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Mayor of New York City, Fiorello La Guardia, presides over the Pacific coast's United States Conference of Mayors. May 15, 1937.

Description:: New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia, center, presides over the Pacific coast regional meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors. Boston Mayor Frederick Mansfield, left, served as Mr. La Guardia's secretary. Approximately 60 Pacific coast mayors attended the conference. Unemployment relief was a focal topic at the conference, which was held at Los Angeles' City Council chamber. May 15, 1937.
Date:: May 15, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mayor of New York City, Fiorello La Guardia, presides over the Pacific coast's United States Conference of Mayors. May 15, 1937.

Description:: New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia, center, presides over the Pacific coast regional meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors. Boston Mayor Frederick Mansfield, left, served as Mr. La Guardia's secretary. Approximately 60 Pacific coast mayors attended the conference. Unemployment relief was a focal topic at the conference, which was held at Los Angeles' City Council chamber. May 15, 1937.
Date:: May 15, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mayor of New York City, Fiorello La Guardia, presides over the Pacific coast's United States Conference of Mayors. May 15, 1937.

Description:: New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia, center, presides over the Pacific coast regional meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors. Boston Mayor Frederick Mansfield, right, served as Mr. La Guardia's secretary. Approximately 60 Pacific coast mayors attended the conference. Unemployment relief was a focal topic at the conference, which was held at Los Angeles' City Council chamber. May 15, 1937.
Date:: May 15, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mayor of New York City, Fiorello La Guardia, presides over the Pacific coast's United States Conference of Mayors. May 15, 1937.

Description:: New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia, center, presides over the Pacific coast regional meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors. Boston Mayor Frederick Mansfield, left, served as Mr. La Guardia's secretary. Approximately 60 Pacific coast mayors attended the conference. Unemployment relief was a focal topic at the conference, which was held at Los Angeles' City Council chamber. May 15, 1937.
Date:: May 15, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Craft workers on strike stand outside Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Craft workers on strike stand outside Paramount Studios. Nearly 2500 craft studio workers went on strike against major motion picture studios, including MGM, Warner Brothers, and Paramount. The strike was issued by Charles Lessing, president of the Federated Motion Picture Crafts, and the American Federation of Labor.
Date:: July 31, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Film actor Clark Gable entering the office of the Assistant U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Film actor Clark Gable entering the office of the Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack Powell. Gable had been visiting the Federal Court in order to serve as a witness against Mrs. Violet Wells Norton and Jack L. Smith, who were charged with attempting to extort money from the actor.
Date:: [circa April 21, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Craft workers strike against major motion picture studios, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Nearly 2500 craft studio workers went on strike against major motion picture studios, including MGM, Warner Brothers, and Paramount. The strike was issued by Charles Lessing, president of the Federated Motion Picture Crafts, and the American Federation of Labor.
Date:: July 31, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Dr. George K. Dazey and his attorney, Jerry Giesler, at the trial where Dr. Dazey is accused of the murder of his second wife, Doris S. Dazey, Los Angeles, 1939-1940

Description:: Dr. George K. Dazey with his attorney, Jerry Giesler, at the trial in which Dr. Dazey is accused of murdering his second wife, actress Doris S. Dazey, in 1935. Doris Dazey's death was originally believed to be suicide by monoxide poisoning. However, witnesses claimed that Dr. Dazey had been boasting about committing the "perfect crime" and a night watchman testified to witnessing Dazey carry a woman's body from the house to the garage on the night of the murder. Other factors complicating the trial were the paternity of Doris and George Dazey's child, Doris Dazey's possible mental illness, and false testimonies from some of the witnesses. Dr. Dazey was ultimately acquitted of the crime.
Date:: between December 3, 1939 and March 10, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Peggy Hopkins Joyce sitting in the courthouse where she won a victory against those suing her for $20,000, Los Angeles, December 21, 1937

Description:: Actress Peggy Hopkins Joyce (left) with a broken arm sitting on a bench in the courthouse with two unknowns. Joyce was being sued for $20,000, but the judge ruled that they money was rightfully hers, it was an advance payment on her salary for appearing in the picture "Sky Rocket"
Date:: December 21, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Janice Lipking, a Zeta Tau Alpha sorority sister at UCLA, playing badminton at a summer rush party, Los Angeles, July 29, 1937

Description:: Janice Lipking, a Zeta Tau Alpha sorority sister at UCLA, playing badminton at a summer rush party.
Date:: July 29, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Defense attorney Jerry Giesler in court during the trial of accused murderer Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938.

Description:: Prominenet Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler photographed addressing the jury, during the "white flame" double homicide trial of aviation executive Paul A. Wright. 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.Giesler led Wright's defense team, and 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.Paul A. Wright is seated at far left.
Date:: [between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: A view from the juror's bench of accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the stand. Wright, an airline executive, 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

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, 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

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

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

Jury selected for the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Jury chosen for the Paul A. Wright “white flame” murder trial, in which Wright was tried for killing his wife and best friend after finding them in an embrace on a piano bench in his home. Jurors are: (back row left to right) Mary E. Smith, Joseph M. Stokes, Jesse C. Harriman, Alice M. Wheatley, Ruth R. Birkelund, Benjamin E. Erb and Abe Schwarz. (front row left to right) Zelda Eliot, Frank W. Akers, Carl Miller, William H. Foster, William A. Dessert, Jacob Gold and Edith W. Gale.
Date:: January 18, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators at the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Spectator at the Paul A. Wright "white flame" murder trial in which Wright is accused of killing his wife Evelyn McBride Wright and best friend John B. Kimmel after finding the two in an embrace on a piano bench in his home.
Date:: between January 13 and February 17, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney John C. Packard in the courtroom, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: John C. Packard, well-known attorney for liberals and C.I.O. labor organizations, in the courtroom
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney John C. Packard in the courtroom, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: John C. Packard, well-known attorney for liberals and C.I.O. labor organizations, in the courtroom
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Observation squadron aims anti-aircraft gun at a Douglas plane during a military show for National Defense Week, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Observation squadron aims anti-aircraft gun at a Douglas plane 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

Newspaper clipping featuring Mata Hari, an exotic dancer, courtesan and alleged spy, Los Angeles

Description:: Newspaper clipping from the N. Y. Evening Graphic featuring a picture of Mata Hari, a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was accused of being a spy for Germany during World War I. Because of this charge, she was executed in France on October 15, 1917. Review of official case documents in 1985 revealed that Mata Hari was most likely innocent. Mata Hari was the stage name for Margaretha Geertruida "Grietje" Zelle
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Bob Winslow, pitcher for the USC Trojans baseball team, warming up his arm on the sidelines, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: University of Southern California senior and pitcher for the Trojans baseball team, Bob Winslow, warming up his arm on the sidelines during the spring of 1940
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Roma Nicolais poses next to a painting by Dr. A. A. LaVinger titled, "The Bargain," Los Angeles

Description:: Miss Roma Nicolais poses next to a painting by Dr. A. A. LaVinger, titled "The Bargain"
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Two cups of sugar on a table to be used during the Daily and Evening News Cooking School, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Two cups of sugar sitting on a table which would be used to bake a cake during the Daily & Evening News Cooking School held at Philharmonic Auditorium
Date:: February 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Bill Thompson smoking a cigarette while seated in a chair reserved for jurors only, Los Angeles

Description:: Bill Thompson smoking a cigarette while seated in a chair reserved for jurors only.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Three eggs on a table to be used during the Daily and Evening News Cooking School, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Close-up of three eggs sitting on a table which would be used to bake a cake during the Daily & Evening News Cooking School held at Philharmonic Auditorium
Date:: February 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Joe E. Barnes sits in a chair reserved for jurors only, Los Angeles

Description:: Joe E. Barnes sits in a chair reserved for jurors only
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Police and strikers outside RKO Pictures during the Conference of Studio Unions strike, Los Angeles, October 19, 1945

Description:: Police and strikers outside RKO Pictures during the Conference of Studio Unions strike against all Hollywood studios. The CSU strike began in March 1945 and was around the six month mark when it turned violent on October 5, 1945, known as Hollywood Black Friday. National exposure of this violence forced negotiations between studios and the CSU. Negotiation ended the strike about a month later, but CSU didn't last much longer and was eventually disbanded and absorbed by rival union IATSE.
Date:: October 19, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ducklings swimming around the reeds in Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Ducklings swimming amongst the reeds in Westlake Park, mother duck is visible in the background. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Duck bobs for food in the water at Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Duck bobs for food in the water at Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Two black birds standing on the grass in Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Two black birds standing on the grass in Westlake Park. One is poking at something, possibly popcorn, with its beak. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ducklings gathered by the water in Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Ducklings gathered by the water in Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Mayor Frank L. Shaw ride in a motorcade, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Mayor Frank L. Shaw ride in a motorcade. 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

President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt greet crowd from a train as they arrive, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt greet crowd from a train as they arrive into the city. 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

Audience gathered at the Hollywood Bowl to hear Eleanor Roosevelt speak, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Audience gathered at the Hollywood Bowl to hear Eleanor Roosevelt speak. 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

Eleanor Roosevelt greets crowd as she arrives by train, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Eleanor Roosevelt greets crowd of spectators as she arrives by train. 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

Veterans receiving their bonus payments at a government office, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: American veterans receiving their bonus payments at a government office. Frank T. Hines, administrator of the Veterans' Bureau said 2,700,000 applications for bonus payments had been received nationwide.
Date:: [circa April 15, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

UCLA student actors in costume for a play, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: UCLA student actors posing in costume for a theatrical production.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

UCLA student actors in costume for a play, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: UCLA student actors posing in costume for a theatrical production.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Play during game between USC and UCLA at the Coliseum, Los Angele, 1935

Description:: Visiting California beat the home UCLA Bruins, 14-2. Both teams went on to tie for the conference championship for 1935.
Date:: November 2, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney Milton Cohen, director Busby Berkeley, attorney Stanley Barnes at opening of civil suit against Berkeley, December 26, 1935

Description:: Opening day of civil trial arising from a traffic crash in 1935 caused by Berkeley that killed three people. Cohen and Barnes were Berkeley’s lawyers. Berkeley settled the civil suites several days later but faced several criminal trials that ended in deadlocked juries.
Date:: [December 26, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

UCLA team before Loyola game at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, circa 1935

Description:: Man by chalkboard possibly UCLA Coach William H. Spaulding (UCLA coach between 1925-1938)
Date:: [1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Lt George Fisher gives testimony heard by Deputy Coroner Frank Monfort during unknown inquest, Los Angeles

Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mariana Ganom gives testimony heard by Deputy Coroner Frank Monfort during unknown inquest, Los Angeles

Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

WPA project on La Brea, circa 1936

Description:: Unknown WPA project, possibly on La Brea Blvd in 1936
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Margaret Hampton with "Booster Box", circa 1935

Description:: Hampton was a secretary for Los Angeles City Councilman Stephen W. Cunningham. "Booster Box" is unknown.
Date:: [1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum concession stand, circa 1935

Date:: [1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

State board of equalization member William G. Bonelli with A. Brigham Rose and Carlos S. Hardy at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Description:: William G. Bonelli (center), member of the State Board of Equalization, who is accused of soliciting and accepting bribes from local liquor retailers, standing between A. Brigham Rose (left) and Judge Carlos S. Hardy (right). A. Brigham Rose is the attorney for Ed Levine, a lobbyist also accused of involvement in the liquor license bribe scandal. It is unclear how Judge Hardy is involved with Bonelli, as he is not the judge for this trial.
Date:: between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Assemblymen Jack Tenney and Sam Yorty at hearings for charges of Communist activity against members of the Los Angeles County S.R.A., Feb. 5, 1940

Description:: Assemblymen Jack Tenney (left) and Sam Yorty at the hearings for charges of Communist activity in the Los Angeles County State Relief Administration (S.R.A.). Both were on the "little Dies committee" which questioned various members of the S.R.A. The hearings lasted only one day and ended with a recommendation that action be taken against some of the witnesses for perjury, but no one was immediately fired.
Date:: February 5, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

William J. Cook and Edward Levine at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Description:: William J. Cook (left), friend and campaign worker for William G. Bonelli, and Ed Levine, a lobbyist, at the liquor license bribe trial. Both are accused of involvement in a liquor license bribe scandal in which they conspired with at least five others to extort money from liquor retailers under threat of causing them to lose their liquor license
Date:: between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Grand jury debating the case of Racine Oil Co. President Jack Allen, who is accused of violating the state gasoline tax law, Los Angeles, 1929-1930

Description:: The grand jury during a case against Racine Oil Co. President Jack Allen. Allen, along with three others originally, was accused of evading the state gasoline tax by insisting that gas had been exported out of state, when it was really sold to local retailers. The case was eventually dismissed
Date:: between December 4, 1929 and March 6, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Automobiles drive through flooded streets caused by heavy rainstorms, January 1940

Description:: Cars attempt to navigate flooding at W. 54th and 5th Avenue after disastrous storms in January of 1940. The heavy rainstorms halted traffic and caused highway and bridge damage. At least three died and many were treated for injuries
Date:: between January 8 and January 10, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Pat "Popeye" O'Brien, wrestler and referee, Los Angeles, between 1936 and 1945

Description:: Pat "Popeye" O'Brien, former wrestler and later referee, sitting at a desk looking at a piece of paper. Popeye nickname comes from his physical likeness to the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor Man
Date:: [between 1936 and 1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. Ella Peskay sitting in a courtroom, Los Angeles

Description:: Mrs. Ella Peskay, sitting on a chair in a courtroom wearing a fur-collared coat and hat. It is unclear what this is in relation to.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. Mary Dell Eaton sitting in a chair and laughing, Los Angeles

Description:: Mrs. Mary Dell Eaton sitting in a chair and laughing. She is wearing an overcoat, gloves, and a wide-brimmed hat
Date:: [between 1925 and 1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. Mary Dell Eaton posing in a chair, Los Angeles

Description:: Mrs. Mary Dell Eaton poses in a chair. She is wearing an overcoat, gloves, and wide-brimmed hat
Date:: [between 1925 and 1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937

Description:: Capt. Leopold McLaglen, self-styled Jiu-Jitsu champion of the world, appears in court over charges that he attempted to blackmail and extort his former employer, millionaire Philip M. Chancellor. McLaglen was accused of threatening to implicate Chancellor in a robbery, unless Chancellor paid McLaglen $20,000. McLaglen is accompanied in court by his lawyer, Harry F. Sewell, at left. November 18, 1937.
Date:: November 18, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937

Description:: Capt. Leopold McLaglen, self-styled Jiu-Jitsu champion of the world, appears in court over charges that he attempted to blackmail and extort his former employer, millionaire Philip M. Chancellor. McLaglen was accused of threatening to implicate Chancellor in a robbery, unless Chancellor paid McLaglen $20,000. McLaglen is accompanied in court by his lawyer, Harry F. Sewell, at left. November 18, 1937.
Date:: November 18, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937

Description:: Capt. Leopold McLaglen, self-styled Jiu-Jitsu champion of the world, appears in court over charges that he attempted to blackmail and extort his former employer, millionaire Philip M. Chancellor. McLaglen was accused of threatening to implicate Chancellor in a robbery, unless Chancellor paid McLaglen $20,000. McLaglen is accompanied in court by his lawyer, Harry F. Sewell, at left. November 18, 1937.
Date:: November 18, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937

Description:: Capt. Leopold McLaglen, self-styled Jiu-Jitsu champion of the world, appears in court over charges that he attempted to blackmail and extort his former employer, millionaire Philip M. Chancellor. McLaglen was accused of threatening to implicate Chancellor in a robbery, unless Chancellor paid McLaglen $20,000. McLaglen is accompanied in court by his lawyer, Harry F. Sewell, at left. November 18, 1937.
Date:: November 18, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic Auditorium (1801 S. Grand Ave.).
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boys taking part in a free summer camp organized by Los Angeles Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz. Circa July 1937.

Description:: Boys from financially disadvantaged backgrounds participate in a free summer camp in Griffith Park. The camp, which was organized by Sheriff Biscailuz, lasted hosted groups of 100 boys for 10 days at a time. While at camp, the boys participated in activities such as swimming, fencing, baseball, various hobbies, and a nonsectarian religious program. The camp's 1937 season lasted from July 6th to September 4th.
Date:: [circa July 6, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boy takes part in a free summer camp organized by Los Angeles Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz. Circa July 1937.

Description:: Boys from financially disadvantaged backgrounds participate in a free summer camp in Griffith Park. The camp, which was organized by Sheriff Biscailuz, lasted hosted groups of 100 boys for 10 days at a time. While at camp, the boys participated in activities such as swimming, fencing, baseball, various hobbies, and a nonsectarian religious program. The camp's 1937 season lasted from July 6th to September 4th.
Date:: [circa July 6, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boys taking part in a free summer camp organized by Los Angeles Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz. Circa July 1937.

Description:: Boys from financially disadvantaged backgrounds participate in a free summer camp in Griffith Park. The camp, which was organized by Sheriff Biscailuz, lasted hosted groups of 100 boys for 10 days at a time. While at camp, the boys participated in activities such as swimming, fencing, baseball, various hobbies, and a nonsectarian religious program. The camp's 1937 season lasted from July 6th to September 4th.
Date:: [circa July 6, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. Zella Jeffers, accused of engaging in immoral acts with her husband, Reverend Joseph Jeffers, in front of guests in their home, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:: Mrs. Zella Jeffers on the witness stand in the courtroom of Judge Charles W. Fricke. She is accused of performing immoral acts with her husband, Reverend Joseph Jeffers, in front of guests in their home. Mrs. Jeffers claimed that on the night of her arrest she was drugged by neighbor Vincent Higgins, a District Attorney’s detective, and didn’t remember the events that were supposed to have taken place. A film reviewed by the prosecution showed Reverend and Mrs. Jeffers disrobing in front of their guests. Behind Mrs. Jeffers is a floor plan of her home, which she described for the jury.
Date:: June 27, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. Zella Jeffers, accused of engaging in immoral acts with her husband, Reverend Joseph Jeffers, in front of guests in their home, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:: Mrs. Zella Jeffers on the witness stand in the courtroom of Judge Charles W. Fricke. She is accused of performing immoral acts with her husband, Reverend Joseph Jeffers, in front of guests in their home. Mrs. Jeffers claimed that on the night of her arrest she was drugged by neighbor Vincent Higgins, a District Attorney’s detective, and didn’t remember the events that were supposed to have taken place. A film reviewed by the prosecution showed Reverend and Mrs. Jeffers disrobing in front of their guests. Behind Mrs. Jeffers is a floor plan of her home, which she described for the jury.
Date:: June 27, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. Zella Jeffers, accused of engaging in immoral acts with her husband, Reverend Joseph Jeffers, in front of guests in their home, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:: Mrs. Zella Jeffers on the witness stand in the courtroom of Judge Charles W. Fricke. She is accused of performing immoral acts with her husband, Reverend Joseph Jeffers, in front of guests in their home. Mrs. Jeffers claimed that on the night of her arrest she was drugged by neighbor Vincent Higgins, a District Attorney’s detective, and didn’t remember the events that were supposed to have taken place. A film reviewed by the prosecution showed Reverend and Mrs. Jeffers disrobing in front of their guests. Behind Mrs. Jeffers is a floor plan of her home, which she described for the jury.
Date:: June 27, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Veva K. Nelson, mother of 9-year-old actress Norma Gene Nelson, during a divorce and custody battle with her husband Norman, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Veva K. Nelson (27), mother of 9-year-old film actress Norma Gene Nelson, in court to sue her husband Norman (65) for divorce. Mrs. Nelson claimed her husband was cruel to her and Norma Gene and was almost continuously intoxicated for the past five years. Mr. Nelson denied the charges, but custody of the young actress was given to her mother.
Date:: between February 5 and February 8, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Unknown man holds Margaret Long's hand as she lays in a hospital bed, Los Angeles

Description:: Margaret Long holding a man's hand while laying in what looks like a hospital bed
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Unknown man applying false eyelashes to Elsie the Borden Cow, star of the 1940 film "Little Men," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: An unknown man holds false eyelashes by the eye of Elsie the Borden Cow, the unofficial mascott for Borden dairy products. After appearing at the New York World's Fair, Elsie was chosen by R.K.O. producer Gene Towne to star in the 1940 film "Little Men," based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Elsie arrived in Los Angeles on July 12, 1940
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of pedestrians and Owl Drug on the corner of Hollywood and Vine, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Aerial view of pedestrians and The Owl Drug Co. on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. Photo was probably taken by Elizabeth Straughn as part of her "street-corner experiences" series
Date:: June 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of pedestrians and Owl Drug on the corner of Hollywood and Vine, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Aerial view of pedestrians and The Owl Drug Co. on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. Photo was probably taken by Elizabeth Straughn as part of her "street-corner experiences" series
Date:: June 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Elsie the Borden Cow, star of the 1940 film "Little Men," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Elsie the Borden Cow, the unofficial mascott for Borden dairy products, with her handlers. After appearing at the New York World's Fair, Elsie was chosen by R.K.O. producer Gene Towne to star in the 1940 film "Little Men," based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Elsie arrived in Los Angeles on July 12, 1940
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Duck and three ducklings standing on a rock by the water in Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Duck and three ducklings standing on a rock by the water in Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Duck and ten ducklings in the water at Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Duck and ducklings in the water in Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Close-up of a chess board and player's hand moving one of the white bishops, Los Angeles

Description:: Close-up of the corner of a chess board and the hand of a person playing. The player is holding a white bishop and moving it toward a group of black pieces.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Top view of a chess board and player's hand moving the white queen, Los Angeles

Description:: Top view of a chess board and the hand of a person playing. The player is holding the white queen and moving it towards the black king.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ducklings in the water at Westlake Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Ducklings in the water at Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Artist Leo Katz points the "Youth Arisen" panel of his mural at the Frank Wiggins Trade School, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Leo Katz points to a section of the central, "Youth Arisen," panel of his mural of three panels. In this panel a central youth, with his eyes closed, is shown between creative uses of technology (like the movie camera seen in this photograph) and destructive uses as in war. The overall theme of the murals shown in the other two panels is the history of the uses of tools serving the creative and destructive passions of man within the context of the Toltec and Aztec cultures.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mural panel by artist Leo Katz at the Frank Wiggins Trade School, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: The WPA (Works Project Administration) mural was controversial especially because of the depictions of nudity and references to war in the central panel. The central panel was removed from the Frank Wiggins Trade School lobby (now LA Trade Tech) and returned to the Public Works Administration in 1935 and the other two panels were returned in 1939.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mural panel by artist Leo Katz at the Frank Wiggins Trade School, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: The WPA (Works Project Administration) mural was controversial especially because of the depictions of nudity and references to war in the central panel. The central panel was removed from the Frank Wiggins Trade School lobby (now LA Trade Tech) and returned to the Public Works Administration in 1935 and the other two panels were returned in 1939.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Portrait of artist Leo Katz wearing a suit and tie, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Portrait of artist Leo Katz wearing a suit and tie. The photograph was taken in the lobby of the Frank Wiggins Trade School (now LA Trade Tech) at the time that he completed his mural panels on the theme of the history of the uses of tools serving the creative and destructive passions of man within the context of the Toltec and Aztec cultures.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Busby Berkeley on a strecher accompanied by his lawyer Jerry Geisler and nurse Marie Ganchom, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Director and choreographer Busby Berkeley lays on a strecher accompanied by his lawyer Jerry Geisler and nurse Marie Ganchom. Busby was on trial for manslaughter after he was involved in a car crash where two women, Ada von Briesen and Peggy Daley, died.
Date:: September 29, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aimee Semple McPherson and Mrs. M. B. Godbey in a pantry preparing food baskets, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Aimee Semple McPherson and Mrs. M. B. Godbey in a pantry preparing food baskets. McPherson was a noted evangelist and founder of the Angelus Temple and the Foursquare Church.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Judge William R. McKay and Judge Cecil D. Holland reenact traffic scene, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Judge William R. McKay and Judge Cecil D. Holland reenact traffic scene using model vehicles and roads.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Business clothes illustrations done for the Illustrated Daily News, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Business clothes illustrations done for the Illustrated Daily News. The Los Angeles daily news was originally named the Illustrated Daily News by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Dress illustrations done for the Illustrated Daily News, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Dress illustrations done for the Illustrated Daily News. The Los Angeles daily news was originally named the Illustrated Daily News by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestler and football player Bronko Nagurski in the ring before his match against Vincent López at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Wrestler and Chicago Bears fullback Bronko Nagurski in the wrestling ring before his match against Vincent Lopez at Wrigley Field. Nagurski won the match in front of 20,000 fans to defend his title as world heavyweight champion
Date:: August 11, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestler and football player Bronko Nagurski poses with a group of women in the wrestling ring at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, August 11, 1937

Description:: Wrestler and Chicago Bears fullback Bronko Nagurski poses with a group of women before his match against Vincent Lopez at Wrigley Field. Nagurski won the match in front of 20,000 fans to defend his title as world heavyweight champion
Date:: August 11, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Vito Marcantonio, member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Vito Marcantonio, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York, sitting in a chair. Marcantonio served in the House as a member of the Republican party from 1935-1937 and later as a member of the American Labor party, from 1939-1951.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Female impersonator Johnnie David preparing to sing with an unidentified man, Hollywood, circa 1937

Description:: Female impersonator Johnnie David sits on a piano and prepares to sing with an unknown man at a Hollywood nightclub.
Date:: [1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

View of the courtroom where child-murderer Albert Dyer's trial began, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: A view of the courtroom in which Albert Dyer's murder trial began. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. From left to right is Chief Deputy District Attorney William Simpson, Chief Investigator Eugene Williams, Public Defender William Neeley, Albert Dyer, and Public Defender Ellery Cuff.
Date:: [circa August 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

View of the courtroom where child-murderer Albert Dyer's trial began, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: A view of the courtroom in which Albert Dyer's murder trial began. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. From left to right is Chief Deputy District Attorney William Simpson, Chief Investigator Eugene Williams, Public Defender William Neeley, Albert Dyer, and Public Defender Ellery Cuff.
Date:: [circa August 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

View of the courtroom where child-murderer Albert Dyer's trial began, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: A view of the courtroom in which Albert Dyer's murder trial began. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. From left to right is Chief Deputy District Attorney William Simpson, Chief Investigator Eugene Williams, Public Defender William Neeley, Albert Dyer, and Public Defender Ellery Cuff.
Date:: [circa August 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Public defender Ellery Cuff indicating a point on a map at his client Albert Dyer's murder trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Public defender Ellery Cuff indicating a point on a map at his client Albert Dyer's murder trial. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. Albert Dyer is seated wearing a white shirt.
Date:: [circa August 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Confessed child-murderer Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Confessed child-murderer Albert Dyer in court. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. He was eventually found guilty and executed.
Date:: [circa August 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Drive-in waitress carrying a meal to a customer, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: A drive-in restaurant waitress carrying a tray of food out to a customer. Another waitress is standing nearby.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Unidentified young man injured during a workers' strike, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: An unidentified man injured and lying on the ground during a workers' strike.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Two drive-in restaurant waitresses leaving work, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Two drive-in restaurant waitresses leaving work together.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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