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Aircraft industrialist Donald W. Douglas speaks at City Hall on Navy Day, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Donald Wills Douglas, aircraft industrialist and founder of Douglas Aircraft Company, speaks at the podium at the City Hall steps on the 200 North Spring Street entrance. Patriotic decor frame the surrounding stage. Also in view, the column and arches which make up the facade to the Spring Street entrance of City Hall. Douglas spoke on the needed focus of naval aircraft technology. The event celebrated the importance of American naval forces on Navy Day, October 27th, a day which commemorated the establishment of the American Navy in 1775. (Navy Day is no longer observed as it was absorbed into Armed Forces Day.) The 2000 spectators listened not only to notable speeches extolling the navy at City Hall, but also witnessed a band concert and the aerial feats of naval airplanes flying overhead. Commemorations also occured in Los Angeles Harbor, Long Beach Naval Reserve Airport, and elsewhere in the Southland.
Date:
October 28, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Aircraft industrialist Donald W. Douglas speaks at City Hall on Navy Day, Los Angeles, 1935

Candidates for police and deputy sheriff positions taking a written examination in City Hall, Los Angeles, March 2, 1940

Description:
Some of the over 4000 candidates for city policeman and county deputy sheriff jobs taking an examination administered by the Civil Service Commission in room 804 of City Hall. In addition to the written examination, potential officers will also undergo a physical test later in the month.
Date:
March 2, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Candidates for police and deputy sheriff positions taking a written examination in City Hall, Los Angeles, March 2, 1940

Candidates for police and deputy sheriff positions taking a written examination in City Hall, Los Angeles, March 2, 1940

Description:
Some of the over 4000 candidates for city policeman and county deputy sheriff jobs taking an examination administered by the Civil Service Commission in room 804 of City Hall. In addition to the written examination, potential officers will also undergo a physical test later in the month.
Date:
March 2, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Candidates for police and deputy sheriff positions taking a written examination in City Hall, Los Angeles, March 2, 1940

Candidates for police and deputy sheriff positions taking a written examination in City Hall, Los Angeles, March 2, 1940

Description:
Some of the over 4000 candidates for city policeman and county deputy sheriff jobs taking an examination administered by the Civil Service Commission in room 804 of City Hall. In addition to the written examination, potential officers will also undergo a physical test later in the month.
Date:
March 2, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Candidates for police and deputy sheriff positions taking a written examination in City Hall, Los Angeles, March 2, 1940

Chamber at meeting of Los Angeles City Councilmen, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
At a City Council meeting, President William Bonelli is presiding with minute clerk Carroll directly in front of him. Council members, L - R: Ernest L. Webster, Winifred J. Sanborn, Lester R. Rice-Wray, Charles Randall, Virgil A. Martin, Carl Jacobson, E. Snapper Ingram, William M. Hughes, Pierson Mitchell Hall, Douglas Eads Foster, Charles J. Colden, and Arthur Alber. Men seated on benches attend the meeting.
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Chamber at meeting of Los Angeles City Councilmen, Los Angeles, 1928

Four members of the Symphonic Band of the Royal Belgian Guards, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Group with the Symphonic Band of the Royal Belgium Guards (now known as the Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides) on the steps of the City Hall the day of their arrival in Los Angeles to begin a tour of Southern California. From the left: Andre Rouseyrol, a local Belgian tenor; Captain Arthur Prevost, the band's conductor; L. E. Behymer, who managed the band's tour; and a member of the American Legion, probably Geroge D. Lyon. Reported in "WAR'S DEAD GET TRIBUTE OF BELGIANS: Leader of Royal Guards Band Places Wreath at Base of Monument," Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 1929: A2.
Date:
April 27, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Four members of the Symphonic Band of the Royal Belgian Guards, Los Angeles, 1929

Ground-level view of Navy Day commemoration at City Hall steps, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Ground-level view of Navy Day commemoration at City Hall steps outside 200 North Spring Street entrance. A stage and podium, built for speakers (such as Mayor Frank L. Shaw) and honored naval officials, can be seen. Patriotic decor frame the podium and surrounding exterior. Also in view, the column and arches which make up the facade to the Spring Street entrance of City Hall. Thousands of spectators surround the steps. The event celebrated the importance of American naval forces on Navy Day, October 27th, a day which commemorated the establishment of the American Navy in 1775. (Navy Day is no longer celebrated as it was absorbed into Armed Forces Day.)The 2000 spectators listened not only to notable speeches extolling the navy at City Hall, but also witnessed a band concert and the aerial feats of naval airplanes flying overhead. Commemorations also occured in Los Angeles Harbor, Long Beach Naval Reserve Airport, and elsewhere in the Southland.
Date:
October 28, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ground-level view of Navy Day commemoration at City Hall steps, Los Angeles, 1935

Know Your City No.1 Spring Street entrance to Los Angeles City hall

Description:
ANSWER: Sure, it's the Spring St. entrance to the City hall, the picture being taken from north to south to show the row of pillars from a seldom-seen angle. And how many of the thousands of persons who pass here daily have bothered to notice the fancy colorful tilework over this pillared portal?
Date:
November 19, 1955
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Know Your City No.1 Spring Street entrance to Los Angeles City hall

Know Your City No.82 Abandoned oil well in Elysian Park hills with Los Angeles Civic Center in background

Description:
ANSWER: Well, it's one of those old oil wells that are on the southern slopes of the Elysian Park hills, virtually a stone's throw from the bustling Civic Center. This one is in the back yard of what was once the residence of Thomas O'Brien, once one of the finest "country homes outside Los Angeles." Disonicio Sanchez has lived there for 30 years and, being pretty hep on the place's history, he should know. Exact location is a knoll at the corner of W College and Centennial Sts.
Date:
February 7, 1956
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Know Your City No.82 Abandoned oil well in Elysian Park hills with Los Angeles Civic Center in background

Los Angeles City Hall's cornerstone being lowered down to its place during ceremonies, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Photo appears with article "IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES MARK LAYING OF STRUCTURE'S CORNER-STONE: THRONG SEES NEW CITY HALL DEDICATED Mementos Sealed in Rock as City, County and State Officials Unite in Exercises Heralding Progress in Building Huge Structure NEW CITY HALL SEES CEREMONY," Los Angeles Times, 23 Jun. 1927: A1.
Date:
June 27, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles City Hall's cornerstone being lowered down to its place during ceremonies, Los Angeles, 1927

Los Angeles Civic Center, Los Angeles, [1927]

Description:
Aerial view of the Los Angeles Civic Center. The City Hall is the towering building in the background, to the left is the County Courthouse and to the right is the Hall of Records. The City of Los Angeles Garage is in the forefront. Billboard advertisements frame the garage. The ads include: "Help us prevent fires 1927 Fire Prevention Year," "Langendorf Royal Breads," "Old Gold cigarettes," and "[Samuel Goldwyn presents] Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky, The Henry King [production] The Magic Flame."
Date:
[1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Los Angeles Civic Center, Los Angeles, [1927]

Los Angeles Times city staff pose for a portrait on the steps of City Hall, Los Angeles, 1904 (copy print 1936)

Description:
About the subjects:Harry Carr was a reporter, editor and columnist with the Times for almost all of his career. He was given an honorable mention by a Pulitzer Prize committee on awards. After he died of a heart attack at age fifty-eight, his funeral was attended by more than a thousand people. Lanier Bartlett wrote for the Times and also wrote film scripts. Mabel Brigham was a Times society editor. Edward F. Dishman joined the Times as the night city editor after his 1897 arrival in Los Angeles, and later became the Los Angeles Chief of Police. John A. Gray joined with the Times in 1899, went on to the Hearst newspaper and in 1931 became the executive secretary of the Municipal Light and Power Defense League. W. R. Greenwood was a rancher and a reporter for the Times from 1893 to 1911. Frank Greaves joined the Times editorial staff some time after his arrival in Los Angeles in 1890 and started a printing business in 1910. John von Blon was an editor at the Times for 17 years. Julian Johnson joined the Times in the early 1900's and was the drama critic by 1911. After other journalism positions in New York, he returned to Los Angeles to write for film. William S. Livengood was with the Times from 1895 to 1907 as police, courthouse and City Hall reporter, telegraph editor, and contest manager.A. M. Row was an editor at the Los Angeles Times from 1897 to 1912. His work as editor of the church department earned him the nickname "The Deacon." He also wrote Los Angeles Times articles on topics of religion, and hiking and camping. In addition to her articles for the Times, Constance Lindsay Skinner wrote for papers in Canada, Chicago and New York. She also published children's books.
Date:
January 10, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Los Angeles Times city staff pose for a portrait on the steps of City Hall, Los Angeles, 1904 (copy print 1936)