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Actor Del Lawrence in an American Indian costume at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Stage and screen actor Del Lawrence (also known as Del Stone Lawrence, and Landen Stone Gans) is viewed from the back seated at a desk and reflected in a mirror. He is wearing a costume of an American Indian feather headdress. Lawrence was playing the character of "Wahnotee" (an "Indian Chief") in a revival of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon. It is likely that this photograph was taken at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Theatre Project.
Date:
April 21, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Actor Del Lawrence in an American Indian costume at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Actor James Guilfoyle and an unidentified actress at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Actor James Guilfoyle and an unidentified actress, both in blackface. Guilfoyle was appearing in a revival of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon. It is likely that this photograph was taken at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Theatre Project.
Date:
April 21, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Actor James Guilfoyle and an unidentified actress at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Actors Philip Armenta, Nat Leffingwell, and George Kern at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Actors (L to R) Philip Armenta, Nat Leffingwell, and George Kern posing with a canoe. The men were appearing in a revival of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon. It is likely that this photograph was taken at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Theatre Project.
Date:
April 21, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Actors Philip Armenta, Nat Leffingwell, and George Kern at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Actress Judith Alden and an unidentified actor at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Actress Judith Alden is seated, looking up at an unidentified male actor. Alden was appearing in a revival of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon. It is likely that this photograph was taken at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Theatre Project.
Date:
April 21, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Actress Judith Alden and an unidentified actor at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Advertisement leaf with portraits of a "National Board of Directors," including Dr. Curtis King, Alvin C. Gary, Lieut. William J. Powell, Claude DeM. Lewis, and an image of 5 women pilots, 1930s

Description:
William J. Powell created the Bessie Coleman Flying School in the 1930s. The image of the women pilots in this advertisement also appears, in fuller form, in an advertisement for Craftsmen of Black Wings, and the same women appear in an image of the members of the Bessie Coleman Aero [Aeronautics] Club, also founded by Powell.
Date:
[1930s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Advertisement leaf with portraits of a "National Board of Directors," including Dr. Curtis King, Alvin C. Gary, Lieut. William J. Powell, Claude DeM. Lewis, and an image of 5 women pilots, 1930s

Aleck Curlett and Dwight W. Stephenson, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
At center, Public Works Administration officials, Aleck Curlett and Dwight W. Stephenson pose behind a desk. Aleck Curlett (leftmost) sits at the desk, behind a stack of papers. Dwight W. Stephenson stands behind and to the right of him. He leans slightly forward. Both men glance to the left of the camera. The office's door stands behind them.
Date:
March 23, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Aleck Curlett and Dwight W. Stephenson, Los Angeles, 1936

Alice Pheland and B. F. Enyeart pose in front of the Burbank City Schools' Tournament of Roses parade float framework, Pasadena vicinity, about 1936

Description:
At center, from left to right, Alice Phelan and B. F. Enyeart, Burbank Schools Superintendent, pose in front of the framework for the Burbank City Schools' float entry into the Tournament of Roses. They both stand in profile, facing left, but turn their heads towards camera. Alice Phelan holds onto the framework behind her as she casts her gaze downward. The incomplete float stands in partial view behind them. Its design appears to emulate tracery and stained glass elements seen in Gothic architecture.
Date:
[circa January, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Alice Pheland and B. F. Enyeart pose in front of the Burbank City Schools' Tournament of Roses parade float framework, Pasadena vicinity, about 1936

Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority members Martha Williams, Carol Brice, and Ursula Murrell at a sorority event, Los Angeles, 1935-1950

Description:
Carol Brice was an American contralto. She studied at Palmer Memorial Institute, Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama (BA, 1939), and the Juilliard School of Music (1939-1943). She attracted considerable attention for her role in a production of The Hot Mikado at the New York World's Fair (1939), where she worked with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Brice made her recital debut in 1943, that year becoming the first African-American to win the Walter Naumburg Award. Her concerts often featured the piano accompaniment of her brother, Jonathan Brice.
Date:
[1935-1950]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cutler, George M. (George Miles), 1901-1949
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority members Martha Williams, Carol Brice, and Ursula Murrell at a sorority event, Los Angeles, 1935-1950

American Legion parades through the Hollywood and Highland intersection during their convention, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
The camera looks east and down onto Hollywood Boulevard during the American Legion's parade and convention. Hollywood Boulevard stretches straight back through center. In the mid-ground, Highland Avenue stretches across the image. On the near side of the intersection, a row of several flag bearers leads the procession. More color bearers carry American flags as they march in lines towards the camera. Striped banners wave over Hollywood Boulevard as it extends into the distance.
Date:
[circa August 10, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
American Legion parades through the Hollywood and Highland intersection during their convention, Los Angeles, 1936

A. Milton Fish, left, and Bert R. Hall, stand by a model plane, Long Beach, 1936

Description:
A. Milton Fish, left, superintendent of Long Beach athletic activities, and Bert R. Hall, instructor in model plane building of the Long Beach Recreation Department, stand by a model plane on a table, with Hall pointing at a piece with a pen in his right hand. Both are wearing three piece suits with badges on their lapels. Fish has a boutonniere above his badge.
Date:
April 16, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
A. Milton Fish, left, and Bert R. Hall, stand by a model plane, Long Beach, 1936

Arch gateway to Big Pines Los Angeles County Camp, Big Pines Camp, circa 1923-1939

Description:
Snow covers the Angeles Crest Highway which spans the width of the bottom edge and stretches into the distance. At center, an arched gateway rises and passes over the road. Two crenelated, stone towers stand on either side of the road. An archway stretches between the towers and across the road. Carved text along the front side of the arch reads, "BIG PINES-L.A. COUNTY CAMP." A keystone sits at the center of the arch.
Date:
[circa 1923-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Arch gateway to Big Pines Los Angeles County Camp, Big Pines Camp, circa 1923-1939

Arthur B. Dodge, art director of the Los Angeles Times, 1936

Description:
Arthur Burnside Dodge was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and his family moved to California in 1864. For ten they lived in Grass Valley, then settled in San Francisco. There he began his career as a wood engraver at age 18 and spent five years in New York City studying art. Upon returning to San Francisco, he was an illustrator for local newspapers from 1890 until 1901. He then moved to Los Angeles where he continued newspaper work. After four years at the Morning Herald, he spent 42 years as art director at the Los Angeles Times. Known as "Boss" to his friends, he died in Los Angeles in 1952.
Date:
[circa May 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Arthur B. Dodge, art director of the Los Angeles Times, 1936

Arthur B. Dodge, art director of the Los Angeles Times, 1936

Description:
Arthur Burnside Dodge was born in Providence, Rhode Island, ban his family moved to California in 1864. For ten they lived in Grass Valley, then settled in San Francisco. There he began his career as a wood engraver at age 18 and spent five years in New York City studying art. Upon returning to San Francisco, he was an illustrator for local newspapers from 1890 until 1901. He then moved to Los Angeles where he continued newspaper work. After four years at the Morning Herald, he spent 42 years as art director at the Los Angeles Times. Known as "Boss" to his friends, he died in Los Angeles in 1952.
Date:
[circa May 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Arthur B. Dodge, art director of the Los Angeles Times, 1936

Aspic or gelatin-based salad accompanied by cornichons, 1936

Description:
A multi-layered Aspic or gelatin-based (i.e. Jell-o) salad on a plate, garnished with small gherkin or cornichon pickles. A large bowl of white sauce is visible at the side. Photo has crop marks (also known as trim marks) to show a printer how to crop the photo. Portions of other photos are visible at the edges.
Date:
[January 29, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Aspic or gelatin-based salad accompanied by cornichons, 1936

Automobile dating to 1898, used to advertise Charles W. Winter Garage, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Description:
Vintage car with uninflated, spoked wheels "The Joy of 1898" painted on the side, and an overhead sign reading "Chas. Winter Garage & Machine Shop. 13-15 S. Second St. A man is in the driver's seat with another man standing on the right. The car is on an unpaved road with houses visible on the right.
Date:
[1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Automobile dating to 1898, used to advertise Charles W. Winter Garage, Los Angeles, 1920-1939