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Advertisement for Baker Iron Works featuring the Shrine Auditorium and the Chamber of Commerce building, Los Angeles, circa 1923

Description:
Baker Iron Works advertisementdesigned to look like an architectural plan. The upper half of the ad features a drawing of the exterior of the Shrine Auditorium with three travelers on camels flanking the building. The center of the ad is hand-written text. On the left a banner surrounds the words "Supplied by Baker Iron Works Established 1872. - Structural Steel - Elevators - Riveted Pipe - Plate and Tank Work. North Broadway Los Angeles." To the right is more text that reads "Elevators for Shrine Auditorium and Structural Steel for Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Building -- Each the largest building of its class in the west." There is a small inscription written vertically that reads 7 1/4 inches, measuring the height of the ad in total. The bottom half of the ad features a photograph of the structural steel skeleton of the the Chamber of Commerce building under construction.
Date:
[between 1923-1924]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Advertisement for Baker Iron Works featuring the Shrine Auditorium and the Chamber of Commerce building, Los Angeles, circa 1923

Aerial view of an auto show after a fire, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Aerial view of the corner of Hill and Washington. Crowds of spectators flee from exhibition grounds where the auto show had been held. A sign reading "Show" is all that is left of the tent. The exhibition grounds are otherwise smoky and visibility is low. Reported on in "Fire Sweeps Auto Show; Loss Totals $1,250,000: Spectators Escape Without Panic; Spark Makes Fiery Furnace of Cars Housed in Four Tents," Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 1929: 1.
Date:
March 5, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Aerial view of an auto show after a fire, Los Angeles, 1929

Aerial view of an auto show fire, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
In the lower half of the image, a crowd of spectators watches the exhibition tent opening crumble in the fire. Only the scaffolding of the tent remains along with the signs reading "Auto" and "Show." A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "Panoramic View of Auto Show Grounds Taken During $1,250,000 Fire," Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 1929: 15.
Date:
March 5, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Aerial view of an auto show fire, Los Angeles, 1929

Armless pilot Josephine Callaghan standing in front biplane at Dycer airport, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Armless pilot Josephine Callaghan standing in front bi-plane at Dycer airport. On her plane is a painted sign reading "Dycer Airport Los Angeles Calif." Photo appears with the article, "Fall Kills Armless Pilot: Josephine Callaghan, Flying to Washington to Plead for License, Plunges in Texas," Los Angeles Times, 28 September 1929: A3.
Date:
April 16, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Armless pilot Josephine Callaghan standing in front biplane at Dycer airport, Los Angeles, 1929

August 16-17, 1986

Description:
Folder 16: contains organizational information, articles of incorporation and bylaws, minutes (June - December 1985, January - September 1986), financial statements (November 1985), projected budget (July 1985 - June 1986, July 1986 - June 1987), board management worksheets. Folder 17: contains agenda, board member recruitment, selection and orientation draft, retreat planning logistics, organizational chart, list of Connexxus staff, proposed budget (July 1987 - June 1988), retreat summary / minutes, handwritten minutes, group photo of board members.
Date:
August 16-17, 1986
Resource Type:
still image
text
Collection:
Connexxus/Centro de Mujeres Collection, 1985-1991
August 16-17, 1986

Bank employee and open vault at Belvedere State Bank, Belvedere Heights (Los Angeles), 1931

Description:
Employee standing in front of a deak with an open bank vault behind her in the Belvedere State Bank in East Los Angeles. At the top of the bank vault a sing reads "Belvedere State Bank." This photograph may be related to the article, "Police Trail Bank Bandits: Belvedere Robbers Sighted Near Pasadena; Gang Gets $20,000; Member Shot by Bystander," Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 1923: II1.
Date:
1923
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Bank employee and open vault at Belvedere State Bank, Belvedere Heights (Los Angeles), 1931

Baseball pitcher Satchel Paige in a baseball field ready to pitch, Los Angeles, circa 1933

Description:
Famed baseball pitcher Satchel Paige with his arms raised about to pitch. A sign on the fence in the background reads: "New, Clean Grade-Marked Lumber, $1800 per 1000 ft., Owens-parks Lumber Co., 2100 E. 38th St., 5 blocks East" which is a Los Angeles address. The location may be Thomas Jefferson High School at Hopner and 41st St.
Date:
[circa 1933]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Baseball pitcher Satchel Paige in a baseball field ready to pitch, Los Angeles, circa 1933

Baskerville Bible, featured at the Rare Book Exhibition at Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of the title page of the Baskerville Bible. In English, it reads, “The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revifed, By His Majesty’s Special Command, Appointed to be Read in Churches. Cambridge, Printed by John Baskerville, Printer to the University, M DCC LXIII. Cum Privilegio.”
Date:
July 9, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Baskerville Bible, featured at the Rare Book Exhibition at Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, 1935

Billy and Mary Louise Conn, Los Angeles, 1941

Description:
Billy Conn, boxer and actor, and his new wife, Mary Louise Conn (née Smith) on a train. At this time Billy Conn was filming for "The Pittsburgh Kid," formerly "Kid Tinsel." This was also a combination honeymoon trip. Billy wears a double breasted suit. Mary Louise wears a light-colored dress with a buttoned ruffle down the whole front length and a dark large-brimmed hat.
Date:
July 23, 1941
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Billy and Mary Louise Conn, Los Angeles, 1941

Boxing Champion Billie Bachelis replaces a punching bag at a May Company demonstration, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Billie Bachelis, Women's Amateur Lightweight Boxing Champion, and a department store clerk replace the punching bag at her demonstration at The May Company. A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with a front page photo titled "There's Punch in Her Career: Girl Boxer Earns Cash for College," Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 1931: A1.
Date:
December, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Boxing Champion Billie Bachelis replaces a punching bag at a May Company demonstration, Los Angeles, 1931

Chevrolet car, used as a getaway vehicle after three men robbed Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
A Chevrolet car, picture taken from the front 3/4 view. The windshield is cracked with a big hole on the passenger side. It is on a dirt road. Two more cars are in the background along with some buildings. An partially obscured unidentified man stands in the foreground of the picture.
Date:
[circa September 21, 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Chevrolet car, used as a getaway vehicle after three men robbed Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles, 1926

Clifford Harvey and Roy Olguin making amends, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
This photograph is possibly related to the articles, “SUIT ECHOES BOYS’ FIGHT: Father Blames School Head Parent Seeks $2023 Over Son’s Hurt in Supervised Battle Between Pair SUIT FOLLOWS YOUTHS’ FIGHT,” Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 1935: A1, and “SCHOOL MAN HELD GUILTY: San Pedro Principal Who Refereed Boy’s Fight Must Pay Doctor’s Bill,” Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 1935: A2.
Date:
October 17, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Clifford Harvey and Roy Olguin making amends, Los Angeles, 1935

Colonel Harcourt Hervey, Captain John K. Miller, Oscar A. Trippet, Roy S. Stockton, and Brigadier General Walter P. Story with the Mayor's Trophy for marksmanship, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Left to right, Colonel Harcourt Hervey, Captain John K. Miller, Oscar A. Trippet, Roy S. Stockton, and Brigadier General Walter P. Story, stand around a small table that holds a trophy. the trophy is a large sphere topped with a winged woman holding something in her hands over her head. The ball is surrounded by eagles with spread wings. Miller and Stockton are resting their hands on the base of the trophy. The three officers are wearing uniforms while the other two men wear suits. Behind them a small window or display case stands open.
Date:
April 6, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Colonel Harcourt Hervey, Captain John K. Miller, Oscar A. Trippet, Roy S. Stockton, and Brigadier General Walter P. Story with the Mayor's Trophy for marksmanship, Los Angeles, 1936

Commander Richard Byrd and his expedition members stand at the back of a train car, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Commander Richard Byrd and his fellow expedition members arrive in Los Angeles. Affixed to the front of the guardrail is a sign that reads, "GOLD COAST LIMITED." Behind the guardrail, the men stand in a row. Commander Byrd's dog Igloo is perched atop the front of the guardrail looking at the camera. Reported in “Byrd Arrives Ill From Cold: Commander and Wife Given Cordial Greetings Polar Hero Takes to Bed With High Fever Start for Antartic to be Early Next Week,” Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 1928: A1.
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Commander Richard Byrd and his expedition members stand at the back of a train car, Los Angeles, 1928

Commander Richard Byrd and his expedition members stand at the back of a train car, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Commander Richard Byrd and his fellow expedition members stand upon arrival in Los Angeles. Affixed to the front of the guardrail is a sign that reads, "GOLD COAST LIMITED." Reported in, “Byrd Arrives Ill From Cold: Commander and Wife Given Cordial Greetings Polar Hero Takes to Bed With High Fever Start for Antartic to be Early Next Week,” Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 1928: A1.
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Commander Richard Byrd and his expedition members stand at the back of a train car, Los Angeles, 1928

Crowd gathers outside the Los Angeles County courthouse to catch a glimpse of accused murder Louise Peete, Los Angeles, 1921

Description:
This photograph appears with the article, “MRS. PEETE DAILY ‘FREE SHOW.’: Extraordinary Phase of Sensational Murder Trial Supplied by the Thousands Who Mass on the Street to Catch Brief Glimpse of Her on Way to Courtroom. Here is a Typical "Peets Crowd" Waiting to See Woman Accused of Denton Murder Take Seventy Steps in Public. EARLY ONES OUT BEFORE DAY TO SEE MRS. PEETE; Throngs Wait Weary Hours for Mere Glimpse of Defendant; Courtroom Guards Besieged With Wiles,” Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan 1921: II1
Date:
[January 29, 1921]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Crowd gathers outside the Los Angeles County courthouse to catch a glimpse of accused murder Louise Peete, Los Angeles, 1921

Dancing Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

Description:
Dancing Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown on unpaved street with spectators on the sidewalk. The man supporting the front holds the lion's head high above his own head and is smiling. There is allot of dust or smoke in the foreground. A sign on a commercial building reads: "Eastern Grocery Co."
Date:
[circa 1920-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dancing Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

Dedication ceremony at the location of the signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga, Studio City (Los Angeles), 1924

Description:
Dedication ceremony of a bronze plaque for the signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga written by Jessie Benton Frémont at Campo De Cahuenga. Members stand in front of the plaque, which hangs from the wall of a building. In the background are the California state flag and American flag. It was a gift of the California History and Landmarks Club, the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West, and the Ebell Club. Location: 3919 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood. Campo De Cahuenga is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #29.
Date:
1924
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony at the location of the signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga, Studio City (Los Angeles), 1924

Door to the jury room during the trial of Louise Peete, accusing of killing Jacob Denton, Los Angeles, 1921

Description:
Door to the jury room photographed during the trial of Louise Peete, accusing of killing Jacob Denton. On the right is a diagram of the 2nd floor of the house of Jacob Denton, where Denton was murdered, with a label reading "Plan of second floor of 675 So. Catalina St. Los Angeles, Cal. Surveyed by County Surveyor. November, 1920. Scale 1" = 2'"
Date:
[between January-February, 1921]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Door to the jury room during the trial of Louise Peete, accusing of killing Jacob Denton, Los Angeles, 1921

Dorothy Oaks holds gifts for Judge Thomas P. White and Charles R. Morfoot who were working the Guttman-Sewell case, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Dorothy Oaks stands behind a table, holding gifts for Judge Thomas P. White and defense attorney Charles R. Morfoot. In her left hand, she holds up a rose lying in tissue paper in a box. By her right hand on the table, is a gift wrapped circular bundle. Judge White is being gifted a rose, while Morfoot is being gifted a cabbage.
Date:
July 10, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dorothy Oaks holds gifts for Judge Thomas P. White and Charles R. Morfoot who were working the Guttman-Sewell case, Los Angeles, 1935

Dr. A.D. Trotter holds a bottle of medicine that brought Mildred Gross back to life, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
28-year-old Mildred Gross had been declared dead at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital from an overdose of sleeping powder. But over the course of an hour Dr. A.D. Trotter administered several intravenous injections to Mrs. Gross that successfully restored her pulse, respiration, and reflexes, even though she did not regain consciousness.
Date:
December 1, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dr. A.D. Trotter holds a bottle of medicine that brought Mildred Gross back to life, Los Angeles, 1938

Dr. Walter Carter, entomologist, with Guatemalan jungle flies, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
Dr. Walter Carter, entomologist, sits on a liner with two boxes next to his right. The boxes are filled with 1 million Guatemalan jungle flies en route to Hawaii in efforts to control a pineapple crop pest, the mealy bug. To his left is a steamer trunk standing on end, with two luggage stickers. He holds a pipe in his right hand. This was taken on the liner, Saint Teresa, in Los Angeles.
Date:
November 25, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Howe, Frank B., 1897-1963
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dr. Walter Carter, entomologist, with Guatemalan jungle flies, Los Angeles, 1932

Eugene Williams, Deputy District Attorney, pointing to floorplan of 10587 Holman Avenue during Louis Payne trial, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Eugene Williams, Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney, pointing to a bedroom on a floorplan of 10587 Holman Avenue, Los Angeles. This photograph was possibly taken during the July, 1934 trial of Louis Payne, who confessed to murdering his mother and brother at this address.
Date:
July, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Eugene Williams, Deputy District Attorney, pointing to floorplan of 10587 Holman Avenue during Louis Payne trial, Los Angeles, 1934

Excavation event at the Fort Moore Hill entrance to the Broadway Tunnel, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
View towards the Broadway Tunnel and Fort Moore Hill from the intersection of Spring Street from the intersection with Sunset Blvd. (now Cesar Chavez Avenue). At the base of the hill a group of people gather around Myers & Co. On a platform cordoned off with a stars and stripes fabric the group of men includes Mayor Frank L. Shaw, and another man speaks into a microphone. Signs read "Myers & Co., Excavating Contractors, MU.6306". A billboard advertisement for the movie "Tarzan and his Mate" dates the photograph to 1934. A second billboard reads "No extra cost for Tetraethyl, the higher anti-knock Leader". A sign on a large house on top of the hill, known as the Banning Mansion, reads "Apartments".
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Excavation event at the Fort Moore Hill entrance to the Broadway Tunnel, Los Angeles, 1934

Exiled Bishop Manuel Azpeitia Palomar and priests at a train station before their return to Mexico, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Bishop Manuel Azpeitia Palomar on the steps of a train car, with approximately ten individuals on either side. A sign in the train window reads 2:00. Reported in "Priests on Way Back to Mexico: Party of Twenty-seven Will Return to Parishes After Three-Year Exile," Los Angeles Times, 6 Jul. 1929: A2.
Date:
July 5, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Exiled Bishop Manuel Azpeitia Palomar and priests at a train station before their return to Mexico, Los Angeles, 1929

Fay Le Gault, on trial for the murder of her husband, walking in courtroom, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Fay Le Gault walking in a courtroom. Three unidentified men are behind her. On the wall is a chalk drawing of a map and a calendar. In the foreground are chairs and a desk. This photograph was possibly taken during April 1935 when Le Gault was on trial before Superior Judge Bowron for the murder of her husband, Phillip Le Gault.
Date:
[April, 1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Fay Le Gault, on trial for the murder of her husband, walking in courtroom, Los Angeles, 1935

Flora Doering, mother, holds baby daughter Jeanne Doering, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Mrs. Flora Doering holds baby daughter Jeanne Doering. Mrs. Doering's eyes are on her baby as the younger Doering stares happily at the camera. Mrs. Doering wears a hat and top with a skirt. Jeanne wears a baby cap and a light-colored dress. In the background a partially hidden sign reads, "Department [...] Calendar [...] Tuesdays [...] at 2 P.M. [...] Files must [...] to clerk [...]"
Date:
October 25, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Flora Doering, mother, holds baby daughter Jeanne Doering, Los Angeles, 1935

Frank A. Bouelle standing next to students from the Canoga Park High School Drum and Bugle Corps, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Frank A. Bouelle standing next to two Canoga Park High School students, one who is holding a banner pole that reads Canoga Park High School Drum and Bugle Corps 1929. The two female students are dressed in their marching band uniform. Bouelle was the superintendent of the Los Angeles City School District from February 1929 until his retirement in January 1937.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Frank A. Bouelle standing next to students from the Canoga Park High School Drum and Bugle Corps, Los Angeles, 1929

George K. Brandriff, Laguna Beach artist, with his painting "Hit Me!", Biltmore Salon, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:
Laguna Beach artist George K. Brandriff standing by his painting entitled "Hit Me!" The painting depicts a clown toy, playing cards, and chips; the frame is composed of Los Angeles Times articles chiefly about the New Deal. This photograph was taken at the Biltmore Salon in Los Angeles, where an exhibition of Brandriff's Los Angeles Times-inspired paintings was held during May, 1933.
Date:
May, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
George K. Brandriff, Laguna Beach artist, with his painting "Hit Me!", Biltmore Salon, Los Angeles, 1933

Gertrude Davey, cafe owner, testifying in Werner trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Gertrude Davey sitting in witness stand. Behind her is a black board labelled "43 Superior Court 4," with a drawing of a room plan. In front of her is an unidentified man at a desk. This photograph was probably taken when Davey, a café owner, testified in Superior Judge Fricke's courtroom at the second trial of Erwin and Helen Werner on liquor license corruption charges.
Date:
February 24, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Gertrude Davey, cafe owner, testifying in Werner trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Gladys Hamiliton and John Carl Whiteley, witnesses at Busby Berkeley's trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Gladys Hamilton and John Carl Whiteley were witnesses to Busby Berkeley's driving that resulted in a car crash that killed three people and badly injured three others. Berkeley was on trial for murder for the third time (the first two juries deadlocked). They testified that he was speeding and drove them off the road.
Date:
April 9, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Gladys Hamiliton and John Carl Whiteley, witnesses at Busby Berkeley's trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Greenhouse for the estate of Arthur Letts, Jr., as it is transported on a residential street, Los Angeles, circa 1927

Description:
Related to the photo piece, "Construction Progresses on Arthur Letts, Jr., Dwelling," Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 1927: E6. The caption reports that plants and trees for the landscaping were being provided by the estate of Letts deceased father (Holmby House in Los Feliz), who had an extensive garden of several acres in. The garden of his father's estate was destroyed in 1927 for development and rare plants also went to the Huntington Gardens.
Date:
[circa 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Greenhouse for the estate of Arthur Letts, Jr., as it is transported on a residential street, Los Angeles, circa 1927