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Floral-themed float created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
A floral-themed float including a throne, costumed participants and glowing flowers created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural. The celebration was held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power light, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:
October 9, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Floral-themed float created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Federic Franklin and Franz Allers at the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Federic Franklin and Franz Allers at the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." Franklin is a British-born ballet dancer and director. Allers was a European-American conductor of ballet, opera, Broadway musicals, film scores, and symphony orchestras. The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Date:
February 09, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Federic Franklin and Franz Allers at the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town," Los Angeles, 1940

Electrical-themed float created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
An electrical-themed float including a throne, costumed participants and an imitation crystal ball created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural. The celebration was held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power light, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:
October 9, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Electrical-themed float created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Don Dixon demonstrating his accordion skills to Judge William R. McKay, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Don Dixon demonstrating his accordion playing skills to Judge William R. McKay to prove that he was not drunk when he rammed his car into a parked automobile outside his house, but rather tired after a long night of accordion playing at a wedding. Judge McKay believed Dixon’s excuse. Isadore Maidel, Walter Slosson and Don Redwine listen in.
Date:
August 24, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Don Dixon demonstrating his accordion skills to Judge William R. McKay, Los Angeles, 1934

Crowd waiting to enter Shrine Auditorium for a performance of Tristan and Isolde on opening night of the opera, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

Description:
Crowd waiting to enter Shrine Auditorium for a San Francisco Opera Association performance of Tristan and Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) on opening night of the Opera. Star of the show was Kirsten Flagstad, the Norwegian soprano, accompanied by the San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Date:
November 15, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Crowd waiting to enter Shrine Auditorium for a performance of Tristan and Isolde on opening night of the opera, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

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

Composer John Philip Sousa receiving gift of baton from Jennie Jones, supervisor of orchestral music in the Los Angeles public schools, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, 1/8/1926, "Children Greet Band King, Sousa Presents Trophies, Conducts Combined School Orchestra, Receives Gift and Plays Concert. … The gift given the bandmaster was a black ebony baton … presented during intermission by Miss Jennie Jones, supervisor of orchestral music in the Los Angeles public schools. …"
Date:
January 7, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Composer John Philip Sousa receiving gift of baton from Jennie Jones, supervisor of orchestral music in the Los Angeles public schools, Los Angeles, 1926

Composer John Philip Sousa and music supervisor Kathryn E. Stone awarding trophies to music students, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
This photograph appears with the Los Angeles Times article, January 8, 1926, Children Greet Band King, Sousa Presents Trophies, Conducts Combined School Orchestra, Receives Gift and Plays Concert. … Mr. Sousa awarded the music-memory contest trophies to representatives of the Santa Barbara-avenue and the Soto-street schools during the matinee intermission, with the assistance of Miss Kathryn E. Stone, supervisor of music in the elementary schools …
Date:
January 7, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Composer John Philip Sousa and music supervisor Kathryn E. Stone awarding trophies to music students, Los Angeles, 1926

Comedian Eddie Cantor and actress Ann Harding at Screen Actors' Guild Film Stars' Frolic, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, May 19, 1934, Film Star Frolic Seen By 10,000, Ann Harding and Cantor Shine in Screen Guild Show First Performance. …Ann Harding, in a white satin costume studded with pearls … Eddie Cantor … attired in a Roman toga, was master of ceremonies. …
Date:
May 18, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Comedian Eddie Cantor and actress Ann Harding at Screen Actors' Guild Film Stars' Frolic, Los Angeles, 1934

Bizarrely decorated clock which concealed money stolen by accused murderer Fred Stettler, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Bizarrely decorated clock belonging to Fred Stettler, a Swiss chauffeur accused of the murders of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour. Stettler showed police $25 in bills hidden in the clock and confessed to having stolen the money from the Barbours after murdering the couple with a heavy object and setting the bodies on fire
Date:
between February 21 and February 29, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Bizarrely decorated clock which concealed money stolen by accused murderer Fred Stettler, Los Angeles, 1936

Bison Hunt fresco by Charles Kassler Jr. at the Los Angeles Central Library, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Charles Kassler Jr. was a painter, printmaker, and lithographer. He lost a hand during a high school chemistry experiment. He studied art and architecture at Princeton University and the Chicago Art Institute. From 1925 to 1932 Kassler continued his studies while living at various times in New Mexico, Europe, and North Africa. While in France he apprenticed himself to a well-known fresco painter. He was active in Denver before moving to Los Angeles in 1933. He painted murals for the Federal Art Project and was an instructor at the Chouinard Art School (1933-34) and School of Design in Pasadena (1939).
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Bison Hunt fresco by Charles Kassler Jr. at the Los Angeles Central Library, Los Angeles, 1934