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Boxer Joe Benjamin sitting with his trainers, Los Angeles, 1920-1929

Description:
Joe Benjamin is seated on a stool at a corner post of the boxing ring. He wears a blanket and his boxing gloves. Three headless bodies of his trainers stand to his left, right, and rear (outside the ring). A seated crowd is shown on the right, suggesting that this image was captured during a match.
Date:
1920-1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Boxer Joe Benjamin sitting with his trainers, Los Angeles, 1920-1929

Bridge under construction after 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
OpenUCLA Collections
Bridge under construction after the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Bridge under construction after 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
OpenUCLA Collections
Bridge under construction after the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Bridge under reconstruction after 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
OpenUCLA Collections
Bridge under reconstruction after the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

British journalist Sir Charles Igglesden with physicist Dr. Robert A. Millikan at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1928

Description:
British journalist Sir Charles Igglesden shakes the hand of physicist Dr. Robert A. Millikan at California Institute of Technology. Dr. Millikan provided a tour of the laboratories at the institute to Sir Charles Igglesden and thirteen other British journalists who traveled through the United States on a trip sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation for International Peace. Related to the article "British Journalists Spend Busy Day Being Welcomed and Visiting City's Places of Interest: EDITORS LIKE OUR SUNSHINE," Los Angeles Times, 02 Nov. 1928: A1.
Date:
November 1, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
British journalist Sir Charles Igglesden with physicist Dr. Robert A. Millikan at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1928

British Secretary of Foreign Affairs Sir Austen Chamberlain with his family, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
British Secretary of Foreign Affairs Sir Austen Chamberlain out with his family, from left to right: his son Lawrence Chamberlain, wife Ivy Muriel Chamberlain (Dundas), and daughter Diane Chamberlain. Sir Austen Chamberlain traveled to California for his health. Photo appears with the article, "Chamberlain Bans Politics: Refuses Flatly to Discuss Naval Treaty -- Sir Austen's Health Much Improved by Trip -- British Notable and Family Guests of Fairbanks," Los Angeles Times, 01 Oct. 1928: A1.
Date:
September 30, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
British Secretary of Foreign Affairs Sir Austen Chamberlain with his family, Los Angeles, 1928

Broadway Tunnel, Fort Moore Hill and the Hall of Justice seen from Spring Street, Los Angeles, 1925-1939

Description:
View down Spring Street from the intersection with Sunset Blvd. (now Cesar Chavez Avenue), facing SW towards the Broadway Tunnel on the right, and the Hall of Justice of the left beyond Fort Moore Hill. A Standard [gas] Station is on the corner. A sign reading "IT'S IN THE EXAMINER" (seen from the back) is visible in the upper center of the photograph. There are 4 billboard signs above and to the left of Broadway Tunnel advertising Carnation Milk and " Aunt Jemina's Daddy!". Rear view of the Hall of Justice Building. A gas station (Standard Stations Inc.) is in the shot as well.
Date:
[between 1925-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Broadway Tunnel, Fort Moore Hill and the Hall of Justice seen from Spring Street, Los Angeles, 1925-1939

Building wreckage within matted tree debris left by the flood that followed the ruin 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
Building wreckage within matted tree debris left by the flood that followed the ruin of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Burning wood debris in a field following the flood resulting from 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
OpenUCLA Collections
Burning wood debris in a field following the flood resulting from the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Byrd Expedition sailmaker, Martin Ronne, points to a knot, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Martin Ronne, sailmaker of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, stands at center and poses with a nautical knot. He smiles to camera as he holds and points to a knot to the right of him. Behind Ronne, ship equipment lies strewn across the deck of the C. A. Larsen. A large ship cabin rises behind Ronne at left and a mast passes overhead. The Port of Los Angeles is visible in the far distance.
Date:
[circa October 9, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Byrd Expedition sailmaker, Martin Ronne, points to a knot, Los Angeles, 1928

California National Guard members at train station, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1933

Description:
Possibly related to the article "'Los Angeles Own' – the 160th U.S. Infantry," Los Angeles Times, 25 July 1926. The article states: ... the five designations of the regiment from first to last: The Los Angeles Guard, the Eagle Corps, the Seventh Regiment, the Ninth Infantry, and the 160th Infantry, "Los Angeles Own." The crest is that prescribed for the National Guard organizations of California. ...
Date:
[between 1920-1933]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
California National Guard members at train station, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1933

California National Guard members drilling, [Los Angeles?]

Description:
Possibly related to the article "'Los Angeles Own' – the 160th U.S. Infantry," Los Angeles Times, 25 July 1926. The article states: ... the five designations of the regiment from first to last: The Los Angeles Guard, the Eagle Corps, the Seventh Regiment, the Ninth Infantry, and the 160th Infantry, "Los Angeles Own." The crest is that prescribed for the National Guard organizations of California. ...
Date:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
California National Guard members drilling, [Los Angeles?]

California National Guard members next to train on Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, circa 1928-1939

Description:
About 25 soldiers in uniforms and helmets standing outside baggage car of train marked Pacific Lines, with 2 soldiers in train doorway, man with camera at right. The train is stopped on Exposition Blvd just west of Figueroa Blvd. at the Exposition Armory. The soldiers are loading or unloading military equipment.
Date:
[between 1928-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
California National Guard members next to train on Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, circa 1928-1939

California National Guard members walking alongside train on Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, circa 1928-1939

Description:
About 150 soldiers in uniforms and helmets marching in lines alongside Santa Fe train passenger cars, near the Exposition Park Armory on Exposition Blvd., with the 2nd story of Bridge Hall on the University of Southern California campus visible behind the train. There are cars in the right background.
Date:
[between 1928-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
California National Guard members walking alongside train on Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, circa 1928-1939

Captain Cato holds a clock as piece of evidence in the Leo Patrick Kelley murder case, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Investigating officer Captain Cato sits on a balcony and holds up a travel clock as evidence in the Leo Patrick Kelly murder case. Leo Patrick Kelly was tried for the murder of Myrtle Mellus. Reported in "KELLEY INSISTS HE SAW MELLUS: Says Husband Was Home at 3:30 o'clock Accused Slayer's Version Given Prosecutor Defense Gets Subpoena for Liquor," Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 1928: A2.
Date:
August 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Captain Cato holds a clock as piece of evidence in the Leo Patrick Kelley murder case, Los Angeles, 1928

Car manufacturer Earle C. Anthony with sales manager Ralph E. Macduff and another man, Los Angeles, circa 1924

Description:
Earle C. Anthony (right) was an American businessman and philanthropist who worked in broadcasting and automobiles. He worked as the sole Californian distributor of Packard cars. The person identified as "Ralph" on the negative sleeve is probably Earle C. Anthony Co.'s general sales manager Ralph E. Macduff. The two were reported on in "Four-Month Car Output Mark Falls: Unprecedented Number of Autos Produced Keep Factory Busy," Los Angeles Times, 13 May, 1928: G5.
Date:
[between 1924-1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Car manufacturer Earle C. Anthony with sales manager Ralph E. Macduff and another man, Los Angeles, circa 1924

Casa Del Mexico cultural center (copy print), Boyle Heights (Los Angeles), 1920-1939

Description:
Copy photograph of the building when it was Euclid Heights Methodist Church, pinned on a wall. The building was completed as a church in 1904. It later served as a synagogue and then became the location of the Casa Del Mexico. Located at 2900 Calle Pedro Infante in the neighborhood of Boyle Heights.
Date:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Casa Del Mexico cultural center (copy print), Boyle Heights (Los Angeles), 1920-1939

Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, interior view, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

Description:
The former Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, located at 214 South Main Street, is one of Los Angeles' few remaining 19th century landmarks and was completed in 1876. The Cathedral was decommissioned at some point between 1994 and 1999 after which it underwent seismic retrofitting and restoration and, in the process, was converted to an event space called Vibiana.
Date:
[circa 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, interior view, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

C. B. D. Collyer, Allan Lockheed and Harry Tucker at Mines Field after a transcontinental flight, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Captain C. B. D. Collyer and Harry Tucker (right), who flew the Yankee Doodle monoplane on the second transcontinental flight, holding telegrams of congratulations. With them is Alan Lockheed (2nd from right) who designed the Lockheed Vega monoplane that was flown, and other unidentified people. They are at Mines Field on the day that Collyer and Tucker completed the flight.
Date:
October 25, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
C. B. D. Collyer, Allan Lockheed and Harry Tucker at Mines Field after a transcontinental flight, Los Angeles, 1928

C. B. D. Collyer and Harry Tucker at Mines Field after a transcontinental flight, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Left to right: C. B. D. Collyer, and unidentified man, and Harry Tucker stand in front of the the Yankee Doodle monoplane, a Lockheed-Vega, at Mines Field after a transcontinental flight. Collyer and Tucker piloted the plane. It was the second non-stop transcontinental flight, completed in twenty-four hours and fifty-eight minutes, which was non hour and fifty-two minutes under the record created by the first flight.
Date:
October 25, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
C. B. D. Collyer and Harry Tucker at Mines Field after a transcontinental flight, Los Angeles, 1928