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Lon Chapman, Leo Kuranoff and Richard Sides in a courtroom, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Lon Chapman, Leo Kuranoff and Richard Sides in a courtroom. Two are seated while one stands behind them. With two other men, they were accused of forgery with the intent to plunder the Los Angeles County Treasury. Reported in "ADMITS COUNTY BOND PLOT: Suspect in Grand Jury Forgery Scandal Declares He And Others Planned to Get $50,000," Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 1926: A3.
Date:
1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Lon Chapman, Leo Kuranoff and Richard Sides in a courtroom, Los Angeles, 1926

Group portrait of attendees of the convention of the American Chemical Society, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:
A group portrait photograph of chemists and their families, possibly at an avocado luncheon at the West Hollywood estate of Queen W. Boardman. This photograph may be related to the article, "Chemists Flay Poison Gas Ban: Resolution Says Protocol Endangers Defense Declares Conference Acted Without Advice Convention Debates Weighty Scientific Topics," Los Angeles Times, 05 Aug. 1925: A1.
Date:
August 3 to 7, 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Group portrait of attendees of the convention of the American Chemical Society, Los Angeles, 1925

Atanas Katchmakoff, sculptor, with his bronze Madonna sculpture, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
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.
Date:
April 16, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Atanas Katchmakoff, sculptor, with his bronze Madonna sculpture, Los Angeles, 1935

Investigators with Russell Beitzel at the site where Barbara Mauger's body was found on Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
A woman kneels, writing on a notepad. Standing around her are, on the right, Russell Beitzel, accused murderer of his wife Barbara Mauger, who holds his hat in one hand and points at the ground. Behind him stands a man wearing striped overalls, perhaps a coroner. The coroner looks at the camera. To the left of the man wearing striped overalls is a detective with a badge on his vest. To the detective's left stands another man, also wearing coveralls.
Date:
[between August-September 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Investigators with Russell Beitzel at the site where Barbara Mauger's body was found on Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, 1928

Harriet Binney and two friends exit a court house, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
A cropped version of this image appears with the article "Judge to Read Love Letters: Flaming Missives Issue in Fawcett Balm Case, Said to be from Mrs. Binney to Plaintiff's Husband, Court Will Decide Whether Jury Should See Them," Los Angeles Times, 20 Jul. 1920: A3. In the summer of 1929, June Fawcett sued Harriet Binney for $100,000 for causing alienation of affection. Binney was "asserted to have stolen the love of June Fawcett's husband Clyde. Love letters between Binney and Clyde Fawcett became corroborating evidence in the proceedings.
Date:
July 19, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Harriet Binney and two friends exit a court house, Los Angeles, 1929

Owen Bird who was convicted of the murder of Percival G. Watson, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Owen Bird shot and killed Percival G. Watson, and then claimed that it was accidental because he did not think the gun was loaded. He was convicted of murder. Reported in "FATAL SHOOTING HEARING OPENS: Maj. Owen Bird Faces Court in Preliminary State Presents Evidence to Support Accusation Defense May Not Introduce Testimony This Time," Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 1929: A2
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Owen Bird who was convicted of the murder of Percival G. Watson, Los Angeles, 1929

Notable city socialites and philanthropists planning President Roosevelt's birthday celebrations, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of prominent society members of Los Angeles who gathered together to plan out an extensive ticket campaign to ensure successes of two fetes to honor the birthday of President Roosevelt. Those in the photograph include socialites and activists Mrs. Samuel Cary Dunlap (Anna May), Mrs. Leafie Sloan Orcutt, Mrs. Hancock Banning (Anne Ophelia) and Mrs. Leiland A. Irish (Florence M.), Grace Stoermer; Showman Sid Grauman; and Los Angeles Health Department Head Dr. George Parrish.
Date:
Jan 18, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notable city socialites and philanthropists planning President Roosevelt's birthday celebrations, Los Angeles, 1935

State code commissioners William G. Hale, Perry Evans, and T.C. Ridgway, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Commission member, Thomas Perry, stands between fellow commissioners William G. Hale and Thomas C. Ridgway, who are both seated at a table strewn with documents. The California Code Commission, tasked with revising and codifying laws from thousands of specific state statutes, met to outline its objectives. Members were chosen from the legal and academic community. Commissioners included: President Thomas Caldwell Ridgway, former president of the California bar association; Vice-chairs, USC Dean William Green Hale and Perry Evans of San Francisco; Secretary Fred B. Wood; Don G. Bowker of Los Angeles; Gerald Hanna Hagar of Oakland; Berkeley's Professor Alexander Marsden Kidd; Stanford's Professor William B. Owens, and Norris N. Montgomery of Santa Barbara. Hagar and Kidd's names are misspelled in the Los Angeles Times caption and nitrate negative captions.
Date:
October 5, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
State code commissioners William G. Hale, Perry Evans, and T.C. Ridgway, Los Angeles, 1935

H. K. Bentley, Walter G. Cole, L. Kemper Williams, and E. J. Roberson at a Reserve Officers' Association convention, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
Right to left: Maj. H. K. Bentley, Col. Walter G. Cole, Lieutenant Colonel L. Kemper Williams, and Lieutenant Colonel E. J. Roberson at the Biltmore. Reported in "Military Group Conclave Ends: Reserve Officers Keep Cole of Detroit as Leader, New Orleans Selected as Next Convention City, Von KleinSmid Speaks on Preparedness Need," Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 1930: A22.
Date:
April 23, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
H. K. Bentley, Walter G. Cole, L. Kemper Williams, and E. J. Roberson at a Reserve Officers' Association convention, Los Angeles, 1930

H. Clay Best, Orra E. Monnette, John Wesley Hill, and W. A. Osborne after a Biltmore luncheon, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
Economists and educators H. Clay Best, Orra E. Monnette, John Wesley Hill, and W. A. Osborne at the Biltmore after an anti-communist luncheon. This image appears with the article "Menace of Reds Told Rotarians: University Head Depicts Radicals' Campaign in Industry," Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 1930.
Date:
January 24, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
H. Clay Best, Orra E. Monnette, John Wesley Hill, and W. A. Osborne after a Biltmore luncheon, Los Angeles, 1930

Jacob Berman in a witness stand questioned by chief deputy district attorney Robert Stewart, Los Angeles, 1928-1930

Description:
Jacob Berman (left) is seated in a witness stand as he is questioned by district attorney Robert Stewart about documents, small papers, that both are holding. Jacob Berman (alias Jack Bennett) was charged with participation ina plot to bribe District-Attorney Asa Keyes to dismiss charges against himself and colleagues for his role in the over-issue of Julian Oil Corporation stock in 1927. He was also separately charged in cases of embezzlement and forgery; the latter trial took place between 1928-1930. In those later trials, Berman testified for the State against Julian Petroleum.
Date:
[between 1928-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Jacob Berman in a witness stand questioned by chief deputy district attorney Robert Stewart, Los Angeles, 1928-1930

Senator McKinley presenting the Ling Foundation medal to Frank A. Bouelle, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
State Senator James Wilfred McKinley presenting the Ling Foundation medal to Frank A. Bouelle, Superintendent of School in Los Angeles. Bouelle was awarded to medal for establishing the first school playground with equipment in Los Angeles in 1906 and for years directed safety work in the city schools.
Date:
December 16, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Senator McKinley presenting the Ling Foundation medal to Frank A. Bouelle, Los Angeles, 1931