue) in 1936
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

W.P.A. director R. C. Jacobson, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Similar photograph appears with the article, "W. P. A. Chief Will Remain," Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar 1936: A1.
Date:: March 22, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

W.P.A. chief of operations, Eltinge T. Brown, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph of Eltinge T. Brown, taken to run with announcement of his appointment as chief of operations in the Works Progress Administration under new director Ralph L. Dalton. Mr. Brown previously served with the planning division of the Los Angeles County Relief Administration and as an executive with the C. W. A.
Date:: Aug 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

WPA chief engineer Ormond A. Stone, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph of Pasadena consulting engineer, Ormond A. Stone, after being appointed chief engineer of the Works Progress Administration projects.
Date:: Aug 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Worth S. Fitts, Marion Fitts, and Buron Fitts after perjury acquittal, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Buron Fitts gives his wife Marion a kiss to celebrate a successful trial. Fitts’ father, Worth, stands to Marion’s right.
Date:: February 7, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Worth S. Fitts, Ardell Fitts, Marion Fitts and Mrs. L. R. Wharton at Buron Fitts perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: From left to right: Worth S. "Buff" Fitts, Ardell Fitts, Mrs. L. R. Fitts, Marion Fitts.
Date:: January 19, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Worth Crouch, stuntman, with his palomino, Thunder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Reported, with a different photo, in "GREAT WESTERN COMIC STARTS' IN 'TIMES' SUNDAY," Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 1938: 3.
Date:: December 12, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Worth Crouch, stuntman, with his palomino, Thunder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Worth Crouch with his palomino horse, Thunder, during a promotion for "Red Rider," a new western comic in the Los Angeles Times.
Date:: December 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Worth Crouch, stuntman, riding his palomino, Thunder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Reported, with a different photo, in "GREAT WESTERN COMIC STARTS' IN 'TIMES' SUNDAY," Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 1938: 3.
Date:: December 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Worth Crouch, stuntman, riding his palomino, Thunder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Reported, with a different photo, in "GREAT WESTERN COMIC STARTS' IN 'TIMES' SUNDAY," Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 1938: 3.
Date:: December 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Worth Crouch, stuntman, riding his palomino, Thunder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Worth Crouch with his palomino horse, Thunder, during a promotion for "Red Rider," a new western comic in the Los Angeles Times.
Date:: December 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Worth Crouch, stuntman, riding his palomino, Thunder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Worth Crouch with his palomino horse, Thunder, during a promotion for "Red Rider," a new western comic in the Los Angeles Times.
Date:: December 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Worth Crouch, stuntman, riding his palomino, Thunder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Worth Crouch with his palomino horse, Thunder, during a promotion for "Red Rider," a new western comic in the Los Angeles Times.
Date:: December 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Worth Crouch, stuntman, riding his palomino, Thunder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Worth Crouch with his palomino horse, Thunder, during a promotion for "Red Rider," a new western comic in the Los Angeles Times.
Date:: December 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Worth Crouch, stuntman, on his palomino, Thunder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Worth Crouch with his palomino horse, Thunder, during a promotion for "Red Rider," a new western comic in the Los Angeles Times.
Date:: December 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Worth Crouch, stuntman, mounting his palomino, Thunder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Reported, with a different photo, in "GREAT WESTERN COMIC STARTS' IN 'TIMES' SUNDAY," Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 1938: 3.
Date:: December 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

World War I veterans gather at a Bonus Army temporary headquarters, Los Angeles, circa 1932

Description:: The Bonus Army, also known as the Bonus Expeditionary Force, was a grassroots movement of veterans who marched on Washington D.C. in the summer of 1932 demanding the government give them cash for certificates they had been given in 1924, but which could not be redeemed until 1945.
Date:: [circa 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

World War I veterans gather at a Bonus Army temporary headquarters, Los Angeles, 1932-1933

Description:: World War I veterans gather at a tent serving as the Bonus Army temporary headquarters at Washington and Hill streets. A U.S. flag flies above the entrance. A sign on a building in the background reads "Sam's Auto Salvage and Supplies."
Date:: [1932-1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection