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3/4 length portrait of Walburga Oesterreich, circa 1930

Description:
Handwriting on negative states "Mrs.Walburga Oesterreich" In 1922 Walburga Oesterreich’s husband Fred Oesterreich was shot and killed supposedly by a burglar in their Los Angeles, Calif. home. Eight years later after being arrested for another crime Otto Sanhuber confessed to police that he had killed Fred Oesterreich in party with Walburga. Sanhuber stated that he had lived in the attic of the Oesterreich’s home for years in order to carry on an affair with Walburga. In 1930 Sanhuber was put on trial and was convicted of manslaughter. Walburga Oesterreich was tried for murder and conspiracy but her jury ended in deadlock. She was never retried.
Date:
1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
3/4 length portrait of Walburga Oesterreich, circa 1930

1835 Mexican decree establishing Los Angeles as capital of Alta California, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Referenced in more recent article, "Dusting Off the Pages From California's Past," [Los Angeles Times, September 28, 1983]. There is no related article from photograph's time period. This more recent column references the image's subject as part of the Los Angeles Public Library's collection of historical documents. The printed document in the photograph is an original decree establishing Los Angeles as the new capital of the Mexican territory of Alta California. It is signed by then Secretary of the State, Jose Maria Gutierrez de Estrada, on behalf of the interim president of Mexico, Miguel Barragan. The names of other persons, printed in the decree, include: Basilio Arillaga, Deputy President; Antonio Pacheco Leal, President of the Senate; Demetrio del Castillo, Deputy Secretary; and Manuel Miranda, Secretary of the Senate. It is dated May 23, 1935.
Date:
October 7, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
1835 Mexican decree establishing Los Angeles as capital of Alta California, Los Angeles, 1935

A. B. Murchison testifies during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At center, A. B. Murchison sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. He sits facing towards the right and looks at a map unfolded in front of him. Two lawyers stand to the left of the witness box. Behind and to the right of Murchison, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and looks down towards the witness. In the foreground at right, a few lawyers sit at the counsel's table.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
A. B. Murchison testifies during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Acala Cotton Growers Association of Coachella Valley exhibit at the Southern California Fair, Riverside, 1926

Description:
Display of cotton on raised platform, with flat area at front and large cotton boll at center rear, with sign reading "Coachella Valley" at center, cotton bolls at left and right, and burlap sack reading "Acala Cotton Growers Association of Coachella Valley" in front of platform, under canopy roof with hanging tassels
Date:
September, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Acala Cotton Growers Association of Coachella Valley exhibit at the Southern California Fair, Riverside, 1926

Accused killer Louise Peete is escorted to court by her husband and a bailiff, Los Angeles, 1921

Description:
Louise Peete was convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob Denton. She served 18 years in San Quentin before being released. In 1945 she was convicted of a second murder, this time of Margaret Logan, a wealthy woman who had supported Peete while she was in prison. For the second murder she was given the death penalty, and in 1947 became the second woman to be executed in California.
Date:
[January 1921-February 1921]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Accused killer Louise Peete is escorted to court by her husband and a bailiff, Los Angeles, 1921

Accused killer Louise Peete is escorted to court by her husband Richard Peete (on her left) and bailiff Martin Aguirre, Los Angeles, 1921

Description:
Louise Peete was convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob Denton. She served 18 years in San Quentin before being released. In 1945 she was convicted of a second murder, this time of Margaret Logan, a wealthy woman who had supported Peete while she was in prison. For the second murder she was given the death penalty, and in 1947 became the second woman to be executed in California.
Date:
[January 1921-February 1921]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Accused killer Louise Peete is escorted to court by her husband Richard Peete (on her left) and bailiff Martin Aguirre, Los Angeles, 1921

Accused murderer Clara Phillips is escorted to court, Los Angeles, 1922

Description:
A different photograph of Clara Phillips taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "APPEARS BORED WHEN CHARGED: Mrs. Phillips Will Enter Plea Tomorrow; Indictment Leaves Suspect Unconcerned; Family and Friends Attend Meadows Funeral She Smiles With Sheriff at Court Hearing Undaunted by Her Fight for Life," Los Angeles Times, 19 Jul. 1922: II2.
Date:
July 18, 1922
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Accused murderer Clara Phillips is escorted to court, Los Angeles, 1922

Accused murderers Libbie and Albert Olson with Ben Silverman, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
On October 8, 1932, Charles H. Scull was shot and killed. Libbie and Albert Olson were accused of murdering Scull over a potentially new will, which would remove the Olsons as primary beneficiaries. While originally found guilty, they appealed and a panel of judges determined the evidence presented was insufficient and ordered a new trial. In January 1933, the Olsons were acquitted.
Date:
December, 12, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Accused murderers Libbie and Albert Olson with Ben Silverman, Los Angeles, 1932