Adelbert Barlett, in bow tie and hat, and another man, in checked cap and sunglasses with one foot on bench, standing near bench mounted between trees, among row of eucalyptus trees, with shadows of trees falling toward camera and road in background
Edward M. Blatchford, Near East Relief director, in light suit, standing upright, and Adelbert Bartlett, in suit and holding pith helmet, leaning forward, both photographed through stone or plaster archway or gate
View of plant debris and a muddy agricultural field with evenly spaced plantings beyond in the path of the flood caused by the failure of the Saint Francis Dam. A straight, elevated area in the background may be a road.
Albert Dyer and his lawyers William Neeley and Ellery Cuff at Dyer's murder trial. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. From left to right is Albert Dyer and public defenders Neeley and Cuff.
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to the United States and Archbishop of Laodicea in Phyrigia, seated on the throne during the elevation ceremony of Bishop John Joseph Cantwell to Archbishop of the newly created Roman Catholic Province of Los Angeles. He offers his hand to Bishop Cantwell who is half-kneeling oppposite him. Using the powers vested in him by Pope Pius XI Cicognani presided over the ceremony, which took place at the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana in Los Angeles.
Annotated business card of R. Lee Miller, a Palm Springs artist and architect. On the card is printed: Engineering - Construction, R. Lee Miller, Palm Springs, California. On the card are written the names and addresses of A. Boyd Mewborn and Mrs. Jack Pfister, who were photographed with him in the patio of his Palm Springs home by the photographer Adelbert Bartlett, circa 1920-1939.
Photograph copy of an article page titled, "The train that brought 5 states into the Union." The page has been photographed or cropped to capture the image on the top half of the page. The image is of a locomotive bedecked with garlands and American flags. A sign posted on the front of the locomotive reads: "N.P.R.R. St. Paul Minnesota to Portland Oregon." Several men wearing late 1890s attire stand on and next to the train, while roughly a dozen men and boys are viewed standing on the platform. Most look toward the camera.
Another photograph of Atanas Katchmakoff, with this sculpture, with his attorney Saul Ruskin, and art expert Dr. Ernest L. Tross appears in a Los Angeles Times article on 4/17/1935 titled: "Worth of Statue Debated: Value of Lost Madonna Estimated in Cost Case." At this time Katchmakoff sued Fred Keeler, the owner of the foundry that cast his Madonna sculpture for losing the plaster original. Two bronze sculptures had been made, but the owner of the bronze Madonnas had refused to allow his bronzes to be used to produce a new plaster cast.
Exhibit used during the bribery trial of former district attorney Asa Keyes. Backs of 6 checks, some endorsed by B[en] Getzoff. Former district attorney Asa Keyes, was convicted of accepting a bribe from the Julian Petroleum Corporation in 1929.
A large group of people are gathered eating at outdoor picnic tables. American flags are strung over the road and a large structure can be seen in the background.
Related to the article “Bottarini Injured as Angel Regulars Lose, Foul Tip Puts Catcher on Shelf; Cy Malis Hurls Three-Hit Ball as Rookies Win, 4 to 1.” Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 1936. The article states: “Catcher John Bottarini went on the hospital list today with a badly split finger … Bottarini was catching for the regulars when a foul tip struck the end of one of his right-hand fingers, causing a deep laceration …”
Actor Ben Carter is standing at the far left. Boxer Henry Armstrong is standing at the microphone. The other individuals in the photo are unidentified.
Bird's-eye view of crowded beach with sunbathers, umbrellas, and swimmers, Lick Pier and Ocean Park Pier with amusements, including roller coaster and lighthouse slide
Constructed in 1929, the Gothic Revival style building was originally a residential stock co-operative, was converted to a hotel after the Great Depression, returned to being a stock co-operative in the mid nineteen fifties and converted to condominium titles in 1991. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 800 East Ocean Boulevard
George W. McDill, member of the 1935 Los Angeles Board of Education, sits looking solemn. McDill was a part of the law and rules committee of the Board.
The Children's Home Society of California is a non-profit child welfare agency founded in 1891. It became the first licensed child placement agency in California in 1911. It was located at 919 E. 25th St. from the 1920's up to 1942, when the organization moved to the Ozro W. Childs mansion at 3100 W. Adams Blvd. where it remained until 1977.
3 boys, identified as Jackie Stone, Raymond Robinson, and possibly Max Tyler, with helmets, brooms, and flag, standing in dusty yard with fence in background
A list accompanying the "negs of plots" images identifies a similar photograph as a brush plot over the north tunnel [in] Devil Canyon, an area north of San Bernardino.
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Photograph of the Albert Schmitz family cabin at Lake Arrowhead, with a stone wall in front, where the H. H. West family also stayed during a summer vacation.
California state assemblymen Jack B. Tenney of San Diego, right, and Fred Muldoon of Ventura, left, participate in an interim committee on labor and capital. The interim committee was formed in order to assess the C.I.O./United Mine, Mill, and Smelters Union strike at the San Jacinto tunnel of the Colorado River aqueduct project. The committee met first on October 27, 1937 at the California state building in Sacramento.
Photograph of Carl and Lula Hopping (L) with Frank and Kate Hopping at a table at the annual Iowa Association picnic at Bixby Park. Other participants are visible in the background among the trees.
Carolyn Bartlett, about 4 years old, standing near Christmas tree with holding telephone, with doll, wicker doll carriage, elephant, teacups, and other presents, indoors with floor lamp and candle in background
Carolyn Bartlett seated on a fence at a coral with other young people standing beside her watching a cowboy work with a horse. There are 4 additional horses in the background.
Contact sheet with 11 prints of a model in a light-colored overcoat with a large fur collar. The coat ties at the waist. She wears a knit cap, slacks, gloves, a shoulder bag and sun glasses. Under the coat, she wears a sweater with a large turtle neck. She carries a cane that folds into a travelling chair.
This photograph appears with the article, "Spurned Suitor's Love for Slain Girl Pledged by Tender Notes on Playing Cards: Ardent Love Exhibit in Girl-Slaying," Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 1934: A2.
Possibly connected to Los Angeles Times article, August 9, 1932, Outline of Golden Rule Week Given, President of Foundation Tells Plan to Observe Period December 11-18. Plans for the local observance of Golden Rule Week … were outlined yesterday by Charles V. Vickrey of New York, executive president of the Golden Rule Foundation … the meeting was in charge of Lincoln Wirt, Pacific Coast director of the foundation. … the public will be asked to deny themselves the extensive meals and other luxuries to which they have become accustomed, and donate the money saved in this way to needy and destitute children. …
Charlie Stavnow (left) and Glen Velzy breaking up camp at the end of a fishing trip in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, with bags for the pack animals on the ground and another camper behind a tree.
Copy print photograph of a round woven granary on a raised platform made of logs, with cloth satchels resting beneath the platform. The granary is surrounded by soil and shrubbery – landscape features that continue into the background.
This photograph appears with the article, "Cathedral of St. Sophia to Open Doors Sept. 28, New Church, Erected at Cost of $2,000,000, Will Be Center ofGreek Orthodoxy in U.S." Los Angeles Times, 15 Sept. 1952: A1.
Alternate view of olive suede sleeveless jacket with raccoon trim and pants designed by Cashin for Sills and Co.; photographed with olive wool sweater and hat.