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Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a plan of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James sitting in the witness stand with a map of his home behind him. An unidentified man is visible in front of him. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a plan of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James sitting in the witness stand with a plan of his home behind him. An unidentified man is visible in front of him. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a plan of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James sitting in the witness stand with a plan of his home behind him. An unidentified man is visible in front of him. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James standing next to an unidentified man in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James standing next to an unidentified man in court. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jockey George Woolf on horse Top Row

Description:: Jockey George Woolf on Top Row recieving prize money. George H. Williams holding cup. Date and location unknown, possibly Santa Anita Park
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Three men ride a boat across flood waters, Long Beach, circa 1930s

Description:: Three men ride a boat across flood waters in Long Beach. Signs for Salisbury and Pate, Sinclair Motors, and Texaco appear in the photograph.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Fred Stettler showing Capt. Bert Wallis and Det. Lt. Miles Ledbetter money Stettler had stolen and hidden in a potato sack at his home

Description:: Swiss chauffeur Fred Stettler, accused of the arson murders of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour, showing Det. Lt. Miles Ledbetter (left) and Capt. Bert Wallis of the police homicide squad (center) $34 in silver hidden in a potato sack at Stettler's home. Stettler confessed to stealing the money from the Barbours after murdering them with a heavy object and setting a timing device which would set the bodies on fireNote: text on the nitrate sleeves and handwritten on the negative likely transcribed "Bert Wallis" incorrectly as "Bert Wallace"
Date:: February 21, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Defense attorney Jerry Giesler in court during the trial of accused murderer Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938.

Description:: Prominent Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler photographed addressing the jury, during the "white flame" double homicide trial of aviation executive Paul A. Wright. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Giesler led Wright's defense team, and argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.Defendant Paul A. Wright is pictured at far left.
Date:: [between January 13-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Bert Goodrich, Mr. America 1939 shaking hands with Mr. America 1946 Alan Stephan

Date:: 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Portrait of John F. Kennedy in navy uniform, circa 1943

Date:: 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Clubwomen at a picnic meeting of county women's club presidents and chairmen, Los Angeles, July 10, 1939

Description:: From left to right, Mmes. John W. Condon, Anne L. Taylor, Bessie I. Ryan, Howard M. Jay, and Los Angeles County Federation of Women's Clubs President Mrs. Harry E. Willits at a picnic meeting of county women's club presidents and chairmen. The event was held at the home of Mrs. Howard M. Jay on July 10, 1939 to discuss club legislative issues
Date:: July 10, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the stand. Wright, an airport executive, shot his wife and his best friend while they sat together on a piano bench. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:: [circa January 13, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the stand. Wright, an airport executive, shot his wife and his best friend while they sat together on a piano bench. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:: [circa January 13, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the stand. Wright, an airport executive, shot his wife and his best friend while they sat together on a piano bench. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:: [circa January 13, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Members of the Pacific Electric Trainmen's strike committee receiving news that their 2:00 am worker walkout would be postponed due to intervention from President Roosevelt, Los Angeles, November 2, 1937

Description:: C.T. Nolan, strike chairman of the Pacific Electric section of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, with O.R. Newhouse, J.S. Newman, W.P. Cook, and L.R. Spindel, other members of the strike committee, receiving news that their planned 2:00 am worker walkout had been blocked by President Roosevelt. The President had appointed a commission to negotiate the Brotherhood's disputes over unfair wages and hours. It was agreed that, during the negotiations, the strike would be postponed.
Date:: November 2, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Leo Carrillo, A.L. Lathrop, Mayor Frank L. Shaw, and Paul G. Ritter at a breakfast given by the Women's Committee of the Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles, October 14, 1935

Date:: October 14, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Fire fighters hosing down the former site of the Golden State Fireworks and Display Co. plant after an explosion, February 1940

Description:: Fire fighters with a hose on the night of an explosion at the Golden State Fireworks and Display Co. plant at Redondo Beach (Feb. 7, 1940). The blast was felt 40 miles away, injured four, and caused damage to many nearby homes. Cause of the explosion was suspected to be decomposing firework shells, or possibly a gopher chewing on powder. Damages estimated at $100,000
Date:: February 7, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Group of maritime workers holding hooks at the end of a 98-day coast maritime strike, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Group of maritime workers holding hooks at the end of a 98-day coast maritime strike which included longshoremen, cooks and stewards, firemen and sailors
Date:: February 5, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Fountain on the estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife Mildred, Beverly Hills, 1927

Description:: Fountain on the sixteen-acre estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife, Mildred Harris Lloyd in Beverly Hills.
Date:: [1927?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestling match between Italian newcomer Vincent Austeri and Salt Lake City native Del Kunkel at Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Wrestling match between Italian newcomer Vincent Austeri and Salt Lake City native Del Kunkel at Olympic Auditorium. It Austeri's first time at the Auditorium and he was victorious.
Date:: March 16, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestling match between Italian newcomer Vincent Austeri and Salt Lake City native Del Kunkel at Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Wrestling match between Italian newcomer Vincent Austeri and Salt Lake City native Del Kunkel at Olympic Auditorium. It Austeri's first time at the Auditorium and he was victorious.
Date:: March 16, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

German author Erika Mann with her father, author Thomas Mann, Los Angeles

Description:: German author Erika Mann with her father, author Thomas Mann
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Marching band led by baton twirlers participating in the post-war Labor Day parade, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: A marching band led by baton twirlers participating in the post-war Labor Day parade. Crowds reached over 150,000 during the special three-day celebration.
Date:: September 3, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Fire engine used to combat wildfires, Malibu, 1936

Description:: A fire engine used to combat the Malibu wildfires of September 1936.
Date:: [circa September 9, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Dr. George K. Dazey and his attorney, Jerry Giesler, at the trial where Dr. Dazey is accused of the murder of his second wife, Doris S. Dazey, Los Angeles, 1939-1940

Description:: Dr. George K. Dazey (left) with his attorney, Jerry Giesler, at the trial in which Dr. Dazey is accused of murdering his second wife, actress Doris S. Dazey, in 1935. Doris Dazey's death was originally believed to be suicide by monoxide poisoning. However, witnesses claimed that Dr. Dazey had been boasting about committing the "perfect crime" and a night watchman testified to witnessing Dazey carry a woman's body from the house to the garage on the night of the murder. Other factors complicating the trial were the paternity of Doris and George Dazey's child, Doris Dazey's possible mental illness, and false testimonies from some of the witnesses. Dr. Dazey was ultimately acquitted of the crime.
Date:: between December 3, 1939 and March 10, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Private detective Pearl Antibus appears in court with her daughter Norma Thelan and son Robert Antibus during her trial against millionaire Thomas W. Warner, Sr, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Private detective Pearl Antibus appears in court with her daughter Norma Thelan and son Robert Antibus during her trial against millionaire Thomas W. Warner, Sr. Thomas Warner, Jr. sits next to the Antibus family. Mrs. Antibus sued Mr. Warner after her home was raided by Buron Fitts and several of his deputies at the request of Mr. Warner. The raid of Mrs. Antibus' home was conducted in order to search for Mr. Warner's son, Thomas W. Warner, Jr. Mr. Warner, Jr. was found hiding inside the home with his girlfriend Mrs. Jean MacDonald. The pair had been hiding in the home from Mr. Warner, Sr. who was opposed to their relationship and was seeking to end all contact between the pair. Mrs. Antibus served as a private detective for Mr. Warner, Jr. and had previously conducted an investigation into the life of Mrs. MacDonald in attempt to determine whether she was truly in love with Mr. Warner, Jr. Mrs. Antibus alleged that the raid left several of her visitors injured and was unnecessarily violent.
Date:: April 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Private detective Pearl Antibus appears in court with her daughter Norma Thelan and son Robert Antibus during her trial against millionaire Thomas W. Warner, Sr, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Private detective Pearl Antibus appears in court with her daughter Norma Thelan and son Robert Antibus during her trial against millionaire Thomas W. Warner, Sr. Thomas Warner, Jr. sits next to the Antibus family. Mrs. Antibus sued Mr. Warner after her home was raided by Buron Fitts and several of his deputies at the request of Mr. Warner. The raid of Mrs. Antibus' home was conducted in order to search for Mr. Warner's son, Thomas W. Warner, Jr. Mr. Warner, Jr. was found hiding inside the home with his girlfriend Mrs. Jean MacDonald. The pair had been hiding in the home from Mr. Warner, Sr. who was opposed to their relationship and was seeking to end all contact between the pair. Mrs. Antibus served as a private detective for Mr. Warner, Jr. and had previously conducted an investigation into the life of Mrs. MacDonald in attempt to determine whether she was truly in love with Mr. Warner, Jr. Mrs. Antibus alleged that the raid left several of her visitors injured and was unnecessarily violent.
Date:: April 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Private detective Pearl Antibus appears in court with her daughter Norma Thelan and son Robert Antibus during her trial against millionaire Thomas W. Warner, Sr, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Private detective Pearl Antibus appears in court with her daughter Norma Thelan and son Robert Antibus during her trial against millionaire Thomas W. Warner, Sr. Thomas Warner, Jr. sits next to the Antibus family. Mrs. Antibus sued Mr. Warner after her home was raided by Buron Fitts and several of his deputies at the request of Mr. Warner. The raid of Mrs. Antibus' home was conducted in order to search for Mr. Warner's son, Thomas W. Warner, Jr. Mr. Warner, Jr. was found hiding inside the home with his girlfriend Mrs. Jean MacDonald. The pair had been hiding in the home from Mr. Warner, Sr. who was opposed to their relationship and was seeking to end all contact between the pair. Mrs. Antibus served as a private detective for Mr. Warner, Jr. and had previously conducted an investigation into the life of Mrs. MacDonald in attempt to determine whether she was truly in love with Mr. Warner, Jr. Mrs. Antibus alleged that the raid left several of her visitors injured and was unnecessarily violent.
Date:: April 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd rejoices at the Democratic headquarters after Franklin D. Roosevelt wins the presidential election, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Crowd rejoices at the Democratic headquarters after Franklin D. Roosevelt wins the presidential election. Roosevelt won by a landslide against the Republican Alf Landon.
Date:: November 3, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers being filmed at a ranch, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Film stars and married couple Mary Pickford and Charles "Buddy" Rogers being filmed with a horse at a ranch.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aimee Semple McPherson sits at a desk reading a book, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Aimee Semple McPherson sits at a desk reading a book. McPherson was a noted evangelist and founder of the Angelus Temple and the Foursquare Church.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. Harold Appleton, Los Angeles, circa 1935

Description:: Most likely related to the Ebell of Los Angeles Women’s Club
Date:: [1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Singing Wood and trainer, circa 1936

Description:: Singing Wood was owned by Mary Elizabeth Altemus Whitney (later Person Tippett), a wealthy socialite and thoroughbred racehorse breeder. Photo is likely related to Singing Wood’s victory in the March 1936 Santa Margarita Invitation at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Four men stand aside as a horse-drawn wagon drives through an alley in the slums, Los Angeles, 1925-1945

Description:: Four men stand aside as a horse-drawn wagon drives through an alley in the Los Angeles slums
Date:: [between 1925 and 1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators on Derby Day at Santa Anita, February 22, 1937.

Description:: Spectators at a $50,000 Derby day at the Santa Anita racetrack on February 22, 1937. The crowd in attendance was estimated at 45,000 spectators. Twenty-three horses raced that day, beating out the Kentucky Derby's record of twenty-two starting horses at that time. The $50,000 purse was won by the horse Fairy Hill.
Date:: February 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators read the paper at the Santa Anita racetrack, February 22, 1937.

Description:: Spectators at a $50,000 Derby day at the Santa Anita racetrack on February 22, 1937. The crowd in attendance was estimated at 45,000 spectators. Twenty-three horses raced that day, beating out the Kentucky Derby's record of twenty-two starting horses at that time. The $50,000 purse was won by the horse Fairy Hill.
Date:: February 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Overlook on the estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife Mildred, Beverly Hills, 1927

Description:: Overlook on the sixteen-acre estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife, Mildred Harris Lloyd in Beverly Hills.
Date:: [1927?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

"Chinese Empress" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:: The theme for the forty-seventh Rose Parade was "History in Flowers"
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts and Special Prosecutor Clyde Shoemaker, at Fitts' 1936 perjury trial.

Description:: Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts and Special Prosecutor Clyde Shoemaker, pictured at Fitts' perjury trial, circa January 1936. Dist. Atty Fitts was charged with perjuring himself during testimony to a 1931 grand jury, in regards to real estate transactions carried out by his family. His sister and secretary, Mrs. Berthal Gregory, was also a defendant in this case.
Date:: [circa January, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

US Senator William Gibbs McAdoo meets with Robert Riddell

Description:: Most likely taken 1935-1938. Riddell was a supporter of McAdoo
Date:: [1935-1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wartime housing in Little Tokyo's Bronzeville, Los Angeles, 1943

Description:: Little Tokyo in Los Angeles was dubbed "Bronzeville" during World War Two, as African American families and workers moved into the empty homes and businesses of the relocated Japanese American community.
Date:: 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Gatehouse on the estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife Mildred, Beverly Hills, 1927

Description:: Gatehouse on the sixteen-acre estate of film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife, Mildred Harris Lloyd in Beverly Hills.
Date:: [1927?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Cowboy film extra Jerome "Blackjack" Ward kisses his wife Mickey Ward during his trial for the murder of fellow extra Johnny Tyke, Los Angeles, July 1940

Description:: Cowboy motion picture extra Jerome "Blackjack" Ward kisses his wife Mickey Ward during his trial for the murder of fellow extra John Ainsworth Tyacke (Johnny Tyke) in Gower Gulch. Gower Gulch is the name given to the area near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street where film extras hang out waiting for work; many of the nearby studios produce westerns so often actual working cowboys come here to break into the film business. Ward entered a plea of not guilty based on self defense and temporary insanity. He was ultimately set free after many witnesses attested to Tyke's violent nature.
Date:: between July 15 and July 18, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Deputy Sheriff Bess Bailey escorts Betty Flay Hardaker during her trial for the murder of her daughter, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Deputy Sheriff Bess Bailey escorts Betty Flay Hardaker through the courtroom during the inquest conducted by Deputy Coroner Frank Monfort. Mrs. Hardaker was convicted of murdering her 5 year old daugher, Geraldine Hardaker, in a Montebello park washroom. The jury convicted her of committing the crime while of unsound mind.
Date:: February 23, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Charles Hardaker at the inquest for his wife, Betty Flay Hardaker, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Charles Hardaker at the inquest for his wife, Betty Flay Hardaker, who was accused of murdering their 5 year old daugther. Charles Hardaker went before a jury and Police Judge Paul G. McIver to testify about his wife's mental state. He told of many quarrels, seperations, and suicide attempts. Betty Hardaker was convicted of murdering her 5 year old daughter, Geraldine Hardaker, in a Montebello park washroom. The jury convicted her of committing the crime while of unsound mind.
Date:: February 23, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Betty Hardaker, mother convicted of murdering her daughter, sits in jail after being taken into custody, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Betty Flay Hardaker sits at the Los Angeles County Jail wearing boots, trousers, and a sport jacket. Mrs. Hardaker was convicted of murdering her 5 year old daughter, Geraldine Hardaker, in a Montebello park washroom. The jury convicted her of committing the crime while of unsound mind.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Annual meeting of the California AFL, 1945.

Date:: 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ribbon cutting for opening of Sears, Roebuck & Co. store in San Fernando Valley, Calif., 1951

Date:: September 13, 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Woman testifying in a courtroom, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

Description:: Woman, wearing a light dress and a light hat with a dark band, testifying in a courtroom. Her clutch purse is on the ledge of the witness stand.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Alleged Smith Act violators in court, Los Angeles, Calif., 1951

Date:: July 1, 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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