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George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer, [outside the KJH Radio studio, Los Angeles(?)], circa 1926-1927

Description:
George Godfrey, "The Leiperville Shadow," was the ring name of Feab Smith Williams, a heavyweight boxer from the state of Alabama who fought from 1919-1937. Godfrey twice won the World Colored Heavyweight Championship. In 2003, Godfrey was named to the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.
Date:
[circa 1926-1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer, [outside the KJH Radio studio, Los Angeles(?)], circa 1926-1927

Hotel manager and boxing promoter Henry F. Stumme and woman shaking hands, 1926

Description:
A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times photo spread, November 15, 1926, Fast Trains To East Christened With Appropriate Ceremonies, with caption: The Popular American Handshake is Doomed to go the way of the dodo, if the prediction of Henry F. Stumme (right), vice-president of the local chapter of Hotel Greeters, and one of the “handshakingest” men on the Pacific Coast, is fulfilled. …
Date:
1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Hotel manager and boxing promoter Henry F. Stumme and woman shaking hands, 1926

Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden with others at the recently completed Los Angeles Central Library, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden with others visit the recently completed Los Angeles Central Library (the last building by architect Bertram G. Goodhue). The group stands behind a long, gleaming reading table and pendant lamps, a bookcase and portion of the painted wooden ceiling are visible.
Date:
July 22, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden with others at the recently completed Los Angeles Central Library, Los Angeles, 1926

Roy W. Howard, Scripps-Howard newspapers editor and publisher [rephotographed]

Description:
Roy W. Howard in jacket and tie. Roy Howard was a journalist, editor, and eventually became co-director of Scripps-Howard newspapers. He wrote a letter to President Roosevelt on August 26, 1935, asking the President to clarify certain aspects of New Deal policies. This letter was published in the Los Angeles Times on September 7, 1935.
Date:
[between 1920-1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Roy W. Howard, Scripps-Howard newspapers editor and publisher [rephotographed]

Lois, Princess of Denmark, with the party accompanying Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden at the Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Lois, Princess of Denmark, and 2 men (center man might be he spouse Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg) with the party accompanying Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden look into a glass display case at the Natural History Museum during a visit to Los Angeles. A reconstructed dinosaur skeleton is visible in the background.
Date:
July 24, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Lois, Princess of Denmark, with the party accompanying Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden at the Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, 1926