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.
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.
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.
A photograph of the affidavit of Joseph Stalin relinquishing his share of Leon Grant McBurney's inheritance. It is in a protective sleeve, and a bare hand holds it at the top, and a gloved hand holds it at the bottom.