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Wedding portrait of María del Carmen Vasconcelos and Hermino Ahumada Jr., Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
María del Carmen Vasconcelos, daughter of Jose Vasconcelos who had recently been defeated in his campaign for President of Mexico, and Hermino Ahumada Jr. at Our Lady Queen of Angels church (aka Plaza Church at 535 Main Street) on their wedding day. Reported in "Vasconcelos's Daughter Will Marry Here," Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 1930: 5 and "Senorita Vasconcelos Weds: She Becomes Bride of Mexican Athlete," Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 1930: A10.
Date:
March 24, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Wedding portrait of María del Carmen Vasconcelos and Hermino Ahumada Jr., Los Angeles, 1930

Southernmost of the four Figueroa Street Tunnels under construction, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of the southernmost of the four Figueroa Street Tunnels under construction showing two drift tunnels with stacks of construction supplies in front of them. This is the north end of the tunnel. A Steam shovel is parked on the left and wooden houses at the bottom and top of the hill are visible on the right.
Date:
August 13, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Southernmost of the four Figueroa Street Tunnels under construction, Los Angeles, 1935

Ruth McClintock, Mrs. E. J. Wightman, Helen Lucille Holt, Ida Koverman, Mrs. Lou La Blonge Whitcomb, Aletha Gilbert, Annie C. Burton, William May Garland, Alma Whitaker, and Mrs. G. Edward Winn gather on behalf of the California Development Association, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Prominent women met at the invitation of the California Development Association in order to lay plans for the annual State conference to be conducted on the 27th and 28th.
Date:
October 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ruth McClintock, Mrs. E. J. Wightman, Helen Lucille Holt, Ida Koverman, Mrs. Lou La Blonge Whitcomb, Aletha Gilbert, Annie C. Burton, William May Garland, Alma Whitaker, and Mrs. G. Edward Winn gather on behalf of the California Development Association, Los Angeles, 1927

U.S.C. high jumper fails his jump attempt during the U.S.C. and Occidental dual track meet, Los Angeles, [1926]

Description:
A U.S.C. Trojan is captured mid-air knocking over the bar during a high jump attempt. The landing pit sprawls along the bottom edge. Beyond it, left-of-center, the high jumper is on his descent. His chest faces the camera as he head angles down towards the ground at left and one of his legs stretches up to the right. The high jump bar falls from its support, mimicking the angle of the jumper. Beside the support post at left, a meet official watches the attempt. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum's stands stretch across the background.
Date:
[circa February 20, 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
U.S.C. high jumper fails his jump attempt during the U.S.C. and Occidental dual track meet, Los Angeles, [1926]

Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur speaks at a banquet, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1929-1933), and president of Stanford University, stands behind a radio microphone at a banquet. It is possible this photograph was taken at the Biltmore Hotel during an event sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club, to celebrate a procurement of a $490 million loan for the Metropolitan Water District to build the Colorado Aqueduct. John Bullock, seated next to Wilbur, was honored at the event. Wilbur's speech at this event was broadcast on KFWB radio.
Date:
September 21, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur speaks at a banquet, Los Angeles, 1932

Major General George E. Leach, Adjutant General Seth Howard and Colonel Harcourt Hervey, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of Major General George E. Leach, chief of the National Guard Bureau at Washington addressing the commisioned personnel of the 160th Infantry at the Exposition Park Armory. He is flanked by Adjutant General Seth E. Howard on his right and Col. Harcourt Hervey on his left.
Date:
Mar 8, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Major General George E. Leach, Adjutant General Seth Howard and Colonel Harcourt Hervey, Los Angeles, 1935

Inspector holds up metal rod meant to derail street car, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
In November of 1934, members of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees confronted the Los Angeles Railway Corporation to contract with their union in support of wage increases ad to operate under union rules. A strike followed when the union was challenged and railway operations were halted or slowed down on a number of occasions. Members of the Los Angeles Railway Employees Association replaced strikers.
Date:
[circa November, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Inspector holds up metal rod meant to derail street car, Los Angeles, 1934

Physicians Rupert Blue and G. W. Middleton at medical convention, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
This photograph, reversed and cropped to show only Dr. Blue’s face, appears with the article “Old-Time Art of Doctors Urged, Medical Convention Speaker Decries Modern Methods, Mechanical Practice Outcome of Social Conditions, Fraternity’s High Exponents at Session Here.” Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 1927: A1
Date:
1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Physicians Rupert Blue and G. W. Middleton at medical convention, Los Angeles, 1927

Madam Nan Kee, writer, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
View of Madam Nan Kee in hat, lace blouse, jacket, gloves, and cigarette in left hand. Madam Nan Kee, writer, filed a complaint against Earl W. Taylor, writers' agent, for inducing her to pay him $90 under promises of selling her manuscript. Madam Nan Kee also claimed that attempts had been made to kidnap her and that a mysterious assailant had fired a shot at her through her home during the Earl W. Taylor trial.
Date:
1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Madam Nan Kee, writer, Los Angeles, 1935

President Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and mayor Frank Shaw in a car at Central Station, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
President Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and mayor Frank Shaw in the back seat of a convertible car at Central Station (Central Ave. and 5th St.). Mrs. Roosevelt holds a large bouquet of roses and there is a crowd behind the automobile, with the presidential train car in the background.
Date:
October 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
President Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and mayor Frank Shaw in a car at Central Station, Los Angeles, 1935

Los Angeles Superintendent of Parks Frank Shearer with large map of Griffith Park, [Los Angeles?], [1933?]

Description:
Frank Shearer, pointing to map, and Mabel V. Socha, seated nearby, both at right of large hanging map of Griffith Park, with five men seated and standing, possibly including Coroner Frank Nance or Coroner Ira Nance with back to camera, with table with books and papers in foreground and windows in background
Date:
1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Los Angeles Superintendent of Parks Frank Shearer with large map of Griffith Park, [Los Angeles?], [1933?]

Cornerstone of the old County Courthouse, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
One of the cornerstones of the old County Courthouse, which was located on the corner of Temple and Broadway, was opened to reveal a box from 1888 when the foundation was laid. Among the contents was an eight-page issue of the Los Angeles Times. The ceremony was led by Marshall Stimson, president of the Historical Society of Southern California, and Joseph Mesmer, president of the Pioneer Society.
Date:
May 12, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Cornerstone of the old County Courthouse, Los Angeles, 1936

Judge Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe and his family, Los Angeles, circa 1920s

Description:
Judge Benjamin F. Bledsoe with his arms around his two daughters, Frances (left) and Barbara, and his wife, Katherine, in the middle. They are posing in what seems in a patio outside of a house. On the right there is an espalier trellis. The family is dressed for the event. There is a dog laying down by their feet.
Date:
[between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Judge Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe and his family, Los Angeles, circa 1920s