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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

Arnold Foerster, sculptor, stands beside his work, Beethoven, during its dedication ceremony in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, [1932]

Description:
A very similar photograph of the dedication of Arnold Foerster's Beethoven sculpture appears with the article, "Orchestra's Testimonial for Founder Dedicated: HIGH TRIBUTES PAID CLARK Beethoven Statue Unveiling Marked by Plaudits for Sponsor of Philharmonic Orchestra," Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 1932: A2
Date:
[circa October 14, 1932]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Arnold Foerster, sculptor, stands beside his work, Beethoven, during its dedication ceremony in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, [1932]

Attendees of the 2nd annual "Sports Headliners Dinner" fill the Times building auditorium, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
The camera views the Times Building's full rose garden auditorium from above. About a hundred or so people, mostly men, sit at long banquet tables during the second annual "Sports Headliners Dinner." The nearest table enters frame from the bottom edge at center and angles back to the left. A few more tables sit to the right of it. At the far end of the tables, a stage stands, off-center to the left. The Tournament of Roses band sits on the stage.
Date:
[circa December 29, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Calvert, Paul
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Attendees of the 2nd annual "Sports Headliners Dinner" fill the Times building auditorium, Los Angeles, 1938