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Description:: Guests at a luncheon given in honor of the dancer La Argentina (also known as Antonia Mercé y Luque). Seated, from left: Ruth Eleanor Howard (founder of The American Dancer magazine), Lettie Niese and Henry C. Niese (Argentine Consul), La Argentina, and L. E. Behymer (music and theatrical manager). Standing, from left: Maurice Kusell (dancer and actor), Thomas M. Shelby, Alisa Ryan, Arnold Meckel (manager for La Argentina), and Norma Gould (dancer, choreographer and dance educator). The event was sponsored by the Dancing Teachers’ Business Association and the Dancers’ Protective League of Southern California, at the Jonathan Club. Reported, with a photo of La Argentina, in “TERPSICHOREAN QUEEN URGES NATIONAL DANCE,” Los Angeles Times, 01 Mar. 1932: A2.
Date:: February 29, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The Symphonic Band of the Royal Belgian Guards (now known as the Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides) on the steps of the City Hall on the day that they arrived in Los Angeles for a tour of Southern California. The group includes the band leader, Arthur Prévost (front row, 2nd from right); Andre Rouseyrol, a tenor from Belgium who resided in Los Angeles (2nd row, left); behind Rouseyrol, L. E. Behymer, who managed the band during their tour (on the 3rd step up, on the left, in a white dress shirt and tie), and Geroge D. Lyon, American Legion member (on the 3rd step 2nd from left, in a cap and white cress shirt and tie). Their arrival is reported in "WAR'S DEAD GET TRIBUTE OF BELGIANS: Leader of Royal Guards Band Places Wreath at Base of Monument," Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 1929: A2.
Date:: April 26, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Jacob Berman (alias Jack Bennett) was charged with participation in a 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. Louis Berman, Jacob's brother, was convicted of embezzling from investors in a real estate scam. Louis Berman was also involved in the bribery case. Carl C. Vianelli, a private detective and valet for the Bermans, was also involved in the bribery case as a witness. Details are reported in "Seven Held For Bribery in Julian Acquittals: Lewis, Berman and Three of Jurors Held After Amazing Recital of Graft and Verdict-Fixing," 20 Mar. 1930: A1.
Date:: [between 1929-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Daisy De Voe was found guilty of grand theft, misappropriating Clara Bow's money for personal use. Following her conviction, De Voe's attorney, William B. Beirne sought an appeal. De Voe ended up serving eight months of an eighteen-month term plus five years' probation. This image appears with article "Clara Bow's Ex-Companion Free Girl: Daisy De Voe Leaves Jail, Former Secretary of Clara Bow, Blond as Ever, Released by Appeals Court on Bond," Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 1932: A2.
Date:: January 7, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Jacob Berman (alias Jack Bennett) was charged with participation in a 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 indicted 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

Description:: Reverend John Goben and Aimee Semple McPherson had a legal conflict over the financial affairs of the Angelus Temple church that went to a grand jury. Reported in "M'PHERSON QUIZ ADVANCED: Prosecutor Admits Probability of Finance Row Being Referred to Grand Jury," Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 1929:A8.
Date:: October 21, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Jacob Berman (alias Jack Bennett) was charged with participation in a 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 indicted 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

Description:: Reported on in "Wolves Excel as House Pets: Expert Avers They Surpass Dogs," Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 1925: B2
Date:: February, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Reported on in "Wolves Excel as House Pets: Expert Avers They Surpass Dogs," Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 1925: B2
Date:: February, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The 1923 City Hall was located was located in the middle of Pacific Avenue, at Broadway. Designed by W. Horace Austin and his former partner, civil engineer Harvey H. Lochridge, the building sustained damage in the 1933 earthquake. It was remodeled by Cecil Schilling and engineer C. D. Walles in 1934 in the modern art deco style.
Date:: [1934?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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