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Helen Gloria Albert Kildischeff, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of Mrs. Helen Gloria Albert Kildischef, daughter of Benjamin Albert, a real estate broker in Chicago, talking on the phone. She came into the news after eloping with a Russian 'prince' Michele Kildescheff in Yuma, only to discover that he already had a wife in Syracuse, N.Y. The marriage was annulled in May, 1935. She was in Los Angeles as a songwriter a few months before her marriage.
Date:
[between February 1935-May 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Helen Gloria Albert Kildischeff, Los Angeles, 1935

Banning House during its dedication as a historic monument, Wilmington (Los Angeles), 1936

Description:
The General Phineas Banning house, built shortly before the Civil War, was an active hub for military and social gatherings. Following the death of General Banning, Hancock Banning became the household head until his own death in 1894. The house remained occupied by the Banning family until 1925. In 1927 the house and grounds were purchased by the City of Los Angeles. In 1934, the Los Angeles Board of Park Commissioners proposed restoring the house, and the Banning family donated many of the original furnishings. Reported in "Society to Assemble at Treasure House of Southern California History: Dedication Planned for Banning Home; Antique Structure to Serve as Museum for Storing Memories of Days of Western Pioneers," Los Angeles Times, 31 May 1936: D1.
Date:
June 6, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Banning House during its dedication as a historic monument, Wilmington (Los Angeles), 1936

"Orange is King" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1930

Description:
"Orange is King" float with an enthroned orange king and 2 heralds, pulled by a train engine with the date of the National Orange Show in San Bernardino on the side "Feb. 13-29." Gordon Elliott is the king and Nancy Caswell and Alta Faulkner are the heralds. The float is at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Orange is King" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1930

Murder victim Dwight Faulding on beach, [1937?]

Description:
Related to the article, "Mad Pirate Terror Reign on Yacht Told, Harrowed Survivors Recount Killing of Faulding and Morgan. Mutinous murder and a piratical five-day reign of terror on the high seas aboard the blood-soaked pleasure schooner Aafje were disclosed by harrowed survivors," Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1938. the artivle states: "…stories of the death of Dwight L. Faulding, Santa Barbara hotel man and owner of the craft, shot by Jack Morgan, crazed houseboy and seaman. Morgan was later clubbed to death by two deckhands and his body thrown to the sharks … formal murder charges were filed against Robert Horne and George Spernak, young deckhands … These charges, authories unofficially admitted, are intended as a legal formality..."
Date:
[1937?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Murder victim Dwight Faulding on beach, [1937?]

Door to the jury room during the trial of Louise Peete, accusing of killing Jacob Denton, Los Angeles, 1921

Description:
Door to the jury room photographed during the trial of Louise Peete, accusing of killing Jacob Denton. On the right is a diagram of the 2nd floor of the house of Jacob Denton, where Denton was murdered, with a label reading "Plan of second floor of 675 So. Catalina St. Los Angeles, Cal. Surveyed by County Surveyor. November, 1920. Scale 1" = 2'"
Date:
[between January-February, 1921]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Door to the jury room during the trial of Louise Peete, accusing of killing Jacob Denton, Los Angeles, 1921

Claude Peters discovers evidence in the Thelma Todd case, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
The grand juror for the first time is taking into serious consideration that late actress Thelma Todd may have taken her own life. Special agent Claude Peters of the telephone company produced documents regarding the mysterious phone call Todd made from the Trocadero to New York in the last hours of her life.
Date:
December 31, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Claude Peters discovers evidence in the Thelma Todd case, Los Angeles, 1935

Kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele with detectives, blindfolded, at the bungalow house where she was held, Pasadena, 1933

Description:
A similar photograph appears with the article, "Net Tightens on Couple in Skeele Kidnap Case, Ransom Note Typewriter Found; Man Suspect Ex-Convict; Grand Jury Action Sought, with caption: Scenes in Sensational Drama Aftermath of Holding for Ransom Wife of S.C. Dean of Music. Blindfolded, Mrs. Skeele is taken through house and grounds of the Pasadena home by Chief of Detectives Taylor, left, and her son, Franklin Skeele," Los Angeles Times, February 10, 1933
Date:
February 9, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele with detectives, blindfolded, at the bungalow house where she was held, Pasadena, 1933