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Description:: The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:: March 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Catcalls Mark Hearing on Opera Wage Claims," Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec 1935: A1.
Date:: December 10, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Mary Bell Sewell, left, sits next to Betty Hales, right, in the courtroom during her husband's trial.
Date:: October 9, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, "Five Southland Soldiers Flown to Hospital Here," Los Angeles Times, 14 Jun. 1944: A1.
Date:: June 13, 1944
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Jack Kurschke, former Deputy District Attorney, seated in the courtroom during his trial for the double murder of wife, Elaine, and her lover, Orville (Bill) Drankhan.
Date:: 1967
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "Doctor Gives Gettle Physical Examination to Determine Effects of Kidnapping. Eyes Found Irritated. Ankles Bruises Discovered. Happy Scenes Enacted at Victim's Home as He and Family Hold Reunion. Released Millionaire Lauds Federal County and City Officials' Assistance," Los Angeles Times, 16 May 1935: 6.
Date:: May 15, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Dr. Edwin Wayte, Nina Wayte and California Governor James Rolph at the dedication of new State Hospital buildings. The building in the background is consistent with the cottage style of the original 1916 building.
Date:: March 31, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to the articles, "High and Low Wield Picks in R.F.C. Relief Project: Motley Crew Found at Work on Griffith Park Roads, With Many Driving Own Cars to Job," Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 1933: 19, and "Park Drive Job Proving Unique, Griffith Road Being Rushed by R.F.C. Work army, Six Thousand Men Finding Daily Employment, Widened Highway to Offer Rare Valley View." 2 Apr. 1933: pg. 18.
Date:: April 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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