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Shriners dressed in stylized costumes of ancient Arabia, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1935

Description:
Shriners sit around a carpeted floor, dressed in stylized costumes of ancient Arabia. Five men appear to be part of the fraternal organization, dressed in the ostentatious wear of the nobility, while one man is dressed the part of a servant. The Al Malaikah Shrine Temple of Los Angeles hosted a pageant, of which the theme was One Thousand and One Nights, or Arabian Nights. The event was hosted at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Date Created:
1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Shriners dressed in stylized costumes of ancient Arabia, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1935

Pasadena display at the Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, 1933

Description:
Pasadena display at the Los Angeles County Fair, which is in the shape of a ship. A sign, which sits on top of a chest filled with fruit reads, "Tales of the seven seas, theme of the 1934 Tournament of Roses." The ship is filled with produce. A woman and a child stand in front of the display. Other people and displays are visible in the background.
Date Created:
1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Pasadena display at the Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, 1933

Boulder deposited in the middle of Foothill Boulevard by a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. In late December, a series of storms dropped 12 inches of rain. On New Year's Eve, heavy rains led to sporadic flooding. Around midnight, mountain hillsides collapsed sending millions of tons of mud into the Crescenta Valley neighborhoods below. More than 400 homes were destroyed in La Cañada, La Crescenta, Montrose and Tujunga. Scores of people were killed, and hundreds were left homeless. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths.
Date Created:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Boulder deposited in the middle of Foothill Boulevard by a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Three men conversing in a hospital room possibly in relation to a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. In late December, a series of storms dropped 12 inches of rain. On New Year's Eve, heavy rains led to sporadic flooding. Around midnight, mountain hillsides collapsed sending millions of tons of mud into the Crescenta Valley neighborhoods below. More than 400 homes were destroyed in La Cañada, La Crescenta, Montrose and Tujunga. Scores of people were killed, and hundreds were left homeless. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths.
Date Created:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Three men conversing in a hospital room possibly in relation to a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Remaining pond in a runoff area following a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. In late December, a series of storms dropped 12 inches of rain. On New Year's Eve, heavy rains led to sporadic flooding. Around midnight, mountain hillsides collapsed sending millions of tons of mud into the Crescenta Valley neighborhoods below. More than 400 homes were destroyed in La Cañada, La Crescenta, Montrose and Tujunga. Scores of people were killed, and hundreds were left homeless. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths.
Date Created:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Remaining pond in a runoff area following a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Los Angeles aqueduct, damaged section of channel, Inyo County, [1924-1931?]

Description:
The Los Angeles aqueduct was bombed or otherwise vandalized in at least 10 incidents from 1924 to 1931. Cf. (1) Los Angeles Times article, 20 June 1927, “City Aqueduct Again Blasted, Dynamite Tears Out Sixteen-Foot Section, Fourth Recent Outrage Done During Night Hours, Explosion Occurs Two Miles South of Lone Pine.” The article states: “A heavy charge of dynamite exploded in the fourth attempt within the past month … shattered a sixteen-foot panel of waterway at the Puddle Creek Delta, two miles southwest of Lone Pine … Other outrages. Previous acts of violence against the Aqueduct are as follows: On the 5th inst., the side walls of a large open concrete conduit at the mouth of Cottonwood Canyon were wrecked by a charge of dynamite … May 28, 1927: Approximately 300 feet of the Aqueduct system was blown out at Big Pine … May 27, 1927: … a charge of explosive in No Name Canyon destroying about 450 feet of iron pipe … May 14, 1926: A ten-foot hole was torn out of the concrete Aqueduct by dynamite … about one mile south of the spillway in the Alabama Hills. November 24, 1924: A mob of men … opened the Alabama control gates … between Independence and Lone Pine … May 21, 1924: A heavy charge of dynamite was set off against an open portion of the Aqueduct at a point two miles north of Lone Pine. … No actual damage …” Cf. (2) Los Angeles Times article, 17 July 1927, “Blasts Peril Owens Mills, New Aqueduct Dynamitings Bring Contingency, Lake Level May Tie Up Chemical Plants, Large Repair Crews Rush Reconstruction Work.” The article states: “… two dynamite blasts … early yesterday wrecked the Aqueduct … The latest explosions occurred at Thebaut gate, eight miles north of Independence, and at Tuttle Creek south of Lone Pine. …” Cf. (3) Los Angeles Times article, 3 Nov. 1931, “Officers Trail Aqueduct Dynamiting Suspects, One of Pair Sought Here as Blast Rips Grapevine Siphon; No Water Shortage.” The article states: “Two men were being sought last night for complicity in the explosion of a terrific charge of dynamite which … tore out a section of the grapevine siphon on the Los Angeles Aqueduct, about fifty miles north of Mojave. …”
Date Created:
1924
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Los Angeles aqueduct, damaged section of channel, Inyo County, [1924-1931?]

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date Created:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Joseph Mesmer and Marshall Stimson opening box sealed in cornerstone of 1888 County Courthouse, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
One of the cornerstones of the old County Courthouse, which was located on the corner of Temple and Broadway, was opened to reveal a box from 1888 when the foundation was laid. Among the contents was an eight-page issue of the Los Angeles Times. The ceremony was led by Marshall Stimson, president of the Historical Society of Southern California, and Joseph Mesmer, president of the Pioneer Society.
Date Created:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Joseph Mesmer and Marshall Stimson opening box sealed in cornerstone of 1888 County Courthouse, Los Angeles, 1936
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