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Soldiers in old military uniforms stand next to others wearing the new "streamlined" style during a military show for National Defense Week, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Soldiers in old military uniforms stand next to others wearing the new "streamlined" style during a military show for National Defense Week. The show was held at the Los Angeles Airport and more than 60 officers and men participated.
Date:
February 11, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Soldiers in old military uniforms stand next to others wearing the new "streamlined" style during a military show for National Defense Week, Los Angeles, 1940

California mission wedding float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1930

Description:
Float showing a wedding day in an early California mission with participants costumed as a bride and groom, a priest, Indians, Spanish caballeros and damas, placed around an adobe-style chapel. The float was entered by the city of Laguna Beach. The float is seen at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
California mission wedding float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1930

Robert G. Sproul, in cap and gown, speaking at UCLA graduation ceremony at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Description:
This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, June 18, 1932, University’s Commencement Held in Hollywood Bowl, U.C.L.A. Grants 1090 Diplomas, Vast Crowd Sees Exercises at Hollywood Bowl, President Sproul Speaks of “New World” Problems, Intelligence Only Progress Surety, Moore Tells Class
Date:
1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Robert G. Sproul, in cap and gown, speaking at UCLA graduation ceremony at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, [1930s?]

Pasadena Banks float with a woman in a jewelry box in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1926

Description:
Float with a Miss Frank Alexander in an open jewelry box with a red satin lining and a strand of pearls half out of the box in the Tournament of Roses Parade. Floral signs on the float include "Safe Keeping" on the lid of the jewelry box and "Banks" on the front. Signs on the corner commercial building behind the float read: "Latest Model Cars for Hire Without Drivers...," "Pasadena Vulcan...g Works," and "Hotel Franklin." Spectators are standing along the parade route and on top of the corner building.
Date:
January 1, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Pasadena Banks float with a woman in a jewelry box in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1926

Kidnapping victim William F. Gettle's four children, after their father's safe return home. Circa May 15, 1934.

Description:
The children of William F. Gettle, millionaire and kidnapping victim, posing on tricycles for a photograph after their father's safe return. Circa May 15, 1934.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:
1934-05-15
[circa May 15, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Kidnapping victim William F. Gettle's four children, after their father's safe return home. Circa May 15, 1934.

Crowd gathers to catch a glimpse of the airplane that set a world record, flying non-stop from Moscow to southern California. July 14, 1937

Description:
A crowd gathers behind a rope to view the Tupolev ANT-25 flown by Mikhail Gromov, Andrei Yumashev, and Sergei Danilin from Moscow to a field outside San Jacinto, CA. A man kneeling on top of a car with a camera on a tripod is visible in the background. The non-stop flight covered 6700 miles in 62 hours and 12 minutes, smashing the previous record for longest non-stop flight. July 14, 1937
Date:
July 14, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Crowd gathers to catch a glimpse of the airplane that set a world record, flying non-stop from Moscow to southern California. July 14, 1937

Retirement ceremony for Admiral William F. Halsey aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Admiral William F. Halsey ended his 45-year naval career aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota in the Los Angeles Harbor. He commanded the Third Fleet during the Pacific War against Japan. The ceremony consisted of the changing of his four-starred flag to the two-starred flag of his successor, Rear-Admiral Howard F. Kingman. The ship's entire company was present during the brief ceremony. After the ceremony, Halsey left the battleship on a crash boat and the U.S.S. South Dakota fired a 17-gun salute.
Date:
November 22, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Retirement ceremony for Admiral William F. Halsey aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota, Los Angeles, 1945

Custer Avenue School students in costume with float depicting California history, Shriners' parade, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, June 6, 1925, “California the Golden” Notable Achievement, Spectacle of Schools Depicting History of State Acclaimed by Visiting Shriners. The public schools’ contribution to the Shrine entertainment, “California the Golden” … "The South Seas," Custer-avenue school ...
Date:
1925-06-05
June 5, 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Custer Avenue School students in costume with float depicting California history, Shriners' parade, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925
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