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Portrait of artist and activist Rockwell Kent with his first wife Frances Lee Kent, circa 1937

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

Two men instructing a group of male civilians on how to wear a gas mask in 1942, Los Angeles, Calif.

Date:: May 30, 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Chief Davis hands actress Gloria Swason the paid mortgage to the Bide-a-Wee home founded by Minnie Barton, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Chief James Edgar Davis hands Gloria Swanson, silent film actress, the mortgage to the Bide-A-Wee home for women. Swanson helped Minnie Barton, home founder, pay the mortgage by sending $100 a month for several years. The group gathered to burn the mortgage in celebration of completing payment on the home set up by Barton to help working mothers. Also pictured are Mary Brill, president of the Big Sister League, Superior Judge Georgia Bullock, and Mrs. Robert Ladd Gifford. Minnie Barton was the second woman to join the Los Angeles Police Department and also founded the Barton Home for girls in 1917. Gloria Swanson was an actress best known for her role as Norma Desmond in the film Sunset Boulevard.James E. Davis James Edgar Davis was Los Angeles Chief of Police from 1926–1931 and from 1933-1939.
Date:: January 25, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

All-American football players Donald Huston and Millard Howell from Alabama pose with coach Frank Thomas, Christy Walsh, and USC coach Howard Jones, Tuscaloosa, 1934-1935

Description:: Donald Hutson and Millard Howell of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team pose with their All-American Team blankets. Also pictured with the athletes are coach Frank Thomas, Christy Walsh, and USC coach Howard Jones.
Date:: between 1934-1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Chinese civic leaders promise peace to Captain of Detectives, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Chinese civic leaders Peter Soohoo and Dr. S.J. Lin reassure Captain of Detectives Bert Wallis that gang warfare will not escalate in the Los Angeles Chinese community. From left to right, Dr. Lin, Bert Wallis, and Peter Soohoo.
Date:: March 6, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Detectives Miles Ledbetter and Thad Brown question Edward E. Holmes over the murder of his wife, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Detectives Miles Ledbetter and Thad Brown question Edward E. Holmes over the unexpected murder of his wife Mrs. Celia L. Holmes. From left to right, Miles Ledbetter, Edward E. Holmes, and Thad Brown.
Date:: January 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Celia L. Holmes poses with a large group of unidentified children, Los Angeles, 1930's

Description:: Celia L. Holmes, later a victim of murder, poses with a large group of unidentified children.
Date:: [between 1930-1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jean Wilson serves drinks in a kitchen, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Jean Wilson serves drinks in a kitchen while wearing a gingham print dress.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jean Wilson poses wearing a gingham dress, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Jean Wilson poses for picture wearing a gingham print dress.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Painting from the contemporary Italian painting exhibit at the Los Angeles Museum, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: A painting from the contemporary Italian painting exhibit at the Los Angeles Museum in Exposition Park, open February and March of 1935.
Date:: [circa February 20, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Audience watching Native American Indians on stage at event for Santa Fe Railroad 100 million miles of diesel travel, Los Angeles, Calif., circa 1948

Date:: circa 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Dorothy Healey standing before jail cell in Los Angeles, Calif., 1949

Date:: June 29, 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Indian children in tribal dress dancing at Los Angeles Indian Center, 1949

Date:: December 1, 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Three women preparing Christmas gifts at Los Angeles Indian Center, 1949

Date:: December 1, 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Daphne Alley in Mexican costume and R. Allen Pelton in Bavarian costume dancing at Folk Dance Festival in Los Angeles, Calif., 1949

Date:: 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Paramahansa Yogananda instructing yoga students in headstand in lotus position, 1949

Date:: 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz at home in Los Angeles, Calif., 1949

Date:: 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

John Steinbeck, seated portrait, 1949

Date:: 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Tree planting ceremony honoring Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, April 20th, 1934.

Description:: Trees are planted to honor Los Angeles's patron of music, and as part of a ceremony marking the end of a series of concerts by the Los Angeles Philharmonic as led by conductor Otto Klemperer. The trees planted were nine eugenia trees, planted in a semi-circle around the statue of Beethoven in Pershing Square, as a represtentation of his Ninth Symphony.Pictured from left to right are Klemperer, Mayor Shaw, and John Smallman, founder of the Smallman Oratorio Society.
Date:: April 20, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sidney T. Graves, former L.A. County Supervisor, awaiting imprisonment in San Quentin.

Description:: A photograph of Sidney T. Graves as he awaited transfer from the Los Angeles County Jail to San Quentin Penitentiary. Graves was convicted of bribery a year before, after accepting a sum of $80,000 in connection with the high San Gabriel dam project. At that time, Graves had been a county Supervisor. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years imprisonment for his crime.The other men in the photo are unidentified. Graves is seated, right.
Date:: March 30, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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Portrait of artist and activist Rockwell Kent with his first wife Frances Lee Kent, circa 1937

Two men instructing a group of male civilians on how to wear a gas mask in 1942, Los Angeles, Calif.

Chief Davis hands actress Gloria Swason the paid mortgage to the Bide-a-Wee home founded by Minnie Barton, Los Angeles, 1935

All-American football players Donald Huston and Millard Howell from Alabama pose with coach Frank Thomas, Christy Walsh, and USC coach Howard Jones, Tuscaloosa, 1934-1935

Chinese civic leaders promise peace to Captain of Detectives, Los Angeles, 1935

Detectives Miles Ledbetter and Thad Brown question Edward E. Holmes over the murder of his wife, Los Angeles, 1935

Celia L. Holmes poses with a large group of unidentified children, Los Angeles, 1930's

Jean Wilson serves drinks in a kitchen, Los Angeles, 1930s

Jean Wilson poses wearing a gingham dress, Los Angeles, 1930s

Painting from the contemporary Italian painting exhibit at the Los Angeles Museum, Los Angeles, 1935

Audience watching Native American Indians on stage at event for Santa Fe Railroad 100 million miles of diesel travel, Los Angeles, Calif., circa 1948

Dorothy Healey standing before jail cell in Los Angeles, Calif., 1949

Indian children in tribal dress dancing at Los Angeles Indian Center, 1949

Three women preparing Christmas gifts at Los Angeles Indian Center, 1949

Daphne Alley in Mexican costume and R. Allen Pelton in Bavarian costume dancing at Folk Dance Festival in Los Angeles, Calif., 1949

Paramahansa Yogananda instructing yoga students in headstand in lotus position, 1949

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz at home in Los Angeles, Calif., 1949

John Steinbeck, seated portrait, 1949

Tree planting ceremony honoring Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, April 20th, 1934.

Sidney T. Graves, former L.A. County Supervisor, awaiting imprisonment in San Quentin.

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