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Hedvig Samuelson and an Inuit woman pose for a photograph, Alaska, 1928-1930

Description:
Hedvig Samuelson (right) taught elementary school in Alaska from 1928 to 1930. She was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and moved to Phoenix with her friend, Agnes Anne LeRoi, to try to recover her health. Winnie Ruth Judd was convicted of her murder in 1931. Photo appears on photo page: Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 1931: 8.
Date:
[1928-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Hedvig Samuelson and an Inuit woman pose for a photograph, Alaska, 1928-1930

Herbert Hoover leaving Pacific Southwest Exposition, Long Beach, 1928

Description:
Republican presidential nominee Herbert Hoover undertook a day-long trip throughout southern California on August 17, 1928. He visited Santa Barbara, Glendale, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pasadena, and San Bernardino. This photo was him leaving Long Beach with men following behind him in hats. Onlookers watch him leave from the shore.
Date:
August 17, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Herbert Hoover leaving Pacific Southwest Exposition, Long Beach, 1928

House destroyed by the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
House destroyed by the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

House washed by flood into middle of street after the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Paula (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 14, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
House washed by flood into middle of street after the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Paula (Calif.), 1928

Hydroelectric generators at Power House no. 2, 1.5 miles downstream from the location of the failed Saint Francis Dam, San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Hydroelectric generators at Power House no. 2, 1.5 miles downstream from the location of the failed Saint Francis Dam, San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.), 1928

Images of Gordon Stewart Northcott during or after his murder trial, Los Angeles, Riverside or San Quentin, 1928-1930

Description:
Photograph of three images of Gordon Stewart Northcott during his trial. He was accused of kidnapping, molesting, torturing, and brutally murdering three young boys and aiding in the murder of another in 1928, which his mother admitted to. She received a life sentence in jail. Northcott was found guilty on all accounts and was executed by hanging on October 2, 1930 at the age of 23.
Date:
[between 1928-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Images of Gordon Stewart Northcott during or after his murder trial, Los Angeles, Riverside or San Quentin, 1928-1930

Interior of the Otis Art Institute during a student exhibition (?), Los Angeles, between 1918-1939

Description:
View of the interior of a stately house, probably the 1898 house of General Harrison Grey Otis, which became the Otis Art Institute in 1918 (located at 2410 Wilshire Blvd.). There is carved chest supporting a floral bouquet in front of a fireplace with a carved stone mantle. In the room beyond there appears to be art work on exhibition.
Date:
[between 1918-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Interior of the Otis Art Institute during a student exhibition (?), Los Angeles, between 1918-1939

Investigators dig for evidence at the Northcott family's chicken coop, Riverside County, 1928

Description:
At center, over a dozen investigators dig for evidence outside the chicken coop on the Northcott family's ranch in Riverside County. Behind them, the chicken coop enters frame at left and stretches back towards center. Gordon S. Northcott was later tried and convicted for the serial murders of young boys in the area. His mother, Sarah Louisa Northcott, was also imprisoned for assisting him.
Date:
[circa September, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Investigators dig for evidence at the Northcott family's chicken coop, Riverside County, 1928

Investigators dig for evidence near the Northcott family's ranch, Riverside County, 1928

Description:
About a dozen investigators stand in the desert near the Northcott family's chicken ranch and watch as Riverside County an unidentified man begins to dig for evidence. The man digging stands 3rd from the right and holds a shovel. He bends over as he digs into the ground. Several more investigators stand to the left of him. Gordon S. Northcott was later tried and convicted for the serial murders of young boys in the area. His mother, Sarah Louisa Northcott, was also imprisoned for assisting him.
Date:
[circa September, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Investigators dig for evidence near the Northcott family's ranch, Riverside County, 1928

Investigators find a jacket while searching for evidence at a ranch visited by Gordon Northcott, Santa Clarita, circa 1928

Description:
Possibly related to the article, "Mystery Shack, Boys' Shoes Found in 'Death Farm' Hunt: OFFICERS TAKEN TO CANYON HUT Clark Lad Leads Them Also to Filled-up Well Net Being Drawn Closer on Northcott Fugitives Other Clews Being Revealed in Grewsome Case," Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 1928: A2
Date:
[circa September, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Investigators find a jacket while searching for evidence at a ranch visited by Gordon Northcott, Santa Clarita, circa 1928

Investigators search for evidence on a ranch visited by Gordon Northcott, Santa Clarita, 1928

Description:
The camera looks from above towards several investigators searching for evidence in the area outside a chicken coop in Mint Valley. Chicken wire-lined pens occupy the foreground and stretch back on an upward angle towards the right. Beyond the pens, investigators scour the nearby brush. A house stands in the far distance at center. Gordon S. Northcott was later tried, convicted and executed for the serial murders of young boys in the area. His mother, Sarah Louisa Northcott, was also imprisoned for assisting him.
Date:
[circa September, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Investigators search for evidence on a ranch visited by Gordon Northcott, Santa Clarita, 1928

Investigators with Russell Beitzel at the site where Barbara Mauger's body was found on Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
A woman kneels, writing on a notepad. Standing around her are, on the right, Russell Beitzel, accused murderer of his wife Barbara Mauger, who holds his hat in one hand and points at the ground. Behind him stands a man wearing striped overalls, perhaps a coroner. The coroner looks at the camera. To the left of the man wearing striped overalls is a detective with a badge on his vest. To the detective's left stands another man, also wearing coveralls.
Date:
[between August-September 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Investigators with Russell Beitzel at the site where Barbara Mauger's body was found on Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, 1928

Italian General Italo Balbo greeted by Angeleno military leaders, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Ten men stand outside a train car at a train station. These men are, left to right: two unidentified men, Consul Count Caesar Pierre Albert Buzzi Gradenigo, National Guard Major General Walter P. Story, and General Italo Balbo. A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "Italy's Air Minister in Southland: Gen. Italo Balbo and Party Make Brief Stop in City on Way to San Diego," Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 1928: A2.
Date:
December 21, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Italian General Italo Balbo greeted by Angeleno military leaders, Los Angeles, 1928

Italian General Italo Balbo, National Guard Major General Walter P. Story, and Italian Consul Captain Gradenigo, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
At the Del Mar train station, from left, Italian General Italo Balbo, American Major General Walter P. Story, Italian Consul Captain Gradenigo, and an unidentified man. A similar image appears with "Italy's Air Minister in Southland: Gen. Italo Balbo and Party Make Brief Stop in City on Way to San Diego," Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 1928: A2.
Date:
December 21, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Italian General Italo Balbo, National Guard Major General Walter P. Story, and Italian Consul Captain Gradenigo, Los Angeles, 1928

Jacob Berman and an associate entering or exiting a law office, Los Angeles, 1929-1930

Description:
Jacob Berman (alias Jack Bennett) was charged with participation in a plot to bribe district attorney Asa Keyes to dismiss charges against himself and colleagues for his role in the over-issue of Julian Oil Corporation stock in 1927. He was also separately indicted in cases of embezzlement and forgery; the latter trial took place between 1928-1930. In those later trials, Berman testified for the State against Julian Petroleum.
Date:
[between 1928-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Jacob Berman and an associate entering or exiting a law office, Los Angeles, 1929-1930

Jacob Berman in a witness stand questioned by chief deputy district attorney Robert Stewart, Los Angeles, 1928-1930

Description:
Jacob Berman (left) is seated in a witness stand as he is questioned by district attorney Robert Stewart about documents, small papers, that both are holding. Jacob Berman (alias Jack Bennett) was charged with participation ina plot to bribe District-Attorney Asa Keyes to dismiss charges against himself and colleagues for his role in the over-issue of Julian Oil Corporation stock in 1927. He was also separately charged in cases of embezzlement and forgery; the latter trial took place between 1928-1930. In those later trials, Berman testified for the State against Julian Petroleum.
Date:
[between 1928-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Jacob Berman in a witness stand questioned by chief deputy district attorney Robert Stewart, Los Angeles, 1928-1930

Jacob Berman seated at a courtroom table, Los Angeles, 1928-1930

Description:
Jacob Berman (alias Jack Bennett) was charged with participation in a plot to bribe district attorney Asa Keyes to dismiss charges against himself and colleagues for his role in the over-issue of Julian Oil Corporation stock in 1927. He was also separately indicted in cases of embezzlement and forgery; the latter trial took place between 1928-1930. In those later trials, Berman testified for the State against Julian Petroleum.
Date:
[between 1928-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Jacob Berman seated at a courtroom table, Los Angeles, 1928-1930

Jacob Berman seated at the edge of a desk in a law office, Los Angeles, 1928-1930

Description:
Jacob Berman (alias Jack Bennett) was charged with participation in a plot to bribe district attorney Asa Keyes to dismiss charges against himself and colleagues for his role in the over-issue of Julian Oil Corporation stock in 1927. He was also separately indicted in cases of embezzlement and forgery; the latter trial took place between 1928-1930. In those later trials, Berman testified for the State against Julian Petroleum.
Date:
[between 1928-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Jacob Berman seated at the edge of a desk in a law office, Los Angeles, 1928-1930

James A. Talbot, Anthony Fokker and Violet Fokker sit in the cabin of a Fokker aircraft, Montebello, [1928]

Description:
From left to right, James A. Talbot, Anthony Fokker and Violet Fokker sit inside the cabin of a Fokker aircraft. The back of a passenger chair sits in partial view in the lower left corner. Beyond it, James A. Talbot sits behind a table. He rests an arm on the table and looks forward. To his left, Anthony Fokker sits with arm rested on a propped up leg. He looks to the camera as well. In front and to the right of him, Violet Fokker sits. Her chair is swiveled slightly to the left, but she turns her head to look out the window at right. A lines of continuous windows stretch back along both sides of the aircraft. Luggage racks hang above the windows and ground equipment is barely visible through the windows.
Date:
[circa June 5, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
James A. Talbot, Anthony Fokker and Violet Fokker sit in the cabin of a Fokker aircraft, Montebello, [1928]