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Property purchased for Los Angeles headquarters for Father Divine's International Peace Mission movement, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Property purchased to be used for Father Divine's International Peace Mission movement. Father Divine, also known as Reverend M.J. Divine was a controversial African American spiritual leader from 1907-1965. He founded the International Peace Mission movement and claimed to be God
Date:
1930s
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Property purchased for Los Angeles headquarters for Father Divine's International Peace Mission movement, Los Angeles, 1935

Father Divine's Peace Mission and Truth Center expansion, Los Angeles (Calif.), 1930's

Description:
Hotel property at 4611 Compton Avenue purchased to be used as a "heaven, " or "Peace Mission and Truth Center" for Father Divine's International Peace Mission movement. Father Divine, also known as Reverend M.J. Divine was a controversial African American spiritual leader from 1907-1965. He founded the International Peace Mission movement and claimed to be God
Date:
ca. 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Father Divine's Peace Mission and Truth Center expansion, Los Angeles (Calif.), 1930's

Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, interior view, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

Description:
The former Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, located at 214 South Main Street, is one of Los Angeles' few remaining 19th century landmarks and was completed in 1876. The Cathedral was decommissioned at some point between 1994 and 1999 after which it underwent seismic retrofitting and restoration and, in the process, was converted to an event space called Vibiana.
Date:
[circa 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, interior view, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

Know Your City No.110 Church of the Blessed Sacrament Hollywood, Calif., 1956

Description:
ANSWER: That enlarged photo of a movie actor and that high-perched globe at the Crossroads of the World and those palm trees should've told you that the photo was made on Sunset Blvd. The beautiful edifice itself is the church of the Blessed Sacrament at 6657 Sunset blvd., truly one of Hollywood's most magnificent churches.
Date:
March 6, 1956
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Know Your City No.110 Church of the Blessed Sacrament Hollywood, Calif., 1956

La Placita building seen from E. De La Guerra St., Santa Barbara, circa 1929

Description:
View facing S-SW towards from E. De. La Guerra St towards La Placita building, a Spanish colonial style commercial building with a wooden balcony, terracotta tile roof, arched windows and an exterior staircase. A painted sign above a doorway reads: "The Nielson-Smith Electric Co." The postal address of the building is 740 State St.
Date:
[circa 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
La Placita building seen from E. De La Guerra St., Santa Barbara, circa 1929

Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church with fundraising banners, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Exterior view of the main facade of the Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church. Signs on the church advertise a fundraising effort to prevent foreclosure, reading: "Save The Tower! $25,000 will do it. Will You Give It?" and "$50,000 Will Save This Church. Have You Given Your Bit for Religion? This Church belongs to Everybody." A tower-shaped sign to indicate the status of the fundraising effort is at the corner of the property. Other signs read: "Leila Castberg Preacher ... Church of Divine Power...Service, Sunday 7:30," and "May 6 The Miracle Church, Dr. Frank Dyer...Duled By Money...7:30."
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church with fundraising banners, Los Angeles, 1928

Santa Monica city officials at Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, 1934

Description:
About 12 men and 13 women posing with bus and driver outside entrance to Mission San Juan Capistrano, probably en route to San Diego Harbor for dedication of plaque for S.S. Constitution. Mayor William H. Carter can be identified at left. Bus reads: Special, City Offi[cials], Good Wi[ll?], Santa Monica. Mission facade reads: 1776, Mission San Juan Capistra[no], Founded Nov.-1-1776. by Fray Junipero Serra. "Worth-A-Visit."
Date:
March 10, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Santa Monica city officials at Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, 1934