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Description:: Crowd gathered outside the trial of Albert Dyer, a 32 year old W.P.A crossing guard who confessed to the murders of three Inglewood girls. Dyer admitted to luring the girls; Madeline Everett (9), Melba Everett (7), and Jeanette Stephens (8) into the woods on the pretense of helping them catch rabbits and then strangled them in succession. Extra deputy sheriffs were on guard outside the trial to control the crowds of angry and thrill-seeking people they expected would come to witness the trial of this heinous crime. Dyer was sentenced to death after the jury's two day debate. On September 16, 1938 at San Quentin Prison, Dyer was one of the last people to be hung in the state of California
Date:: August 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Crowd gathered outside the trial of Albert Dyer, a 32 year old W.P.A crossing guard who confessed to the murders of three Inglewood girls. Dyer admitted to luring the girls; Madeline Everett (9), Melba Everett (7), and Jeanette Stephens (8) into the woods on the pretense of helping them catch rabbits and then strangled them in succession. Extra deputy sheriffs were on guard outside the trial to control the crowds of angry and thrill-seeking people they expected would come to witness the trial of this heinous crime. Dyer was sentenced to death after the jury's two day debate. On September 16, 1938 at San Quentin Prison, Dyer was one of the last people to be hung in the state of California
Date:: August 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Crowd gathered outside the trial of Albert Dyer, a 32 year old W.P.A crossing guard who confessed to the murders of three Inglewood girls. Dyer admitted to luring the girls; Madeline Everett (9), Melba Everett (7), and Jeanette Stephens (8) into the woods on the pretense of helping them catch rabbits and then strangled them in succession. Extra deputy sheriffs were on guard outside the trial to control the crowds of angry and thrill-seeking people they expected would come to witness the trial of this heinous crime. Dyer was sentenced to death after the jury's two day debate. On September 16, 1938 at San Quentin Prison, Dyer was one of the last people to be hung in the state of California
Date:: August 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: In the car with Roosevelt was First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and then Mayor Frank L. Shaw. President Roosevelt gave a speech at the end of a motorcade through the city. The trip was Roosevelt’s first as President. Newspapers estimated the crowd at the Coliseum in the tens of thousands.
Date:: October 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Roosevelt, along with other dignitaries, toured the city by motorcade during his first visit as President. Central Station was located at Fifth and Alameda Street. Man speaking to Roosevelt is unknown.
Date:: October 1, 1935
October 01, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Eleanor Roosevelt accompanied President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his trip to Los Angeles, his first as president, where they toured by motorcade. She gave a speech at the Hollywood Bowl. Photo possibly from her return back to Central Station, which was located at Fifth and Alameda Street.
Date:: October 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: President Roosevelt gave a speech at the end of a motorcade through the city. The trip was Roosevelt’s first as President. Newspapers estimated the crowd at the Coliseum in the tens of thousands. The man standing next to Eleanor Roosevelt was then Mayor Frank L. Shaw
Date:: October 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: President Roosevelt speaks to the crowd from his car at the end of his motorcade through the city. during his one day visit. Tens of thousands of people greeted Roosevelt along with other dignitaries, including his wife Eleanor Roosevelt and Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw, during the motorcade.
Date:: October 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Eleanor Roosevelt was traveling with her husband Franklin Roosevelt during his first trip to Los Angeles during his first visit to the city as President. Standing next to Eleanor Roosevelt is then Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw
Date:: October 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: President Roosevelt’s train arrived at 7:30am at Central Station at the corner of Fifth and Alameda Street for a one-day tour of the city. Accompanied by his wife Eleanor Roosevelt, the visit was his first to the city as President.
Date:: October 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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