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Race car driver Rex Mays poses in a "midget" car at the Legion Ascot speedway, Los Angeles, 1935

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Racing star Rex Mays poses in a "midget" car decorated with Felix the Cat for a race against "midget" car driver Bob Swanson at the Legion Ascot speedway. The day's program consisted of a variety of challenges, with both drivers using "big" cars and "midget" cars during different races. Both drivers were later killed in accidents on the track.
Date:
August 18, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Race car driver Rex Mays poses in a "midget" car at the Legion Ascot speedway, Los Angeles, 1935

Trumpet player entertains the theater audience on opening night of the opera at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

Description:
Trumpet player entertains the theater audience on opening night of the opera at Shrine Auditorium. The show was a San Francisco Opera Association production of Tristan and Isolde (Tristan und Isolde), starring 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
Trumpet player entertains the theater audience on opening night of the opera at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

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

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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

Stagecoach bound for the Santa Barbara Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
Los Angeles Mayor John C. Porter bids farewell to group in 19th century costumes departing Los Angeles in a stagecoach for the 2-day journey to the Old Spanish Days Fiesta in Santa Barbara, where they were to participate in the parade and deliver an invitation to the Los Angeles World Congress of Rough Riders and Rodeo. The group includes: (front, L to R) Hilton McCabe, Francis Josef Hickson (stage actor), Marion Parks (California history advocate), John C. Porter, Thomas Workman Temple (early California family member), (in coach, L to R) Miss Irene Tillinghast (of the Los Angeles Museum of History and Science), Orpha Klinker (California artist), (on top) Jose Arias, left, and his celebrated Mexican orchestra (Jose Arias Troubadours) holding guitars and possibly a mandolin, with driver Buster Trow (silent Westerns actor). "U.S. Mail" and "Louisville and..." are painted on the stagecoach.
Date:
August 16, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Stagecoach bound for the Santa Barbara Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Los Angeles, 1932

Polytechnic High School students on float, Shriners' parade, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, June 6, 1925, “California the Golden” Notable Achievement, Spectacle of Schools Depicting History of State Acclaimed by Visiting Shriners. The public schools’ contribution to the Shrine entertainment, “California the Golden” … "Incas," Polytechnic High School ...
Date:
June 5, 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Polytechnic High School students on float, Shriners' parade, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Start of the Loyalty Day Parade inaugurating Boys' Week, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Boys carrying block letters announcing the start of the Loyalty Day parade, followed by 2 automobiles and a marching band on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. Signs on commercial buildings read "Printing," "Trade Printing Co.," "Cherokee," "Law Printing," "American Type," and "The Koneta Rooms." A few spectators watch from the sidewalks.
Date:
May 1, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Start of the Loyalty Day Parade inaugurating Boys' Week, Los Angeles, 1926