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Three women getting a deal on socks during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles, February 17, 1940

Description:: Three women looking through a 5 pairs for $1 deal on socks during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles. Stores hired extra salespersons and the city arranged for extra streetcars and policemen to accommodate the more than 200,000 bargain-hunters who came out for the sale
Date:: February 17, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Three women in gowns and headdresses at Las Floristas Headdress Ball at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif., 1952

Date:: May 3, 1952
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Three women posing in costumes during the Woman's Club Institute of Religious Science pageant; "Cavalcade of American Women," 1947

Date:: April 25, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Three women shopping for hats during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles, February 17, 1940

Description:: Three women shop for hats during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles. Stores hired extra salespersons and the city arranged for extra streetcars and policemen to accommodate the more than 200,000 bargain-hunters who came out for the sale
Date:: February 17, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Tony Cornero raising the U.S. flag on his newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: Tony Cornero raising the United States flag on his newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill (also known as the Lux), which was meant to operate offshore of Los Angeles. After the Bunker Hill’s opening night, however, Cornero and five of his aides were arrested on felony charges of criminal conspiracy to conduct gambling games and serve alcohol without a license. After his arrest, Cornero announced that he was ready to go to the United States Supreme court to keep the Bunker Hill running. Cornero was also “admiral” of the Rex, another gambling vessel which was forced to suspend operations in 1938.
Date:: August 9, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Track athlete participates in the high jump event during the All-City High School track and field meet, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Track athlete participates in the high jump event during the All-City High School track and field meet.
Date:: June 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Track athletes pass batons during the All-City High School track and field meet, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Track athletes pass batons during the All-City High School track and field meet.
Date:: June 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Tree lighting ceremony for 105-foot Christmas tree in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, Calif., 1949

Date:: November 29, 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Tree planting ceremony honoring Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, April 20th, 1934.

Description:: Trees are planted to honor Los Angeles's patron of music, and as part of a ceremony marking the end of a series of concerts by the Los Angeles Philharmonic as led by conductor Otto Klemperer. The trees planted were nine eugenia trees, planted in a semi-circle around the statue of Beethoven in Pershing Square, as a represtentation of his Ninth Symphony.Pictured from left to right are Klemperer, Mayor Shaw, and John Smallman, founder of the Smallman Oratorio Society.
Date:: April 20, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Tree planting ceremony honoring Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, April 20th, 1934.

Description:: Trees are planted to honor Los Angeles's patron of music, and as part of a ceremony marking the end of a series of concerts by the Los Angeles Philharmonic as led by conductor Otto Klemperer. The trees planted were nine eugenia trees, planted in a semi-circle around the statue of Beethoven in Pershing Square, as a represtentation of his Ninth Symphony.Pictured from left to right are Klemperer, Mayor Shaw, and John Smallman, founder of the Smallman Oratorio Society.
Date:: April 20, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Tree planting ceremony honoring Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, April 20th, 1934.

Description:: Trees are planted to honor Los Angeles's patron of music, and as part of a ceremony marking the end of a series of concerts by the Los Angeles Philharmonic as led by Otto Klemperer. The trees planted were nine eugenia trees, planted in a semi-circle around the statue of Beethoven in Pershing Square, as a represtentation of his Ninth Symphony.Otto Klemperer is in the foreground of this photo.
Date:: April 20, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Trucks in the L.A.P.D. parade heading towards the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: The L.A.P.D. parade route, which led to the Coliseum where a four-hour entertainment program was presented. Forty-thousand persons were in attendance.
Date:: July 9, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Twenty-four men in Santa suits, at the Sears, Roebuck Company Santa Claus school in Los Angeles, Calif., 1976

Date:: November 25, 1976
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Malmin, John
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Two cyclists at the start of the Transcontinental Bicycle Relay race, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Two cyclists prepare to start the Transcontinental Bicycle Relay Race, with 2 men supporting their bicycles as spectators watch
Date:: August 19, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Two cyclists at the start of the Transcontinental Bicycle Relay race, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Two cyclists prepare to start the Transcontinental Bicycle Relay Race, with 2 men supporting their bicycles as spectators watch
Date:: August 19, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Two dancers in costumes at Day of the Dead celebration in Los Angeles, Calif., 1979

Date:: November 5, 1979
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Keyes, Con
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Two dancers perform at Cinco de Mayo program at Los Angeles City Hall, 1943

Date:: May 6, 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Two opera singers pose for La Boheme at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935

Date:: [circa May 12, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Two unidentifed men share a box of Cracker Jack during the annual Iowa Picnic, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Two unidentified men share a box of Cracker Jack on a bench during the annual Iowa Picnic. The Iowa Picnic was an annual gathering of Iowans living in Los Angeles and Long Beach. The gathering brought together over 100,000 people in 1935 and was often held at Bixby Park and Lincoln Park.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Two unidentifed women play on a swing set during the annual Iowa Picnic, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Two unidentified women play on a swing set during the annual Iowa Picnic. The Iowa Picnic was an annual gathering of Iowans living in Los Angeles and Long Beach. The gathering brought together over 100,000 people in 1935 and was often held at Bixby Park and Lincoln Park.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Two woman and a baby in a crib under an umbrella at the beach on Labor Day, Los Angeles, September 3, 1945

Description:: Women lay on the beach under an umbrella which is also sheltering a baby in a crib. Many more beachgoers can be seen in the background, the beach is crowded for Labor Day.
Date:: September 3, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Two women and a man have a picnic under umbrellas at the beach on Labor Day, Los Angeles, September 3, 1945

Description:: Two women and a man have a picnic under umbrellas at a crowded beach on Labor Day. Many more beach-goers can be seen in the background.
Date:: September 3, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Two women on the beach carry large inflatables toward the water on Labor Day, Los Angeles, September 3, 1945

Description:: Two women on the beach in bathing suits carry large inflatables toward the water to go floating on Labor Day. A large hotel or apartment building is in the background.
Date:: September 3, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Uniformed men directing the crowds at the National Air Races, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Uniformed men directing the crowds of spectators at the National Air Races, held at the Los Angeles Municipal Airport. Nearly 100 of the most talented pilots from across the world participated and thousands attended.
Date:: September 4, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Uniformed participants marching in the post-war Labor Day parade, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: Uniformed participants, including girls in sailor outfits, marching in the post-war Labor Day parade. Crowds reached over 150,000 during the special three-day celebration.
Date:: September 3, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

United China Relief fundraising event

Description:: Chinese American women in traditional dress solicit contribution funds for United China Relief.
Date:: ca. 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

United States presidential candidate Wendell Lewis Willkie during 1940 campaign in Los Angeles, Calif.

Date:: October 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

University of California president Robert G. Sproul, in cap and gown, at UCLA graduation ceremony at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, [1932?]

Description:: University of California president Robert G. Sproul, in cap and gown, standing at edge of Hollywood Bowl seats, with audience and hills in background, photographer's shadow in foreground
Date:: [1932?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of Southern California Delta Delta Delta Sorority's 38th Pansy Ring ceremony, 1961

Date:: May 21, 1961
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of Southern California graduation, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, June 6, 1931, Trojan Events Today Doubled, Doheny Memorial Precedes Graduation, Coliseum to See Conferring of 1330 Diplomas, Ground-Breaking to Initiate Commemorative Library
Date:: 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of Southern California graduation, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: Graduates, in caps and gowns, passing through or standing in decorated pavilion with faculty, with Coliseum peristyle with scaffolding in background, decorative trees and flowers in foreground
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of Southern California graduation, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: Possibly a graduation rehearsal: no audience visible
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of Southern California graduation, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, June 15, 1934, Ten Thousand Gather fo U.S.C. Graduation, Class of 1593 Given Diplomas and Other Awards in Colorful Twilight Ceremony at Coliseum
Date:: June 14, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of Southern California graduation, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, June 3, 1935, U.S.C. Commencement Week Opens, Graduation Rites Begun
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of Southern California graduation, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, June 3, 1935, U.S.C. Commencement Week Opens, Graduation Rites Begun
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of Southern California graduation, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Two lines of graduates, in caps and gowns, marching across Coliseum field, with Coliseum peristyle in background
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of Southern California graduation, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, June 3, 1935, U.S.C. Commencement Week Opens, Graduation Rites Begun
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of Southern California graduation, woman graduate and older man, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Woman graduate, in cap and gown, holding University of Southern California diploma, standing with older man in jacket, vest, and tie, holding hat, with decoratives trees, other graduates, and audience in background
Date:: June 14, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of Southern California Ivy Day gathering, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: About 45 graduates, in caps and gowns, seated on grass, with about 20 people, some in caps and gowns, standing behind, and about 4 people seated on benches at right, with trees in background and lawn in foreground
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of Southern California Ivy Day gathering, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: Gathering of graduates and audience, some seated on ground, some on chairs, around a speaker in academic dress under a tree, with building in right background
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of Southern California students "burying the hatchet" on Ivy Day, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, June 5, 1926, Seniors Perform Ivy Day Rites, Class Inaugurates Fund, Seniors Make Gift Toward U.S.C. Union Building; Girls Receive Tokens
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of Southern California students marching on Ivy Day, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: Ivy Day procession, led by two young men in suits and ties carrying ivy, followed by about 15 young women in white dresses carrying ivy, then long line of graduates in caps and gowns, with buildings at right, lawn at left
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

U.S. Army's new Garand rifle on display as part of National Defense week, Los Angeles, February 1940

Description:: Called the “deadliest and most efficient rifle in the world” the U.S. Army’s new Garand rifle went on display in Los Angeles as part of National Defense week. The rifle, which fires 54 rounds per minute compared to its predecessor’s 10 rounds per minute, is named after its inventor, John C. Garand.
Date:: February 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

U.S. Army Vietnam returnees and families of men killed in war being honored at Ft. MacArthur in Los Angeles, Calif., 1968

Date:: August 31, 1968
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Murphy, Bill
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

USC students in gowns and caps during commencement ceremony in Alumni Memorial Park, 1970

Date:: June 5, 1970
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cormier, Don
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Van Ness Avenue School students on float, Shriners' parade, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: Float decorated as sailing ship San Carlos, with sails and waves, with about five students in padre and Spanish military costumes riding, on coliseum track with audience in background
Date:: June 5, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Veterans of the Indian War assemble on Memorial Day, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Veterans of the Indian War assemble on Memorial Day, 1935. The ceremonies were held at the Memorial Coliseum, where veterans of the Civil War and Spanish American War attended, and several bands entertained the crowd.
Date:: [circa May 26, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Victory over Japan Day celebration at 7th and Broadway in Los Angeles, Calif.

Date:: August 15, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Victory over Japan Day celebration on Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif.

Date:: August 15, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Vietnam veterans standing to applauds at benefit event by comedian Fred Travalena in Los Angeles, Calif., 1986

Date:: February 26, 1986
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Galvez, Jose
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

View of audience and stage at Hollywood Bowl Sunrise Service, 1965

Date:: April 19, 1965
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

View of audience for Easter service at Hollywood Bowl, 1929.

Description:: Easter sunrise service attended by approximately 45,000 at the Hollywood Bowl.
Date:: March 31, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

View of street shops during the post-war Labor Day parade, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: View of the street during the post-war Labor Day parade. A movie theater is visible. Crowds reached over 150,000 during the special three-day celebration.
Date:: September 3, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

View of the Cathedral of St. Vibiana during John Joseph Cantwell's elevation to archbishop, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A view of the Cathedral of St. Vibiana's, where John Joseph Cantwell was appointed archbishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles.
Date:: [circa December 4, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Violinist Fritz Kreisler and sculptor Arnold Foerster at the unveiling of Foerster's statue of Beethoven in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler was an Austrian-born violinist and composer. One of the most famous violin masters of his or any other day, and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing.
Date:: [circa 1932-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Virgil Junior High School students in float, Shriners' parade, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: 2-part float decorated as pagoda and elephant, with students in Javanese costume on and alongside, on coliseum track, with audience in background
Date:: June 5, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Volunteers decorate Rosedale Cemetery for Memorial Day, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Volunteers decorate the Rosedale Cemetery in honor of Memorial Day, 1935. The day's festivities included parades, decorations, and live music.
Date:: [circa May 26, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Warner Bros. Studio during the Conference of Studio Unions strike, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:: The Conference of Studio Unions strike was 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 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

W.C. Mullendore and Walter Haas at the 49th annual banquet for the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce held at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, February 22, 1940

Description:: Executive vice president of the Southern California Edison Co., W.C. Mullendore, and president of Levi Strauss & Co., Walter Haas, at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce’s 49th annual banquet in the Ambassador Hotel’s fiesta room. Over 1,000 business, civic and social leaders attended the banquet which is held every year on George Washington’s birthday. The event celebrates the achievements of the Chamber of Commerce over the past year and lays out programs for the coming year.
Date:: February 22, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wearing matching dresses, pilots Virginia Rainwater and Mrs. Alfred Tucker review route for the All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race, Calif., 1970

Date:: June 25, 1970
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

William Jennings Bryan, Jr., speaking at Armistice Day observance, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: William Jennings Bryan, Jr., in suit and tie, standing at podium with microphone, with bunting in foreground, 3 men, 2 in navy uniforms, at left, Coliseum seats in background
Date:: November 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Women and girls dressed as bridal party, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "Smart Styles of ‘Times’ First Annual Spring Fashion Show Thrill Throngs." Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 1936.
Date:: February 25, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Women dressed as bridal party, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, March 8, 1936, "Seeing Styles From Times Revue, With Sylva Weaver, Fashion Reporter," with caption: Jane Hamilton was one of the brides in the Times fashion show. Her wedding outfit was designed by Bernard Newman. Left to right are Mrs. F. Ernest Potts, Jr., Peggy Terry, Miss Hamilton, Mrs. Harry D. Parkin, Jr., and Eleanor Dabney.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Women looking through a pile of rayon print dresses during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles, February 17, 1940

Description:: Women looking through a pile of rayon print dresses, priced at $1.69, during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles. Stores hired extra salespersons and the city arranged for extra streetcars and policemen to accommodate the more than 200,000 bargain-hunters who came out for the sale
Date:: February 17, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Women with children watching Senate Watergate Hearings on televisions in a Sears department store in Los Angeles, Calif., 1973

Date:: May 25, 1973
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Russo, Jeanne
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Worker for the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant participating in a strike, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: A worker for the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant participating in a sit-down strike. A bitter struggle ensued between union labor leaders whether or not to support the strike.
Date:: [circa February 25, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Workers unloading ballots and other voting paraphernalia at Registrar of Voters warehouse in Los Angeles, Calif., 1966

Date:: June 9, 1966
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

World War II veterans being sworn in as Los Angeles Police officers, 1945

Date:: 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Young Republicans members waving states' delegates signs in aisle of chamber as people watch presidential election results Los Angeles, Calif., 1952

Date:: 1952
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Zoot Suit Riots

Description:: Violence erupts during the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles (Calif.).
Date:: 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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