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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

Los Angeles central police station, Los Angeles, circa 1920

Description:
City street with pedestrians, cars and buildings including Los Angeles central police station, which includes the city jail. Sign on building reads: Leonard Freefield Company Printers. The Central Los Police Station, a Romanesque revival style building faced with rusticated stone, was designed by architect Charles L. Strange, and opened around 1908. Strange was also the architect of the Hotel Green, in Pasadena (1887), and the Superior Court Building in Santa Ana (1900-1901).
Date:
[circa 1920]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles central police station, Los Angeles, circa 1920

Majestic Theatre facade, Los Angeles, circa 1920

Description:
Entrance to the Majestic Theatre at 845 South Broadway. Two signs flanking the entrance read: Majestic / Now Playing / Wilkes Stick Co. / The County Cousin / with Evelyn Warden and Edward Everett Horton." Two other signs read "Wilke Stock Co. / Matinees / Wednesday and Saturday / Popular / Prices / 25 and 50 [cents]"
Date:
circa 1920
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Majestic Theatre facade, Los Angeles, circa 1920

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

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

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

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

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

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