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3/4 length portrait of Walburga Oesterreich, circa 1930

Description:
Handwriting on negative states "Mrs.Walburga Oesterreich" In 1922 Walburga Oesterreich’s husband Fred Oesterreich was shot and killed supposedly by a burglar in their Los Angeles, Calif. home. Eight years later after being arrested for another crime Otto Sanhuber confessed to police that he had killed Fred Oesterreich in party with Walburga. Sanhuber stated that he had lived in the attic of the Oesterreich’s home for years in order to carry on an affair with Walburga. In 1930 Sanhuber was put on trial and was convicted of manslaughter. Walburga Oesterreich was tried for murder and conspiracy but her jury ended in deadlock. She was never retried.
Date:
1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
3/4 length portrait of Walburga Oesterreich, circa 1930

14-year-old Mildred Douglas, reported missing, Los Angeles, January 1940

Description:
14-year-old Mildred Douglas, who, along with friend Donna (or Zelia K.) Thompson, was reported missing. A young girl reported seeing them get into a car with 31-year-old H. B. Millard. When called in for questioning Millard testified that he did pick up Douglas and Thompson but dropped them off when he realized how young they were. Millard reported that the girls told him they were running away from home. Girls fitting the description of Douglas and Thompson were seen in an Ontario auto camp one day later.
Date:
January 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
14-year-old Mildred Douglas, reported missing, Los Angeles, January 1940

14-year-old Mildred Douglas, reported missing, Los Angeles, January 1940

Description:
14-year-old Mildred Douglas, who, along with friend Donna (or Zelia K.) Thompson, was reported missing. A young girl reported seeing them get into a car with 31-year-old H. B. Millard. When called in for questioning Millard testified that he did pick up Douglas and Thompson but dropped them off when he realized how young they were. Millard reported that the girls told him they were running away from home. Girls fitting the description of Douglas and Thompson were seen in an Ontario auto camp one day later.
Date:
January 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
14-year-old Mildred Douglas, reported missing, Los Angeles, January 1940

17-year-old Donald Rogers, charged with shooting and killing 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
17-year-old Donald Rogers, also known as Donald Fehrenschild, charged with the murder of 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker. Although he insisted that he was shooting at doves on the hillside, Rogers's bullets fell near Marilyn, her two brothers, and several other children playing in the grass. When she started to run home for help, Marilyn was shot under the eye and died immediately.
Date:
February 20, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
17-year-old Donald Rogers, charged with shooting and killing 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker, Los Angeles, 1940

17-year-old Donald Rogers, charged with shooting and killing 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
17-year-old Donald Rogers, charged with the murder of 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker. Although he insisted that he was shooting at doves on the hillside, Rogers's bullets fell near Marilyn, her two brothers, and several other children playing in the grass. When she started to run home for help, Marilyn was shot under the eye and died immediately.
Date:
February 20, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
17-year-old Donald Rogers, charged with shooting and killing 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker, Los Angeles, 1940

17-year-old Donald Rogers with his foster mother Bertha Fehrenschild, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
17-year-old Donald Rogers, also known as Donald Fehrenschild, with his foster mother Mrs. Bertha Fehrenschild at an inquest into the murder of 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker. Rogers was charged with the crime. Although he insisted that he was shooting at doves on the hillside, Rogers's bullets fell near Marilyn, her two brothers, and several other children playing in the grass. When she started to run home for help, Marilyn was shot under the eye and died immediately.
Date:
February 20, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
17-year-old Donald Rogers with his foster mother Bertha Fehrenschild, Los Angeles, 1940

1835 Mexican decree establishing Los Angeles as capital of Alta California, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Referenced in more recent article, "Dusting Off the Pages From California's Past," [Los Angeles Times, September 28, 1983]. There is no related article from photograph's time period. This more recent column references the image's subject as part of the Los Angeles Public Library's collection of historical documents. The printed document in the photograph is an original decree establishing Los Angeles as the new capital of the Mexican territory of Alta California. It is signed by then Secretary of the State, Jose Maria Gutierrez de Estrada, on behalf of the interim president of Mexico, Miguel Barragan. The names of other persons, printed in the decree, include: Basilio Arillaga, Deputy President; Antonio Pacheco Leal, President of the Senate; Demetrio del Castillo, Deputy Secretary; and Manuel Miranda, Secretary of the Senate. It is dated May 23, 1935.
Date:
October 7, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
1835 Mexican decree establishing Los Angeles as capital of Alta California, Los Angeles, 1935

Abe Schwartz, a juror for the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Mr. Abe Schwarz, Los Angeles tire worker and juror for the "White Flame" double homicide trial of aviation executive Paul A. Wright.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, 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.
Date:
[between January 17-February 16, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Abe Schwartz, a juror for the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Abe Schwartz, a juror for the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Mr. Abe Schwarz, Los Angeles tire worker and juror for the "White Flame" double homicide trial of aviation executive Paul A. Wright.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, 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.
Date:
[between January 17-February 16, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Abe Schwartz, a juror for the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

A. B. Murchison testifies during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At center, A. B. Murchison sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. He sits facing towards the right and looks at a map unfolded in front of him. Two lawyers stand to the left of the witness box. Behind and to the right of Murchison, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and looks down towards the witness. In the foreground at right, a few lawyers sit at the counsel's table.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
A. B. Murchison testifies during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

A. Brigham Rose, William G. Bonelli, Carlos S. Hardy, and Merle Templeton at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Description:
William G. Bonelli (second from left), State Board of Equalization member, and Merle Templeton (far right), Chief Liquor Control Officer, both charged with involvement in a liquor license bribe scandal in which they allegedly conspired to extort money from liquor retailers under threat of causing them to lose their liquor license. Far left is A. Brigham Rose, attorney for Ed Levine, another alleged member of the pay-off ring, which included at least six members. Second from right is Judge Carlos S. Hardy, who was not the judge for the trial
Date:
between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
A. Brigham Rose, William G. Bonelli, Carlos S. Hardy, and Merle Templeton at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940