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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

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

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

Los Angeles Examiner spread including a story on Anita Baldwin, Los Angeles, 1924

Description:
Image of a page of the Los Angeles Examiner open on a desk. The paper is dated Tuesday, April 8, 1924. Two hands on the left keep the pages flat. The article in question is titled "Mrs. Baldwin Finds Business Burden Heavy: Rich Woman Often Asks for Advice." The story spans four columns. Another column entitled "Love For Boy Told in Note by Princess" is found towards the newspaper seam. There are four advertisements on the page. A bit of the right-hand page can be seen.
Date:
April, 1924
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Los Angeles Examiner spread including a story on Anita Baldwin, Los Angeles, 1924

Motor boats on display at an auto show, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
View of mwo motorboats and one boat engine on display in an exhibition hall at an auto show. A sign hung up near the ceiling indicates these two boats are property of Fred Thomson Productions. The actor and stuntman Fred Thomson was an avid boatsman and boat collector. Reported in "Southland's Greatest Auto Exhibit in History Mecca for Unprecedented Throngs: Show Setting New Records; Indications Point to Eclipse of Attendance Estimates; Crowds Marvel at Color and Beauty of Display; Planes and Motorboats Also Get Share of Attention," Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 1927: 9.
Date:
[between February 26, 1927-March 6th, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Motor boats on display at an auto show, Los Angeles, 1927

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

Page of article, "Wirephoto Shows Lead: "Times" Keeps in Forefront...," Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
One of several related photographs housed in this negative sleeve that document the process of phototelegraphy -the process of transmitting photographic images over telephone wire. Though there were advancements - namely the Telediagraph, the Belinograph, and the Telephotograver (invented by Los Angeles Times managing editor Ralph Trueblood) – the technology left much room for improvement. In the 1930s, the Associated Press began working with Kodak to perfect the technology. On January 1, 1935, the AP sent the first photograph out over its Wirephoto service to 47 affiliated newspapers across the United States.
Date:
January 6, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Page of article, "Wirephoto Shows Lead: "Times" Keeps in Forefront...," Los Angeles, 1935

Sir Herbert Brown Ames with three students at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Sir Herbert Brown Ames with three students, (L-R) Chester Williams, Dorisadele Pomery, and Bill Henley, on the steps of Bovard Auditorium. The students hold document folders under their arms. An event poster reads "League of Nations Model Assembly, Fourteen Colleges and Universities of So. California Participating, Sir Herbert Brown Ames Guest Speaker Afternoon Session 2 to 6 Evening 7:30, Thur. Mar. 21 U.S.C. Bovard Auditorium, Tickets 25¢ On Sale at U.S.C. Student Store." Reported in "Model League Meeting Today: Student Proceedings Will be Like Those at Geneva...," Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 1929: A5. Sir Herbert Brown Ames was financial director of the League of Nations from 1919 to 1926.
Date:
March 21, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Sir Herbert Brown Ames with three students at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1929

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

Norton Building, with its occupant, Lord's Ladies Apparel, having a close-out sale, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
The Norton Building is located at Sixth Street and Broadway in Los Angeles. On October 23, 1935, an explosion destroyed the lower interior of the building, including The Owl Drug Co. and two outfitting stores. The building received a major façade alteration in 1940.
Date:
[between October and December 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Norton Building, with its occupant, Lord's Ladies Apparel, having a close-out sale, 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

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