Resource Type: still image / Location: Arcadia (Calif.) / Collection: OpenUCLA Collections - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Santa Anita Park, the oldest thoroughbred racetrack in Southern California, opened on December 25, 1934.
Date:: December 31, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a housewarming party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:: May 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: At center, Bob Erickson stands in profile facing left. He smiles widely as he holds a turtle in front of him and tries to pose the animal towards camera. Houses stand in the background.
Date:: [circa July, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Santa Anita Park, the oldest thoroughbred racetrack in Southern California, opened on December 25, 1934.
Date:: February 8, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Santa Anita Park, the oldest thoroughbred racetrack in Southern California, opened on December 25, 1934.
Date:: February 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Snyder, Bill
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: The photographer, Bill Snyder, may be the same per son as William E. Snyder (1901–1984) a cinematographer.
Date:: February 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Snyder, Bill
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Santa Anita Park, the oldest thoroughbred racetrack in Southern California, opened on December 25, 1934.
Date:: [1938 or 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: "Dear Diary," "Morning Breeze" and "Hasten Henry" cross the finish line in the California Breeders' Stakes race at Santa Anita Park. Grandstand spectators watch in the foreground with cameramen in front of the white railing as the horses pass the tote board (totalisator) in the background.
Date:: December 31, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: A cropped version of this image appears in the photo spread titled, "Smart Set of Southland Turns Out for Opening Day of Races at Santa Anita," Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 1935: A13
Date:: December 25, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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