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Description:: Boys from financially disadvantaged backgrounds participate in a free summer camp in Griffith Park. The camp, which was organized by Sheriff Biscailuz, lasted hosted groups of 100 boys for 10 days at a time. While at camp, the boys participated in activities such as swimming, fencing, baseball, various hobbies, and a nonsectarian religious program. The camp's 1937 season lasted from July 6th to September 4th.
Date:: [circa July 6, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Mrs. A.J. Woodward plays the piano while Mrs. James A. Beck and Mrs. Yvonne Chrarton stand nearby. There is a large basket of flowers on top of the piano
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Piano bench where Evelyn Wright and John B. Kimmel were sitting before they were fatally shot by Evelyn's husband, Paul A. Wright. There appears to be a pool of blood beneath the bench. Wright confessed to shooting his wife and best friend, John Kimmel, after finding the two in an embrace on the piano bench in his home. The trial that followed was named the "white flame" trial by the press and Wright was eventually let off on an insanity plea, thanks to his lawyer, Jerry Giesler
Date:: November 10, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Scene from a Hollywood nightclub before the patrons arrive. One man smiles at the camera while another prepares the tables and a pianist and singer rehearse in the background.
Date:: [1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Police Captain J.H. Carter inspects the piano bench where Evelyn Wright and John B. Kimmel were sitting before they were fatally shot by Evelyn's husband, Paul A. Wright. Wright confessed to shooting his wife and best friend, John Kimmel, after finding the two in an embrace on the piano bench in his home. The trial that followed was named the "white flame" trial by the press and Wright was eventually let off on an insanity plea, thanks to his lawyer, Jerry Giesler
Date:: November 10, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Boys from financially disadvantaged backgrounds participate in a free summer camp in Griffith Park. The camp, which was organized by Sheriff Biscailuz, lasted hosted groups of 100 boys for 10 days at a time. While at camp, the boys participated in activities such as swimming, fencing, baseball, various hobbies, and a nonsectarian religious program. The camp operated from July 6th to September 4th, 1937.
Date:: [circa July 6, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Female impersonator Johnnie David sits on a piano and prepares to sing with an unknown man at a Hollywood nightclub.
Date:: [1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Schumann-Heink, in a dress gown and hat, stands before a microphone on a platform in the middle of a stadium. behind her a woman plays a Steinway piano and army officials salute to the right.
Date:: May 30, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: The Orpheus Four was a popular male quartet from the Orpheus Club, and they had a weekly Sunday evening program on KHJ. Members over the years consisted of Samuel B. Glasse, E. P. Emerson, H. Clayton, Verner Campbell, Paul Adams, Paul Breckinridge, Houston Dudley, and Kenneth Campbell. Sam Glasse and Verner Campbell were the two consistent members through the group's history. Paul Adams was the second longest member. In the early 30s, the Orpheus Four became the White King Male Quartet.
Date:: 1926?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: The Santa Monica Charity League, of Cunningham, Wallington, and Michel are members, held its annual cocktail party at the Santa Monica Swimming Club on December 16, 1938.
Date:: December 16, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Terrell, Maurice
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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