Resource Type: still image / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Subject: Lifestyle and Legal - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Mrs. Zella Jeffers on the witness stand in the courtroom of Judge Charles W. Fricke. She is accused of performing immoral acts with her husband, Reverend Joseph Jeffers, in front of guests in their home. Mrs. Jeffers claimed that on the night of her arrest she was drugged by neighbor Vincent Higgins, a District Attorney’s detective, and didn’t remember the events that were supposed to have taken place. A film reviewed by the prosecution showed Reverend and Mrs. Jeffers disrobing in front of their guests. Behind Mrs. Jeffers is a floor plan of her home, which she described for the jury.
Date:: June 27, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A sign detailing policies hanging inside of a casino. Hawthorne, Compton, Monterey Park, and Long Beach closed several gaming places after Attorney General Webb found games of chance unlawful.
Date:: [circa January 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A sign detailing policies hanging inside of a casino. Hawthorne, Compton, Monterey Park, and Long Beach closed several gaming places after Attorney General Webb found games of chance unlawful.
Date:: [circa January 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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

Description:: The American Legion Police Department drill team pose for a humorous photograph during the August 1936 California state convention.
Date:: [between August 8, 1936-August 12, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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

Browse items