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Gettle children sit and pose on their lawn during William F. Gettle's kidnapping ordeal, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
This photograph is possibly related to the articles, “TENSE EXPECTANCY REIGNS AT HOME OF MILLIONAIRE,” Los Angeles Times, 12 May 1934: 2, and, “PATHOS REIGNS IN GETTLE HOME: Stricken Wife Awaiting Tensely for Tidings Children, Unaware of Crime, Guarded During Play Strangers in House, Actually Officers, Seem Guests,” Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1934: 2
Date:
[circa May 9-15, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Gettle children sit and pose on their lawn during William F. Gettle's kidnapping ordeal, Beverly Hills, 1934

Rudolph Schiffman Sr. and Rudolph Schiffman Jr., Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Part of this photograph appears with the article, "Young Heir Kills Self: Schiffman Jr., in Suicide, Son of Wealthy Drug Man Ends Life Due to Grief Over Girl's Death," Los Angeles Times, 2 Sept. 1935: A1. According to the article, he killed himself due to sadness over the suicide of a girl that committed suicide two years prior.
Date:
August 31, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Rudolph Schiffman Sr. and Rudolph Schiffman Jr., Los Angeles, 1935

Daughters of the American Revolution Mmes. Smither, Orbison, Crail, Watkins, Ohler, Cottle, McCoy, and Ms. Marsh, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
A group of eight women in a living area of what appears to be a house. Standing, from left to right: Gertrude C. Smither, Mrs. Olive Jennings Orbison, Mrs. Margaret Bernice Crail, Miss Mary Catherine Marsh, and Mrs. Louise W. Watkins. Seated, from left to right: Mrs. Clara May Ohler, Mrs. Hattie May Cottle, and Mrs. Elizabeth McCoy. Most are holding a sheet of paper and looking at Mrs. Smither. Behind Mrs. Smither is a portrait of a man seated on a chair with a child in his arm.
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Daughters of the American Revolution Mmes. Smither, Orbison, Crail, Watkins, Ohler, Cottle, McCoy, and Ms. Marsh, Los Angeles, 1936

U.S.S. Idaho saluting, Los Angeles vicinity, 1935

Description:
A similar photograph of the U.S.S. Idaho is captioned, "Greatest Fighting Machine Joins Naval Forces Here: U.S.S. Idaho pictured entering San Pedro roadstead on return from $14,000,000 overhaul at Norfolk navy yard. As result of the modernization, embodying the latest developments in armament and machinery, the dreadnaught is declared to be the most efficient capital ship in any navy. She has an effective fighting range of 35,000 yards," Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 1935: A1
Date:
1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
U.S.S. Idaho saluting, Los Angeles vicinity, 1935

Criminologist Frank Gompert inspects a pistol while Norris Stensland watches, [Los Angeles], about 1931

Description:
Frank Gompert sits, off-center to the right, and hunches over a small table and microscope. He leans towards the left as he holds a pistol beneath the microscope. Below him and on the table sits a pile of bullets and casings, on or near their evidence sleeves. Behind and to the left of Frank Gompert, Norris Stensland sits and watches Frank Gompert handle the small firearm. At left, a typewriter and another pistol sit on the desk next to Norris Stensland. The rest of the laboratory occupies the background.
Date:
[circa 1931]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Criminologist Frank Gompert inspects a pistol while Norris Stensland watches, [Los Angeles], about 1931

Compton Junior High School shop building after the Long Beach earthquake, Compton, 1933

Description:
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
Date:
March 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Compton Junior High School shop building after the Long Beach earthquake, Compton, 1933

Color guard for the 160th infantry regiment in the Los Angeles Exposition Park Armory, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Color guard for the National Guard marching inside the Los Angeles Exposition Park Armory while men stand by and salute the flags. The color guard holds the American flag and the 160th infantry regiment flag. One man on the sidelines holds a flag with a star, staff parallel to the ground. In the rafters, an audience watches the procession.
Date:
April 6, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Color guard for the 160th infantry regiment in the Los Angeles Exposition Park Armory, Los Angeles, 1936

U. S. Attorney S. W. McNabb and Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Los Angeles, ca. 1926

Description:
From left to right, Samuel W. McNabb and Mabel Walker Willebrandt sit behind a desk as they look over documents. The desk is strewn with paperwork as it stretches back to the right. McNabb sits facing camera, but looks towards the right. Mabel Walker Willebrandt holds a notepad in front of her as she looks towards Samuel McNabb. Behind them, a poster containing a quote from Calvin Coolidge hangs on the office wall.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
U. S. Attorney S. W. McNabb and Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Los Angeles, ca. 1926

Stanford football teams runs through drills prior to the Rose Bowl game, Pasadena, circa 1934

Description:
The Stanford football team runs through drills at Brookside Park prior to the 1935 Rose Bowl game. At right, Bobby Grayson holds the football low, looking as though he's going to punt the ball. At left, several of his teammates wear sweats as they run through the drill. The far side of the practice field is lined by hedges. Spectators are visible peeking over the hedges center.
Date:
[circa December 27-29, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Stanford football teams runs through drills prior to the Rose Bowl game, Pasadena, circa 1934

Portrait photograph of William Steele, 1921

Description:
This photograph is related to the article, "SEEK CLEWS TO DOUBLE MURDER IN HOME RUIN.: Friends of Dead Rich Man and Wife Suspect Slaying by Incendiary; Accident, Officers Believe. Figure in Pomona's Grewsome Mystery. DOUBLE MURDER CLEWS HUNTED; Sift Ashes of Dead Couple's Burned Residence; Friends and Police Advance Differing Theories; Slaying is Indicated by Several Circumstances," Los Angeles Times, 10 Jun. 1921: II1
Date:
[circa June 9, 1921]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Portrait photograph of William Steele, 1921

Part of the Talcott family reading outside: Betty, Frank, Rodney Jr., Tom, Marguerite, and Peggy, 1935

Description:
Betty Talcott kneels outside, holding a book in her arms. A dog lie on the ground in front of her. Seated are [probably] Frank Talcott (misidentified as Betty) and Rodney D. Talcott Jr., who is holding what looks like a booklet. Standing behind everyone is Marguerite Talcott (the mother), and Peggy Talcott, resting her hands on the shoulders of Tom Talcott.
Date:
August 27, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Part of the Talcott family reading outside: Betty, Frank, Rodney Jr., Tom, Marguerite, and Peggy, 1935

Back of a telegram related to Aimee Semple McPherson, 1926

Description:
In 1926 evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach in California for 5 weeks. She emerged in Mexico, claiming to have been kidnapped. A grand jury investigation indicated that she had actually been staying with a former employee, Kenneth Ormiston. The case against McPherson was finally dismissed.
Date:
1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Back of a telegram related to Aimee Semple McPherson, 1926

Ground plan of the Los Angeles Hall of Justice, 1922

Description:
Ground plan of the 2nd floor of the Hall of Justice. Labelled areas include: Vestibule, Light Court (3), Assembly Room, Public Elevators, Corridors, Print Shop, Licence Collector (office), Bail Clerk (office), License Collector (office), Caption of Detectives (office), Lieutenant of Detectives (office), Desk Sergeant (office), Phone Clerk (office), Record Clerk (office), Pawn Shop Records, Prisoners' Elevator, Prison Visitors' Elevator, Pipe Shaft Closet, Traffic Squad, Desk Room(s), and Captain (office). The building was opened in 1926.
Date:
December, 1922
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Ground plan of the Los Angeles Hall of Justice, 1922

Mrs. George P. Griffith, Kate Page Crutcher, Mabel Frankenfield, Florence O. Hunt, and Mrs. H.G. Raymond at the Children's Hospital Salvage Shop, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
The seventeenth annual Salvage Shop spring dress sales to benefit the Children's Hospital. Mabel Frankenfield (Mrs. Budd Frankenfield) was the general chairman. Kate Page Crutcher (Mrs. Albert Crutcher) was the president of the Children's Hospital and assistant manager of the shop. Florence Onderdonk Hunt was also an assistant manager.
Date:
March 23, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Mrs. George P. Griffith, Kate Page Crutcher, Mabel Frankenfield, Florence O. Hunt, and Mrs. H.G. Raymond at the Children's Hospital Salvage Shop, Los Angeles, 1936

Clarence M. Fuller stands at the jail's booking counter, Los Angeles, between 1931-1934

Description:
A very similar photograph appears with the article, “RICHFIELD OIL OFFICIALS FOUND GUILTY OF THEFT: Court Clears Trio on Conspiracy Charge but Holds Case Proven on Defalcation Counts RICHFIELD TRIO FOUND GUILTY Court Delivers Verdict in Long-Fought Case One to Six Counts Assessed on Grand Theft Charges Conspiracy Accusation Held Not Proven by Judge,” Los Angeles Times, 17 May 1932: A1
Date:
[between 1931-1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Clarence M. Fuller stands at the jail's booking counter, Los Angeles, between 1931-1934

Occidental College president Remsen D. Bird, Mrs. Helen Bird, and Occidental board president Robert Freeman, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Remsen D. Bird, in suit and tie, newspaper under left arm, Mrs. Helen Bird, in suit and hat, carrying purse and coat, and Robert Freeman, in suit and tie, looking downward, all standing, outdoors with building in background. This photograph was taken on the day Bird departed for a train trip to Washington, D.C. to meet with President Roosevelt about student Loans [re. image ark no. 21198/zz002dbc7g].
Date:
April 12, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Occidental College president Remsen D. Bird, Mrs. Helen Bird, and Occidental board president Robert Freeman, Los Angeles, 1935

Throngs seeking to identify victims in a temporary morgue after the failure of the Saint Francis Dam and resulting flood, Newhall (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
Throngs seeking to identify victims in a temporary morgue after the failure of the Saint Francis Dam and resulting flood, Newhall (Calif.), 1928

Decorated automobile at the start of the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:
Decorated automobile at the start of the Tournament of Roses Parade driven by a chauffeur and with 2 women in the back seat. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the car in its original location in the middle of the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard.
Date:
January 1, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Decorated automobile at the start of the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Prince Axel of Denamark with Cedil B. DeMille at the Laksy studio, Los Angeles, 1918

Description:
Prince Axel of Denmark (left) and Cecil B. DeMille (center), director-general at the Lasky studio stand behind a table with items on top if it. REported in "Sailor Prince Sees City: Shows Eager Interest in Sights, But as Neutral Restrains Comment. Scion of Modern Royalty Beside Death-Trap of the Ages," Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 1918: II1.
Date:
October 17, 1918
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Prince Axel of Denamark with Cedil B. DeMille at the Laksy studio, Los Angeles, 1918

Aerial view of flooding after the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
Aerial view of the Santa Clara River Valley with planted plots of land and a road in the foreground and the river beyond. The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928. 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
Aerial view of flooding after the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Railroad track repair effort in the valley after the flooding caused by the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1920s

Description:
Construction crew works on a railroad track. The dam collapsed on March 12. 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:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Railroad track repair effort in the valley after the flooding caused by the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1920s

Six men wearing suits in the canyon after the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam, San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.), 1928

Description:
Six men probably engaged in the investigation that followed the collapse of the St. Francis Dam. 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
Six men wearing suits in the canyon after the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam, San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.), 1928

Upward view of the canyon rock face after the collapse of the 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
Upward view of the canyon rock face after the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam, San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.), 1928