Hayward Thompson successfully drove for five hours and thirteen minutes, a total of 100 miles, through congested traffic all while completely blindfolded. The affair was his 333rd exhibition and the longest since his sixty mile drive in Miami.
W. H. Bowers and Olive Orr Brugen-Schmidt Bowers, married three just months, seated together at a court proceeding. Olive Bowers was accused of plotting with Elmer M. Archer to poison her husband. The plot was discovered when their conversations were overheard on a 2-party telephone line.
Edward E. Sweeney (left) , former land and tax agent for the Southern California Gas Company, most likely when he was on trial for embezzlement, forgery, and grand theft. He is walking with two unidentified men. Reported in "BRIBERY MADE THEFT DEFENSE: E. E. Sweeney Says Money Went to Officials Missing $190,000 Purchased Favors, Court Told Gas Company Head Denied ex-Employee's Charges," Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 1928: A1.
Louise Peete was convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob Denton. She served 18 years in San Quentin before being released. In 1945 she was convicted of a second murder, this time of Margaret Logan, a wealthy woman who had supported Peete while she was in prison. For the second murder she was given the death penalty, and in 1947 became the second woman to be executed in California.
View of what appears to be a fallen bridge with wooden railings over the Los Angeles River during or after a violent rain storm. A group of men wearing high boots is next to the bridge.
Photograph of storm-flooded intersection of Beverly Boulevard and Lake Street. Several automobiles and a bus are traveling through the floodwater on the street. Commercial signs read "Pacific Duco Auto Finishing," "Broadway Hill and Seventh presents...Frances Denney's Herbal Throat and Neck Blend, Corrects 'Crepey' Throat," "Grace Tabernacle...," "Pasadena laundry, 20% off on Laundry Left Here," "Van de Kamps Bakers," and on the bus "E..s Railway 2011."
View of a tow truck connected to an automobile with a rope at the flooded intersection at West First Street and Juanita Avenue. A man next to the car has the hood up and is looking at the engine. Signs on the truck read "Transfer" and "Express."
A similar photograph appears with the article, "Declares Spouse not Home Body; Wife Declares in Divorce Action Husband Deserted Marital Nest Often," Los Angeles Times, July 22, 1926.
Prince and Princess Kaya undertook a seven-month world tour in 1934, visiting the United States, Great Britain, France, and Germany. The tour received extensive press coverage at the time.
"Submarine Garden" float from Educational Pictures at the Electrical Parade and sports pageant in the Memorial Coliseum, a charity event produced by local film studios. A sign on the float reads "Educational Pictures."
William Edward Hickman, third from left, poses for a photograph with police officers and prison officials. On the far right is Los Angeles County Jailer Frank Dewar and second from right is Undersheriff Eugene Biscailuz.
Old map in Spanish of the city of Los Angeles. There are handwritten English annotations that say "2/440--City of Los Angeles, Pueblo Lands...January...54...
Judge Clarence L. Kincaid, holding an open book and raising his right hand, administering an oath to Judge Edward R. Brand, who also holds up his right hand. A coat and hat on a coat rack are in the background on the right.
Reverend Van Deerlin passed away following an illness of several weeks. Several months before his death the Reverend penned his will, picked out his own casket and arranging for his final rites. Born in England, he was a member of the priesthood for 66 years and a former missionary. He is survived by his nine children.
This photograph appears with the article, "Spurned Suitor's Love for Slain Girl Pledged by Tender Notes on Playing Cards: Ardent Love Exhibit in Girl-Slaying," Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 1934: A2.
View of 2 workers moving wooden beams inside the clock tower of the old Los Angeles Times Building as it was being prepared for the May1938 demolition. Beams and blocks of stone or concrete litter the floor and commercial buildings of Los Angeles are visible through triple arch opening in the tower wall.
Another photograph of Atanas Katchmakoff, with this sculpture, with his attorney Saul Ruskin, and art expert Dr. Ernest L. Tross appears in a Los Angeles Times article on 4/17/1935 titled: "Worth of Statue Debated: Value of Lost Madonna Estimated in Cost Case." At this time Katchmakoff sued Fred Keeler, the owner of the foundry that cast his Madonna sculpture for losing the plaster original. Two bronze sculptures had been made, but the owner of the bronze Madonnas had refused to allow his bronzes to be used to produce a new plaster cast.
USC football coach Howard Jones (left) shakes hands with UCLA co-founder Ernest Carroll Moore while UCLA football coach William Spaulding (second from right) shakes hands with USC president Rufus B. von Kleinsmid.
View of plywood shack at unemployment camp at 84th & Alameda Sts. during the Depression in Los Angeles. Signs in view read "ACE FOUNDRY INC.,"NATIONAL BANK," and a portion of a sign reading "8440 So. Alamada."
Photograph of a women being questioned during the coroner's inquest into the shooting murder of Harry Meagher. The woman could be his wife, Fern Meagher, or the friend he had been visiting just before hi murder, Velva Nalley. Three men can be seen sitting in the jury box on the right, a man stands beside the bench of the coroner, and a man is seated at a table in front of the bench.