Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Subject: Transportation - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Horse racing scoreboard on Tony Cornero's 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

Description:: House being moved to a new location, currently pictured in the intersection of 10th and Parkview. Possibly the subject of a legal debate questioning if an old house can be prohibited from moving to a newer neighborhood if it will depreciate the values of those homes. It was deemed doubtful that prohibiting this action was lawful, but there was talk of passing an ordinance to require a permit for moving a house through public streets, with the concern that the house would be a menace to traffic and cause damage to the streets
Date:: [1938?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Marilyn Miller, popular Broadway actress of the 1920s and 1930s, smiles for the camera as she sets off on a trip.
Date:: [between 1925-1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Col. Richard Barnitz meets with Archibald Young, chairman of the Citizens' Relief Committee, to discuss a $500,000 improvement project for the Los Angeles Municipal Airport. The intent of the project was to provide jobs and boost morale.
Date:: [circa January 19, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Stunt pilot and entrepreneur Paul Mantz poses with one of his airplanes. Mantz received his pilot's license in 1926 while serving with the Army Air Services, after which he pursued a career as a motion pictures stunt pilot, air racing pilot, film aviation consultant, and manager of "United Air Services" and "Paul Mantz Air Services," which contracted pilots and airplanes for the film industry. Paul Mantz also taught pilots, including notable student Amelia Earhart, whom he accompanied on her first (unsuccessful) attempt at flying around the globe.This photograph was likely taken during Mantz's divorce trial from his first wife, Myrtle L. Mantz (nee Harvey), a fellow aviator and former student. They were married in 1932 and divorced in 1936. A "Mrs. Putnam" was named during the divorce hearing, a likely reference to Earhart, who was married to George Palmer Putnam, publisher.
Date:: [circa February, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Eleanor Roosevelt rides in a vehicle during a motor parade. Eleanor and her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Los Angeles for a day before visiting San Diego. During their time in Los Angeles, the President gave a speech at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Mrs. Roosevelt gave a speech at the Hollywood Bowl.
Date:: October 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Automobile drives through flooding on Hill St. in Los Angeles. Heavy rains plagued California throughout December 1937. Also in the photo is a Los Angeles Railway car and Hotel Latour
Date:: December 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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