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Description:: View of the floor at an annual NAACP convention held in Los Angeles, California.
Date:: ca. 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Soldier holding the U.S. Army's new Garand rifle, called the “deadliest and most efficient rifle in the world.” The 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

Description:: Photograph taken by Sifton Friedman of a cat walking down the stairs with a kitten in its mouth, titled "REFUGEES." The photo was featured in the annual Popular Photography exhibit displayed at Barker Bros. The exhibit features approximately 100 photographs from both amateur and professional photographers, which were chosen through an international contest
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: After the murder and assault convictions of 17 Mexican American youths in the Sleepy Lagoon murder case, the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee advocated for the defendants until the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the convictions as a miscarriage of justice.
Date:: Oct 1944
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial are reunited with family and friends in the Los Angeles Hall of Justice following their acquittal.
Date:: Oct 1944
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins speaks to crowd standing next to airplane during the opening of the first airplane apprentice school at the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Perkins visited Los Angeles for two days to welcome the new class of 37 junior employees who were to begin the program.
Date:: February 15, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Family of murder victim Marilyn Bunker sit in court during the trial of the accused murderer Donald Rogers. Marilyn was shot by 17-year-old Donald Rogers, also known as Donald Fehrenschild, while she was playing on a hill with her little brother and other children. Rogers shot at the children from the upstairs window of his home. However, Rogers insisted that he was trying to shoot doves he had seen on the hillside.
Date:: February 15, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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