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Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937

Description:: Capt. Leopold McLaglen, self-styled Jiu-Jitsu champion of the world, appears in court over charges that he attempted to blackmail and extort his former employer, millionaire Philip M. Chancellor. McLaglen was accused of threatening to implicate Chancellor in a robbery, unless Chancellor paid McLaglen $20,000. McLaglen is accompanied in court by his lawyer, Harry F. Sewell, at left. November 18, 1937.
Date:: November 18, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestlers Bluebeard Lewis and Baron Benny Ginsberg grapple outside the ring, May 26, 1937

Description:: "Baron" Benny Ginsberg and Bluebeard Lewis take their wrestling match outside the ring at the Olympic stadium in downtown Los Angeles. Lewis pinned Ginsberg in 3 minutes and 12 seconds. May 26, 1937.
Date:: May 26, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd watching a baseball game at Wrigley Field in South Los Angeles

Description:: Crowd watching a baseball game at Wrigley Field in South Los Angeles. Los Angeles's Wrigley Field was built in 1925 and torn down in 1966. It was host to minor league baseball teams and home of the Los Angeles Angeles. The field is named after the same Wrigley as Wrigley Field in Chicago, but it actually received the name first and had more on-site parking than Chicago's field does now.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators at a wrestling match, one man stands clapping and yelling, Los Angeles

Description:: Spectators at a wrestling match, probably at Olympic Auditorium. One man is standing, clapping, and yelling.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Five Chinese American women bowlers, circa 1945

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

Chris Arnold, muscle man and wrestler in 1947

Date:: January 8, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoster, Don
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd watches golfer compete at the 12th annual Los Angeles Open golf tournament, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Unidentified golfer competes in the 12th Los Angeles Open golf tournament. A crowd watches the players compete. The tournament was held at the Harding and Wilson golf courses in Griffith Park. 128 golfers competed in the four day tournament.
Date:: January 8, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Race car drivers Rex Mays and Bob Swanson pose at the Legion Ascot speedway, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Racing star Rex Mays (left) poses with "midget" car driver Bob Swanson (right) 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

Group portrait of Aqua Show performers in Los Angeles, Calif., circa 1947

Date:: circa 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd watches USC versus UCLA rugby game at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Crowd watches the USC versus UCLA rugby game in the rain at the Coliseum.
Date:: March 9, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Joe Louis vs Jack Roper boxing match with surrounding crowd at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, Calif, 1939

Date:: April 18, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd watching at the Legion Ascot Speedway as Bob Swanson and Rex Mays race, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: The crowd looks on at Legion Ascot speedway at the race between Rex Mays and a champion of the smaller "midget" car, Bob Swanson. The day's program consisted of a variety of challenges, with both drivers using "big" cars and "midget" cars during different races.
Date:: August 18, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937

Description:: Capt. Leopold McLaglen, self-styled Jiu-Jitsu champion of the world, appears in court over charges that he attempted to blackmail and extort his former employer, millionaire Philip M. Chancellor. McLaglen was accused of threatening to implicate Chancellor in a robbery, unless Chancellor paid McLaglen $20,000. McLaglen is accompanied in court by his lawyer, Harry F. Sewell, at left. November 18, 1937.
Date:: November 18, 1937
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

Description:: 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

Spectators enjoying the sights at the National Air Races, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Spectators enjoying the sights at the annual 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

Wrestler and football player Bronko Nagurski posing in ring, circa 1937

Date:: 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators watch a golfer on the putting green during a tournament at the L.A. Country Club, Los Angeles

Description:: Spectators watch a golfer on the putting green during a tournament at the L.A. Country Club.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937

Description:: Capt. Leopold McLaglen, self-styled Jiu-Jitsu champion of the world, appears in court over charges that he attempted to blackmail and extort his former employer, millionaire Philip M. Chancellor. McLaglen was accused of threatening to implicate Chancellor in a robbery, unless Chancellor paid McLaglen $20,000. McLaglen is accompanied in court by his lawyer, Harry F. Sewell, at left. November 18, 1937.
Date:: November 18, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Female wrestlers Clara Mortensen and Mrs. Dick Rutherford squaring off in the ring, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Female wrestlers Clara Mortensen and Mrs. Dick Rutherford battling in the ring. Thousands of fans flocked to the Olympic Auditorium to watch the wrestling antics.
Date:: [circa June 13, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Stanford University's band pre-game performance with sign reading "USC Transcript..Mick Dumbstud.." in Los Angeles, Calif., 1981

Date:: October 19, 1981
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Barnard, Tony
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Ted Sizemore and Billy Grabarkewitz playing by a pool with their wives and children, Calif., 1970

Date:: June 11, 1970
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Rogers, Art
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer, doing the Charleston [outside the KJH Radio studio, Los Angeles(?)], circa 1926-1927

Description:: This photograph is similar to another one of George Godfrey captioned "Doin The Charleston." Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 1925: B1.
Date:: [circa 1926-1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Four men performing karate before backdrops with images of Bruce Lee during audition for movie in Los Angeles, Calif., 1975

Date:: April 17, 1975
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Frampton, Mary
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel on bike at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Calif., 1973

Date:: February 9, 1973
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Barnard, Tony
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Donna Parker, official organist for the Los Angeles Dodgers playing organ during game in 1972

Date:: April 28, 1972
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Young men in homecoming "brawl," University of Southern California, Los Angeles, [1928?]

Description:: A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, October 18, 1928, Trojan Sophs Win Right to Rule, Freshmen Lose Liberties—and Shirts—in Annual Brawl
Date:: [1928?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Dodgers' Ted Sizemore and Billy Grabarkewitz playing ball at home with their wives and children, Calif., 1970

Date:: June 11, 1970
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Rogers, Art
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Golfer Macdonald Smith and actor Harold Lloyd on golf course, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Macdonald Smith, in sweater and knickers with golf club, and Harold Lloyd, in suit and tie, on golf course with spectators and trees in background
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Sandy Koufax flanked by Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin at event naming Koufax pitcher of the year, 1963

Date:: December 5, 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Jackie Robinson, Joe Nadel, and Al Green on the set of "The Jackie Robinson Story," Los Angeles, 1950

Date:: February 14, 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Muhammad Ali and Betty Ford at disco party benefit in Los Angeles, Calif., 1979

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

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