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Mrs. A. Julliard Hall, Mrs. Oscar C. Wilcox, Mrs. Priestly A. Horton, and Mrs. Glynn C. Ellsworth, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Description:
Mrs. A. Julliard Hall, Mrs. Oscar C. Wilcox, Mrs. Priestly A. Horton, and Mrs. Glynn C. Ellsworth standing around a small table in an otherwise empty room. Mrs. Hall is recording secretary for the Wilshire Woman's Club. Mrs. Horton and Mrs. Ellsworth are members of the Ebell Club. Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Horton are shaking hands across the table.
Date:
[1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Mrs. A. Julliard Hall, Mrs. Oscar C. Wilcox, Mrs. Priestly A. Horton, and Mrs. Glynn C. Ellsworth, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Film actor Clark Gable eating a sandwich and reading a newspaper in an office, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Film actor Clark Gable eating a sandwich and looking at a newspaper in a cluttered office with two unidentified men. Gable had been visiting the Federal Court in order to serve as a witness against Mrs. Violet Wells Norton and Jack L. Smith, who were charged with attempting to extort money from the actor.
Date:
[circa April 21, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Film actor Clark Gable eating a sandwich and reading a newspaper in an office, Los Angeles, 1937

Mrs. William E. Beatty, chairman of the bowling event during a Women's Field Day Challenge, May 1939

Description:
Mrs. W.E. Beatty, chairman of the bowling event held during the Los Feliz Woman's Club and Glendale Athletic Club's Field Day Challenge. This event, which was held in May of 1939, was the first time in the history of local woman's clubs that a field day featuring two clubs in competiton occurred
Date:
between May 24 and May 28, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Mrs. William E. Beatty, chairman of the bowling event during a Women's Field Day Challenge, May 1939

Tony Cornero on his newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Tony Cornero 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
Tony Cornero on his newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, Los Angeles, 1946

Mrs. Zella Jeffers, accused of engaging in immoral acts with her husband, Reverend Joseph Jeffers, in front of guests in their home, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:
Mrs. Zella Jeffers on the witness stand in the courtroom of Judge Charles W. Fricke. She is accused of performing immoral acts with her husband, Reverend Joseph Jeffers, in front of guests in their home. Mrs. Jeffers claimed that on the night of her arrest she was drugged by neighbor Vincent Higgins, a District Attorney’s detective, and didn’t remember the events that were supposed to have taken place. A film reviewed by the prosecution showed Reverend and Mrs. Jeffers disrobing in front of their guests. Behind Mrs. Jeffers is a floor plan of her home, which she described for the jury.
Date:
June 27, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Mrs. Zella Jeffers, accused of engaging in immoral acts with her husband, Reverend Joseph Jeffers, in front of guests in their home, Los Angeles, 1939

Miss Lil Tokio Alice Watanabe extends an invitation to Mayor Frank L. Shaw for the annual Nsei festival, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Frank L. Shaw accepts an invitation to the formal opening of the Nsei festival from "Miss 'Lil Tokio" Alice Watanabe and her attendants. In front, left to right, Fukiko Hori, Alice Watanabe, Frank L. Shaw, and Kay Okamoto. In the back, left to right, Miye Fujioka and Mary Ota.
Date:
August 12, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Miss Lil Tokio Alice Watanabe extends an invitation to Mayor Frank L. Shaw for the annual Nsei festival, Los Angeles, 1935

Mrs. Ellwood K. Lightholder, Mrs. Henry H. Robinson, and Mrs. John H. Harris, clubwomen playing cards, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Description:
Mrs. Ellwood K. Lightholder, president of the Los Angeles County California Federation of Women's Clubs, Mrs. Henry H. Robinson, president of the El Sereno Friday Morning Club, and Mrs. John H. Harris playing cards. Could possibly be at the first annual press luncheon for the El Sereno Friday Morning Club, held to promote the club on January 24, 1938.
Date:
[1930s and 1940s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Mrs. Ellwood K. Lightholder, Mrs. Henry H. Robinson, and Mrs. John H. Harris, clubwomen playing cards, Los Angeles, circa 1940

"Prince" Michael Romanoff, popular Hollywood pretender to Russian royal blood, Los Angeles, 1934 (?)

Description:
A photograph of "Prince" (not, as captioned here, "Grand Duke") Michael Romanoff, a Hollywood restaurateur and actor, who claimed to be a member of the Russian royal family. This claim was widely known to be false; however, Romanoff kept up the deception throughout his life in Los Angeles.Romanoff was born Hershel Geguzin in Lithuania. He traveled extensively before settling in Los Angeles and into the role of Michael Romanoff. In Hollywood, he acted on stage and in film, but was perhaps most successful as the owner of the restaurant "Romanoff's" in Beverly Hills. The restaurant was popular for its chocolate souffles, and was frequented by many celebrities. It closed its doors in 1962.
Date:
1934?
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
"Prince" Michael Romanoff, popular Hollywood pretender to Russian royal blood, Los Angeles, 1934 (?)

Members of the American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies on Memorial Day, May 26, 1934.

Description:
Memorial Day, also known as "Poppy Day", May 26, 1934. Pearl Lathrop, Marie Gore, and Emma Wolfegang, members of the Los Angeles American Legion Auxillary, hold bouquets of artificial poppies, made by veterans of the First World War. The poppies were sold by members of the American Legion Auxillary in order to raise money for disabled veterans and their families.Poppies were chosen as representative of Memorial Day due to their presence in the iconic World War I memorial poem, "In Flanders Fields". The poem was written by Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.
Date:
May 26, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Members of the American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies on Memorial Day, May 26, 1934.

Judge Irvin Taplin and son and daughter on playground slide, Los Angeles Orphans' Home, Hollywood, 1933

Description:
A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Time article, April 20, 1933, "Party Comes to Orphans’ Home, Judge’s Daughter Shares Birthday Pleasures." The article begins: "In celebration of the seventh birthday of his daughter, Lorena Ann Taplin, and in memory of his own early life in an orphanage, Munipical Judge Taplin yesterday was host at a birthday party to 100 children at the Los Angeles Orphans’ Home, 815 North El Centro avenue, Hollywood. …"
Date:
April 19, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Judge Irvin Taplin and son and daughter on playground slide, Los Angeles Orphans' Home, Hollywood, 1933