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Description:: Ex-convict Peter Pianezzi with his mother Rose Pianezzi at a trial where he is charged with two murders. Rose Pianezzi was a witness on his behalf. Allegedly, Pianezzi shot gambler George (Les) Bruneman 16 times in a cafe and then fatally shot cafe employee Frank A. Greuzard when he attempted to take down Pianezzi's license plate number. The murder, which occurred October 25, 1937, is thought to have been gang-related. The first trial ended with a hung jury, 9-3 for the acquittal of Pianezzi. In the second trial, Pianezzi received a life sentence for the murders. Later, at age 80, Pianezzi was pardoned based on innocence.
Date:: February 19, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Rose Pianezzi with her son Peter Pianezzi's lawyer, Nathan Freedman at a trial where Peter Pianezzi is charged with two murders. Rose Pianezzi was a witness on her son's behalf. Allegedly, ex-convict Peter Pianezzi shot gambler George (Les) Bruneman 16 times in a cafe and then fatally shot cafe employee Frank A. Greuzard when he attempted to take down Pianezzi's license plate number. The murder, which occurred October 25, 1937, is thought to have been gang-related. The first trial ended with a hung jury, 9-3 for the acquittal of Pianezzi. In the second trial, Pianezzi received a life sentence for the murders. Later, at age 80, Pianezzi was pardoned based on innocence.
Date:: February 19, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Rose Pianezzi, who testifed on her son Peter Pianezzi's behalf at the first trial where he is charged with two murders. Allegedly, ex-convict Peter Pianezzi shot gambler George (Les) Bruneman 16 times in a cafe and then fatally shot cafe employee Frank A. Greuzard when he attempted to take down Pianezzi's license plate number. The murder, which occurred October 25, 1937, is thought to have been gang-related. The first trial ended with a hung jury, 9-3 for the acquittal of Pianezzi. In the second trial, Pianezzi received a life sentence for the murders. Later, at age 80, Pianezzi was pardoned based on innocence.
Date:: February 19, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Helen Fried (left) with her mother Pearl Fried, during a support payment settlement with Mrs. Pearl Fried's ex-husband Martin Fried, former music director for Al Jolson
Date:: February 12, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Rose Pianezzi, who testifed on her son Peter Pianezzi's behalf at the first trial where he is charged with two murders. Allegedly, ex-convict Peter Pianezzi shot gambler George (Les) Bruneman 16 times in a cafe and then fatally shot cafe employee Frank A. Greuzard when he attempted to take down Pianezzi's license plate number. The murder, which occurred October 25, 1937, is thought to have been gang-related. The first trial ended with a hung jury, 9-3 for the acquittal of Pianezzi. In the second trial, Pianezzi received a life sentence for the murders. Later, at age 80, Pianezzi was pardoned based on innocence.
Date:: February 19, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The photograph was sent to Daily News by Marge's husband, Bob Voigt, as part of his "Alaskan Letters" correspondence.
Date:: 1940s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The photograph was sent to Daily News by Marge's husband, Bob Voigt, as part of his "Alaskan Letters" correspondence.
Date:: 1940s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Minnie Kennedy, mother of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, sitting at a piano.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Portrait of Hulda Minthorn Hoover, mother of Herbert Hoover, in a dress with high neck collar and roses. The photograph, taken between 1880 and 1884 [her death], is oval and tacked to a board and rephotographed.
Date:: [1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, “School Work Resumed by 300,000 Children,” 11 Sept. 1935: A1.
Date:: September 10, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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