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First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt greets the crowd at Central Station, Los Angeles, October 1, 1935

Description:: Eleanor Roosevelt accompanied her husband on his first trip to the city as President. Central Station was located at Fifth and Alameda Street.
Date:: October 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jesse Owens competes in a broad jump event at a track meet, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Jesse Owens competes in a broad jump event at a track meet. A crowd watches from stadium seats. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jesse Owens pictured in a broad jump midair, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Jesse Owens pictured in a midair jump. A large crowd watches from stadium seats, possibly at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jesse Owens sprints through a crowd of spectators, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Jesse Owens sprints through a crowd of spectators. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jesse Owens photographed from the back while running, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Back view of Jesse Owens running. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ernie Smith and wife Ruth examine their stolen silverware at Wilshire Jail, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Football player Ernie Smith and wife Ruth examine silverware stolen from their home at Wilshire Jail along with another couple.
Date:: [between 1934-1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Badminton pro Jess Willard poses with his racket, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Badminton champion Jess Willard poses with his racket.
Date:: [circa January 14, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López as his opponent falls to the mat during a wrestling match, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez (left) as his opponent falls to the mat during a wrestling match. Lopez was a champion wrestler during the 1930s
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a map of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James sitting in the witness stand with a map of his home behind him. An unidentified man is visible in front of him. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a plan of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James sitting in the witness stand with a map of his home behind him. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face murder charges, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Famed director and choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face three murder charges after he caused a car accident that resulted in fatalities after leaving a cocktail party. Witnesses reported smelling alcohol on Berkeley's breath at the time.
Date:: [circa December 9, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:: [between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Evangelist and political figure Robert P. Shuler walking with his wife, Nelle, Los Angeles

Description:: Evangelist and political figure Robert P. Shuler (center right) walking down stairs with his wife. Shuler became famous for his controversial sermons and radio broadcasts from Trinity Methodist church.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Female impersonator Johnnie David and five others seated at a table smoking and drinking, Hollywood, circa 1937

Description:: Female impersonator Johnnie David and five unidentified "Hollywood degenerates" seated around a table smoking and drinking. On the wall is a Marx brothers poster.
Date:: [1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

LA Daily News city editor Charles Judson demonstrates improper golf swings for a tutorial series with golfer Fay Coleman. Circa 1940.

Description:: Text from original nitrate sleeve: Sports - Golf : (series) "Right and Wrong"; Coleman, Fay - Right; Judson, Charles - Wrong
Date:: [between 1935-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

LA Daily News city editor Charles Judson demonstrates improper golf swings for a tutorial series with golfer Fay Coleman. Circa 1940.

Description:: LA Daily News city editor Charles Judson participates in a series demonstrating "right" and "wrong" golf swings with local pro golfer and golf instructor Fay Coleman. Judson represents the "wrong" form for each swing.
Date:: [between 1935-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

LA Daily News city editor Charles Judson demonstrates improper golf swings for a tutorial series with golfer Fay Coleman. Circa 1940.

Description:: LA Daily News city editor Charles Judson participates in a series demonstrating "right" and "wrong" golf swings with local pro golfer and golf instructor Fay Coleman. Judson represents the "wrong" form for each swing.
Date:: [between 1935-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestling heavyweights Gus Sonnenberg and Baptiste Paul grappling at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Wrestling heavyweights "Dynamite" Gus Sonnenberg and "Thunder Bird Indian Chief" Baptiste Paul grappling with one another at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa May 16, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestling heavyweights Gus Sonnenberg and Baptiste Paul grappling at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Wrestling heavyweights "Dynamite" Gus Sonnenberg and "Thunder Bird Indian Chief" Baptiste Paul grappling with one another at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa May 16, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestling heavyweights Gus Sonnenberg and Baptiste Paul grappling at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Wrestling heavyweights "Dynamite" Gus Sonnenberg and "Thunder Bird Indian Chief" Baptiste Paul grappling with one another at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa May 16, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Golfer Fay Coleman demonstrates a series of "right" and "wrong" golf swings.

Description:: Popular Culver City professional golfer Fay Coleman demonstrates the "right" and "wrong" form of various swings. Coleman, born into a family of golfers, was associated with the Los Angeles Country Club, and had a successful amateur career. In later years, he taught at the country club.
Date:: [between 1935-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Photograph of John Kenneth Rummel Jr., Los Angeles

Description:: Photograph of John Kenneth Rummel Jr.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Detective Lieutenant Buck Wheeler stares down Grant Martin, Los Angeles

Description:: Detective Lieutenant Buck Wheeler stares down Grant Martin
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestlers Martinez and Sanandos in a leg lock during their match, Los Angeles

Description:: Wrestlers (Ignatio?) Martinez and Jimmy Sanandos in a leg-lock during their wrestling match.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sandor Szabo and Gino "Red" Vagnone wrestle, circa summer 1937.

Date:: [circa June-August 1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sandor Szabo and Gino "Red" Vagnone wrestle, circa summer 1937.

Date:: [circa June-August 1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sandor Szabo and Gino "Red" Vagnone wrestle, circa summer 1937.

Date:: [circa June-August 1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestling match between Italian newcomer Vincent Austeri and Salt Lake City native Del Kunkel at Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Wrestling match between Italian newcomer Vincent Austeri and Salt Lake City native Del Kunkel at Olympic Auditorium. It Austeri's first time at the Auditorium and he was victorious.
Date:: March 16, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Charles H. Hope in court with public defender William H. Sanson for his joint murder trial with Robert S. James, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Ex-sailor Charles H. Hope in court with public defender William H. Sanson for his joint trial with Robert S. James. Hope aided James in the murder of Mary Emma James, by supplying deadly rattlesnakes for James and then helping him carry his wife's body outside and into a fish pool. From left to right, William H. Sanson, Charles H. Hope.
Date:: [circa May 7, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Robert S. James and Charles S. Hope, accused of the murder of James's wife Mary, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James (left) and Charles H. Hope, seated in the center of the front row. Both men are accused in some capacity of the murder of James's wife, Mary Busch James, by subjecting her to rattlesnake bites and drowning her. Also pictured is Mike Allen (back right), owner of the Ocean Park Pier reptile pit, one of the locations James and Hope shopped for rattlesnakes.
Date:: May 3, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Eleanor Roosevelt with an unidentified woman at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Eleanor Roosevelt sits with an unidentified woman at the Hollywood Bowl before delivering a speech. Eleanor and her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Los Angeles for a day before visiting San Diego. During their time in Los Angeles, the President gave a speech at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Mrs. Roosevelt gave a speech at the Hollywood Bowl.
Date:: October 01, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Charles H. Hope entering court for his joint murder trial with Robert S. James, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Ex-sailor Charles H. Hope entering court for his joint trial with Robert S. James. Hope aided James in the murder of Mary Emma James, by supplying deadly rattlesnakes for James and then helping him carry his wife's body outside and into a fish pool. He was defended by Deputy Public Defender William H. Sanson.
Date:: [circa May 7, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Busby Berkeley, mother, and lawyer Jerry Giesler in courtroom for Berkeley's vehicular manslaughter trial, Los Angeles, California, 1935

Description:: Possible motion hearing
Date:: [1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Director Roland West and Actress ZaSu Pitts, circa 1935

Description:: Possibly taken in relation to the investigation of actress Thelma Todd's death in December 1935. Todd's body was found in West's home where she was residing. Todd was a former co-star and close friend with Pitts and lover to West.
Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Irene Ryan and Leatrice Gilbert at John Gilbert's estate auction, Los Angeles, August 24, 1936

Description:: Leatrice Gilbert (aka Leatrice Joy Gilbert) at father John Gilbert's estate auction bidding on items with help of aunt Irene Ryan
Date:: August 24, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress ZaSu Pitts and husband John E. Woodall, circa 1935

Description:: Possibly taken in relation to the investigation of actress Thelma Todd's death in December 1935. Todd was a former co-star and close friend with Pitts.
Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a plan of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James sitting in the witness stand with a map of his home behind him. An unidentified man is visible in front of him. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a plan of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a map of his house behind him. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a plan of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James sitting in the witness stand with a plan of his home behind him. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a plan of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James sitting in the witness stand with a plan of his home behind him. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a map of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James sitting in the witness stand with a map of his home behind him. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Loyola Lions' head coach Tom Lieb and player, during game against Santa Clara's Broncos, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: The Santa Clara Broncos and the Loyola Lions clash during a regular season game in Los Angeles. Pictured is Loyola Head Coach Tom Lieb with an unidentified Loyola player. The Broncos were as-yet undefeated in the 1937 season and prevailed against Loyola, eventually finishing the 1937 season 9-0 and winning the Sugar Bowl against #8 team LSU. October 24, 1937.
Date:: October 24, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Photograph of Ray Harvey and June Rogers Harvey dressed like a cowboy and cowgirl, Los Angeles

Description:: Photograph of Ray Harvey and June Rogers Harvey dressed like a cowboy and cowgirl.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. Inez I. Allen seated on the edge of a table wearing a hat, Los Angeles

Description:: Mrs. Inez I. Allen seated daintily on the edge of a table wearing a hat
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Charlie Chan, fortune teller, in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Charlie Chan, self-proclaimed fortune teller, speaks to a crowd in Chinatown.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Finish of the boxing match between Lee Ramage and Bob Nestell at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Bob Nestell raising his glove after defeating Lee Ramage in a boxing match at the Olympic Auditorium. Nestell and Ramage and their managers, Pop Foster and Gus Wilson respectively, were considered the "Big Four" of California boxing.
Date:: [circa April 11, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boxer Bob Nestell getting his hand taped up before a fight, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Boxer Bob Nestell getting his hand taped up by an unidentified man before a fight against fellow heavyweight Lee Ramage at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa April 11, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boxer Bob Nestell getting his hand taped up before a fight, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Boxer Bob Nestell getting his hand taped up by an unidentified man before a fight against fellow heavyweight Lee Ramage at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa April 11, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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