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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

Newly elected Board of Governors of the national Better Business Bureau, Los Angeles, 1924

Description:
At the sixth annual convention of the national Better Business Bureau at the Biltmore Hotel (506 S. Grand Ave.) members of the newly elected Better Business Bureau on election. Six men are seated or standing around a table on a small platform, and one man is seated at the table. Five of them wear round frame eyeglasses. Documents are attached to the wall beind them, with some legible content including: "St. Louis," "Boston," and "Toledo." The image appears on a photo page in the Los Angeles Times, 06 Sep. 1924: 8.
Date:
September 6, 1924
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Newly elected Board of Governors of the national Better Business Bureau, Los Angeles, 1924

Western Air Express biplane on display at an auto show, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
View of a biplane parked in an exhibition hall. A sign above the plane a sign reads "Western Air Express." Two signs on the plane read: "Souvenir California Booster Letter, Ready for Air Mail East - 10 ¢" (lower left wing) , and "Airplane Trips 2 Free" (on the engine). Reported in "Fourteenth Annual Automobile Show Closes Tomorrow After Record Attendance: Air Mail Campaign Success is Recognized," Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 1927: 6.
Date:
[between February 26, 1927-March 6th, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Western Air Express biplane on display at an auto show, Los Angeles, 1927

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

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

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

Kid Williams, ex-boxer, and S. S. Hahn, Los Angeles attorney, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Kid Williams, an ex-boxer stands behind S. S. Hahn, Los Angeles attorney. Williams has his left hand on Hahn's left shoulder, and is holding his right hand out, palm up. Hahn is smiling and reaching into his right pants pocket. Williams wears a bow tie and suit. Hahn wears a dotted tie and suit, and carries a large envelope under his left arm. An ottoman, desk, and telephone can be seen behind them.
Date:
[circa Sep 4 1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Kid Williams, ex-boxer, and S. S. Hahn, Los Angeles attorney, Los Angeles, 1935

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

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

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

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

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

Outside kidnap victim Zeke Caress's Hollywood Hills residence, Los Angeles, circa 1931

Description:
The reporters and investigative journalists (19 men and 7 women) stand outside Zeke’s residence. Skid marks from the kidnappers’ car is shown. Zeke’s residence was Hollywood Hills, 2230 Hollyridge Drive, Los Angeles, CA. Zeke (E. L., Ezekiel Logan) Caress, his wife Helen Caress and their chauffeur were kidnapped from their Hollywood Hills home on December 20, 1930. They were held in a house near El Sereno, and freed after their abductors were captured by on their way cash the ransom checks.
Date:
[circa 1931]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Outside kidnap victim Zeke Caress's Hollywood Hills residence, Los Angeles, circa 1931

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

Western Air Express biplane on display at an auto show, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
View of a biplane in an exhibition hall. Tassels and fringe hang from the ceiling. To the upper left of the plane hangs a sign reading "Western Air Express." There are two signs on the plane itself: one on the lower left wing, reading "Souvenir California Booster Letter, Ready for Air Mail East - 10 ¢", and another on the engine body reading "Airplane Trips 2 Free." Reported in "Fourteenth Annual Automobile Show Closes Tomorrow After Record Attendance: Air Mail Campaign Success is Recognized," Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 1927: 6.
Date:
[between February 26, 1927-March 6th, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Western Air Express biplane on display at an auto show, Los Angeles, 1927

Zensaku Azuma in the cockpit of the plane he would fly from the United States to Tokyo, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
Pilot Zensaku Azuma in the cockpit of his plane on which is painted "City of Tokyo / U.S.A. To Japan" and an inscription in Japanese. Azuma flew from Los Angeles to New York. He then had his plane shipped to London, from which he flew to Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Siberia, and then on to Korea and Japan. A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "Dream Built on Chop Suey: Japanese Restaurant Man Ready to Fly Home as Climax to Years of Planning," Los Angeles Times, 4 Jun. 1930: A2.
Date:
June 15, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Zensaku Azuma in the cockpit of the plane he would fly from the United States to Tokyo, Los Angeles, 1930