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Crowd of shoppers gathered around a table of rayon print dresses during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles, February 17, 1940

Description:
View from above of shoppers around a table of rayon print dresses 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
Crowd of shoppers gathered around a table of rayon print dresses during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles, February 17, 1940

Crowd outside the home of Mrs. Anna Barnett, widow of Jackson Barnett, March 17, 1936.

Description:
A crowd outside the home of Anna Barnett, widow of Jackson Barnett, in Los Angeles' mid-Wilshire district. At the time, Barnett was in the midst of litigation in order to obtain her husband's $5,000,000 estate. The federal government had taken possession of the deceased Jackson Barnett's estate after his death in 1934, claiming that Mrs. Barnett was not his lawful wife. Anna Barnett, however, claimed that she and Jackson had been married for sixteen years, and that she had been instrumental in building his massive financial holdings in real estate and other sectors.On March 17, the government authorized a deputy District Attorney to inquire as to why Mrs. Barnett was not keeping the grounds of her Wilshire estate watered. Barnett countered that in her current financial circumstances, she could not afford the $30 monthly water bill to keep the lawn sprinkled, even though not watering the grounds violated local ordinances. The continued drama between Mrs. Barnett and the government attracted a fair amount of attention, as evinced in this photograph.
Date:
[circa March 17, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Crowd outside the home of Mrs. Anna Barnett, widow of Jackson Barnett, March 17, 1936.

Crowds filling the streets of downtown during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Crowds filling the streets of downtown Los Angeles during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, 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
Crowds filling the streets of downtown during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936