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Eva Shrader, 1890-1910

Description:
A native of Flint, Michigan, Mrs. Shrader is survived by her son, daughter and five grandchildren and will be remembered as a talented pianist and singer. The funeral services are to be held at 6240 Hollywood Boulevard at the Strothers mortuary.
Date Created:
[between 1890-1910?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Eva Shrader, 1890-1910

Interior of the Otis Art Institute during a student exhibition (?), Los Angeles, between 1918-1939

Description:
View of the interior of a stately house, probably the 1898 house of General Harrison Grey Otis, which became the Otis Art Institute in 1918 (located at 2410 Wilshire Blvd.). There is carved chest supporting a floral bouquet in front of a fireplace with a carved stone mantle. In the room beyond there appears to be art work on exhibition.
Date Created:
[between 1918-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Interior of the Otis Art Institute during a student exhibition (?), Los Angeles, between 1918-1939

Stylized landscape painting and decorative metalwork objects by a Otis Art Institute students, Los Angeles, 1918-1939

Description:
Photograph of a stylized landscape painting by an Otis Art Institute student, with a view towards a lawn and house from a front gate. The painting is on a wall above a table covered with fabric and holding a footed metal bowl flanked by decorative metal candle holders and small paintings in decorative metal frames.
Date Created:
[between 1918-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Stylized landscape painting and decorative metalwork objects by a Otis Art Institute students, Los Angeles, 1918-1939

Copy of a photograph of James P. Watson being escorted by two sheriffs, Calif., 1920

Description:
James P. Watson had married between 16-22 women, 7 of which he confessed to killing. He was caught when his last wife, Kathryn Wombacher became suspicious of his activities and hired a private investigator. The investigator uncovered Watson’s scheme of placing personal ads in newspapers under different alias in attempts to marry women and gain their property. Once under arrest Watson confessed to multiple murders of previous wives and led police to the grave of his last victim, Nina Lee LeLaney. He was sentenced to life for the murder of DeLaney. In 1939 he died of pneumonia in San Quentin prison
Date Created:
1920
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Copy of a photograph of James P. Watson being escorted by two sheriffs, Calif., 1920

Letter from murder victim Fay Sudow to Fred Allen (Alfred W. Allen), 1920

Description:
Text reads: Dear Mr. Allen. I received your letter. And have left for Cal. the roads are dreadfully bad and I have broke down here at Plymouth Ill. but I hope to be able to leave here in a couple of days. I will be back just as quick as I possible can get there. I would have sold my car and came back by train. But I would have had to make an oftle sacrifice. As second hand cars dont bring hardly any thing. here. And I didn't want to give my car away. Please put the trial off and I will come just as fast as I possible can. I sure will be glad to get back to Cal. As its getting pretty cold out here and does nothing but rain all the time. Hoping this finds you well. With best wishes. Sincerly, Fay Sudow.
Date Created:
1920
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Letter from murder victim Fay Sudow to Fred Allen (Alfred W. Allen), 1920

County assesor Hopkins in his office, Los Angeles

Description:
This is a picture of noted Los Angeles county assesor Ed W. Hopkins, who served from 1910 until his death in 1938. He was repeatedly voted back into office by the public. In this picture, he appears to be looking through a file in his office. In the background is a desk, a shelf lined with books, papers, files, and a feather duster.
Date Created:
[Between 1920 and 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
County assesor Hopkins in his office, Los Angeles

California National Guard members at train station, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1933

Description:
About 150 uniformed soldiers, most in campaign hats with rifles on shoulders, most marching in lines on Exposition Blvd. between train in left background and cars in right foreground, with about 15 civilians near cars. Some of the women wear cloche hats (popular 1920-1933). The Science and Technic Building (aka Flatiron Building or S&T) at the intersection of Exposition Blvd. and Figueroa Blvd., on the campus of the University of Southern California is in the background. A sign reading "College of Dentistry..." is painted on the side of the building; this building began to house the students in the first 2 years of the dental school program in 1920. The Exposition Park Armory is across the street, out of the frame of the photograph, on the right.
Date Created:
[between 1920-1933]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
California National Guard members at train station, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1933

Adobe house in the Sonora Town neighborhood of Los Angeles, ca. 1920s

Description:
View of a street with utility poles and an adobe house on the right. Children play on the sidewalk. A sign above them reads "Gotting Pl." A truck is parked in the street beyond. A hill is visible in the background on the left, possibly Bunker Hill or Poundcake Hill. A sign on a building on the hill reads "Auto Club of America."
Date Created:
1920s
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Adobe house in the Sonora Town neighborhood of Los Angeles, ca. 1920s

Nineteenth century (?) synagogue, repurposed as a boarding house, (Los Angeles?)

Description:
Photograph of a former synagogue narrow, pointed windows, finished in clapboard siding and with a circular Star of David window on the main façade above the entrance. The "rooms" sign above the doorway indicates that the building was repurposed as a boarding house. A man is seated in the garden in front of the building and the building is situated between an automotive shop, with the sign "[Co]mplete Lubrication," and an industrial building, perhaps a factory.
Date Created:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Nineteenth century (?) synagogue, repurposed as a boarding house, (Los Angeles?)

Los Angeles Times feature editorial writer, S. Fred Hogue, Los Angeles, [1920-1939]

Description:
Photograph of S. Fred Hogue, feature editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times. An expert in art, international affairs, history and modern problems, Mr. Hogue was with the Times from 1914 to his death in 1941. He was also one of 12 reporters chosen to be a part of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Date Created:
[bBetween 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Los Angeles Times feature editorial writer, S. Fred Hogue, Los Angeles, [1920-1939]
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