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Kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele, blindfolded with detectives, outside the bungalow house where she was held, Pasadena, 1933

Description:
Mary B. Skeele, wearing coat, face obscured by blindfold, in the driveway near porch of the bungalow house of Luella Pearl Hammer where she was held (623 Buckeye St.), with son Franklin B. Skeele guiding her, Detective Joe Taylor at left, and 2 other men on porch, with garage in left background and potted plants on porch wall
Date:
February 9, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele, blindfolded with detectives, outside the bungalow house where she was held, Pasadena, 1933

Griffith Observatory, exterior view of the west and central domes the during construction, Los Angeles, circa 1934-1935

Description:
Oblique exterior view of the south faces of the west and central domes of the Griffith Observatory from the west-south-west during the final phase of construction. Signs of construction include a tall ladder resting against a buttress of the central dome, wheel barrows next to the west dome and a pile of dirt in the foreground. The original concrete surface is visible; consistent with other similar architecture of the day, the Observatory's concrete walls were left unpainted in the 1930s and 1940s.
Date:
[circa 1934-1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Griffith Observatory, exterior view of the west and central domes the during construction, Los Angeles, circa 1934-1935

Oscillograph for photographing electrons, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1928

Description:
Related to the article “Caltech Acquires ‘Ossie,’ Oscillograph to Photograph Atoms at Rate of 100,000,000 Per Second Unique Device.” Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 1928. “… known to well-informed electrical engineers as a cold cathode ray oscillograph which, in unscientific language, is a giant camera that records the antics of the electron particles composing an electric current. …”
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Oscillograph for photographing electrons, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1928

Mexican consuls Joaquin Terrazas and Alejandro V. Martinez, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, February 26, 1935, "Diplomatic Transfer in Effect Today, Mexico Changes Consuls; Terrazas to Serve Here." Caption reads: "Senor Joaquin Terrazas, left, becomes the Mexican Consul in Los Angeles today, and Senor Alejandro V. Martinez, who occupied the local post for two years, goes to Tucson, to take over the Consulate recently directed by the former"
Date:
1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Mexican consuls Joaquin Terrazas and Alejandro V. Martinez, Los Angeles, 1935

Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs in his office, Los Angeles, 1934-1936

Description:
Henry B. R. Briggs was the Postmaster of Los Angeles from February 1, 1934 to his death (from pneumonia) on September 28, 1936. Prior to that, he was the publisher and editor of the Los Angeles Record. J. F. Bourne, a long-term postal employee, is mentioned in Los Angeles Times coverage of post office news between 1910 and 1938.
Date:
[between February 1, 1934 to September 28, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs in his office, Los Angeles, 1934-1936

Los Angeles aqueduct, section with sign, 1924

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, May 23, 1924, Quick Grand Jury Action Pledged in Bomb Plot, Inyo Prosecutor Gets Evidence Pointing to Mojave Desert Ranchers, Owens Stockmen. Desert ranchers from Mojave and cattle owners and ranchers from the Owens Valley, moving in swift automobiles and with their faces covered, blew up the Los Angeles Aqueduct early Wednesday morning at the spillway three miles north of Lone Pine, according to evidence …
Date:
1924
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Los Angeles aqueduct, section with sign, 1924