Genre: portraits / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Group portrait of men and women on the drill floor of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: Group portrait of well-dressed men and women on the drill floor of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field. The drill pipe and rotary table are on the right.
Date:: [circa 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Group portrait of of men on the drill floor of an oil well at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: Group portrait of men in suits and workers gathered behind the drill pipe and rotary table on the drill floor of an oil well.
Date:: [circa 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Group portrait of men and women on the drill floor an oil well at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: Group portrait of well-dressed men and women and a worker on the drill floor of an oil well, posed behind the drill pipe and rotary table.
Date:: [circa 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Four men standing next to the travelling block at the base of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: Photograph of 4 men dressed in suits standing next to the travelling block at the base of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field. Other oil rigs are visible in the background.
Date:: [circa 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Group portrait of men on the drill floor of an oil rig at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: Photograph of 11 workers and 2 men wearing suits standing together on the drill floor of an oil well next to the rotary table and drill pipe on the right.
Date:: [circa 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Group portrait of men at the base of an oil well at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: Group portrait of 4 men in suits and 4 workers at the base of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, with a row of casing in front of them.
Date:: [circa 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Los Angeles Times cartoonist Alex Perez, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Description:: Portrait of Alex Perez, who worked as a cartoonist and artist for the Los Angeles Times for nearly 50 years.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Author Baroness Carla Jenssen, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Carla Jenssen was referred to as a baroness and author of multiple espionage stories, some of which became motion pictures. She claimed to have connections to the British secret service, and the king of Denmark.
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Golfer Craig Wood posing in front of a clubhouse, Los Angeles, 1930s

Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Portrait of Dorothy Chamberlin Hurtt wearing a fur-colloared coat, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Born Dorothy Louise Chamberlin in 1899 to Charles L Chamberlin and Sadie Wooster Hodgkins, married to John Nelson Hurtt. Died in Washington state in 1938.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Major General Lansing H. Beach at the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, “Expert Witness at Trial,” Los Angeles Times, 02 July, 1935: A3.
Date:: July 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

New York educator Dr. Robert L. Kelly, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Portrait of Dr. Robert L. Kelly from New York while visiting Los Angeles. Dr. Kelly was promoting the separation of sexes in private universities and colleges.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Home loan manager Harvey E. Harris, Los Angeles

Description:: Harvey E. Harris was likely a district manager of home loans in the Los Angeles area.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Fred M. Rolens, publisher of the South Pasadena Review, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photo appears with the article: “Publisher hurt boarding car leaves hospital,” Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 1936: 10.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Tito Guizar relaxing before starting work for a film, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph was taken at the same session as the photograph published in the article: "Relaxing Before Film Work", Los Angeles Times, February 23, 1935: A12
Date:: February 22, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Tito Guizar and his family pose for a portrait, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Tito Guizar was born Federico Arturo Guizar Tolentino, but went by Tito Guizar as his stage name.
Date:: February 22, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Assailant William Hardy, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: In 1935, William Hardy confessed to the beating of his half-sister Helen Katherine Williams with a hammer.
Date:: February 11, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Charles Johnston before his sentencing hearing, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Portrait of Charles Johnston before his sentencing hearing for the murder of his fiancé Dorothy Smith.
Date:: June 18, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Jessie Arnold poses, Los Angeles, 1920s or 1930s

Description:: Actress Jessie Arnold poses for a photograph.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Edward L. Doheny at his home, Los Angeles, 1920s

Description:: Portrait of oil magnate Edward L. Doheny, also known as E.L. or Ned Doheny. Most likely in his home which is currently on the Doheny campus of Mount Saint Mary’s University.
Date:: [1920s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Dr. Emma Kittredge in her laboratory, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Dr. Emma Kittredge in her laboratory after being appointed the first female medical examiner for the aeronautical division of the United States Department of Commerce.
Date:: July 6, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Sheriff Deputy John W. Hanby, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: John W. Hanby was a prison captain, sheriff deputy and jail steward in the Los Angeles justice system in the 1920s and 1930s.
Date:: April 11, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Dr. Emma Kittredge in her laboratory, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears in the article, "Woman Doctor Wins High Post: First of Sex to Be Pilot Medical Examiner," Los Angeles Times, 7 Jul. 1934: A1.
Date:: July 6, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Marchen Jorgensen after her arrest, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Spirit World Typewriter Checked: Psychic Power Blamed by Forgery Suspect," 31 Mar. 1935: A8.
Date:: March 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Anton Kolinowski with several ivory souvenirs from Africa, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: Business man and traveler Anton Kolinowski with several ivory souvenirs from Africa.
Date:: February 14, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Dr. Emma Kittredge in her laboratory, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: This photograph appears in the article, "Woman Doctor Wins High Post: First of Sex to Be Pilot Medical Examiner," Los Angeles Times, 7 Jul. 1934: A1.
Date:: July 6, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Portrait of UCLA professor Dr. John F. Kessel, Los Angeles, 1927-1939

Description:: Portrait of UCLA professor Dr. John F. Kessel
Date:: [between 1927-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Harry Gross poses in prison, waiting for trial, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Probably related to article: "Barber faces Trial on Shooting Charge", Los Angeles Times, April 6, 1935: pg. 15
Date:: April 5, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles County Supervisor Roger W. Jessup, Los Angeles, 1932-1939

Description:: Roger W. Jessup was appointed as an LA Supervisor in 1932 and remained until after 1939.
Date:: [between 1932-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Former Governor of Kansas Jonathan M. Davis poses for portait during a visit to Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Ex-Governor Jonathan M. Davis gives his opinion on the Agricultural Adjustment Administration as he stops in California to visit his sister, Mrs. George W. Russell.
Date:: December 24, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Author Baroness Carla Jenssen, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Carla Jenssen was referred to as a baroness and author of multiple espionage stories, some of which became motion pictures. She claimed to have connections to the British secret service, and the king of Denmark.
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Portrait of actor Creighton Hale, Los Angeles

Description:: Originally born Patrick Hale Fritzgerald, Creighton Hale was a prominent silent film era actor and lived in Los Angeles area.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Convicted kidnapper Luella Pearl Hammer, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Photograph was taken during the trial of Luella Pearl Hammer and Howard Von Dorn, who were charged with the kidnapping of Mary B Skeele, wife of a USC professor.
Date:: [between February - April 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Suzanne Kaaren, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Suzanne Kaaren was a B-movie actress in Hollywood throughout the 1930s and 40s, and even appeared in several "Three Stooges" films.
Date:: 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Portrait of author and director Emory Johnson at his typewriter, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Emory Johnson, actor and director, started his career in 1912, stopped working in 1922, but was back as producer/director/writer of The Phantom Express (1932). He played unbilled bit parts in films until at least 1941.
Date:: 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Portrait of director and author Emory Johnson, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Emory Johnson, actor and director, started his career in 1912, stopped working in 1922, but was back as producer/director/writer of The Phantom Express (1932). He played unbilled bit parts in films until at least 1941.
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Dancer and actress June Knight in court against her former agent, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: A different photograph of June Knight from the same occasion appears with the article, "Actress in Contract Suit; June Knight Agent Tells of Labors in Her Behalf," Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 1935: A9.
Date:: March 4, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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