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Yacht on display at an auto show, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Yacht with "A 1440" inscribed on its hull. There are two framed photos of the yacht on the water resting against the bottom of the hull. In the right foreground, there is a boat engine. Reported in "Southland's Greatest Auto Exhibit in History Mecca for Unprecedented Throngs...," Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 1927: 9.
Date:
[between February 26, 1927-March 6th, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Yacht on display at an auto show, Los Angeles, 1927

Workers creating upholstered furniture in the Roberti Brothers' furniture factory, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1930

Description:
Workers creating upholstered furniture in the Roberti Brothers' furniture factory, located at the corner of 14th St. and McGary St. in Los Angeles. In the foreground, a worker holding a hammer tacks down fabric on an upholstered chair supported by a saw horse with the springs visible. On the right, a craftsman works on a wooden chair frame.
Date:
[between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Workers creating upholstered furniture in the Roberti Brothers' furniture factory, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1930

William Wrigley Jr. and George Young, the winner of the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
George Young, 17-year-old swimmer from Toronto, won the Wrigley Ocean Marathon swim from Catalina Island to Point Vicente, along the California coast. The 22 mile swim took him 15 hours and 44 minutes and earned him a $25,000 prize. Margaret C. Hauser of Long Beach and Martha Stager of Portland, Oregon also swam the marathon but did not finish.
Date:
January 17, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
William Wrigley Jr. and George Young, the winner of the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, Los Angeles, 1927

Western Air Express biplane on display at an auto show, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
View of a biplane parked in an exhibition hall. A sign above the plane a sign reads "Western Air Express." Two signs on the plane read: "Souvenir California Booster Letter, Ready for Air Mail East - 10 ¢" (lower left wing) , and "Airplane Trips 2 Free" (on the engine). Reported in "Fourteenth Annual Automobile Show Closes Tomorrow After Record Attendance: Air Mail Campaign Success is Recognized," Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 1927: 6.
Date:
[between February 26, 1927-March 6th, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Western Air Express biplane on display at an auto show, Los Angeles, 1927

Western Air Express biplane on display at an auto show, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
View of a biplane in an exhibition hall. Tassels and fringe hang from the ceiling. To the upper left of the plane hangs a sign reading "Western Air Express." There are two signs on the plane itself: one on the lower left wing, reading "Souvenir California Booster Letter, Ready for Air Mail East - 10 ¢", and another on the engine body reading "Airplane Trips 2 Free." Reported in "Fourteenth Annual Automobile Show Closes Tomorrow After Record Attendance: Air Mail Campaign Success is Recognized," Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 1927: 6.
Date:
[between February 26, 1927-March 6th, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Western Air Express biplane on display at an auto show, Los Angeles, 1927

View towards the showroom for Swinehart Tires, W. B. Guyton Tire & Rubber Co., Los Angeles, circa 1920-1934

Description:
View towards showroom for W. B. Guyton Tire & Rubber Co., Swinehart Tires, on street corner with tires on display in the windows. The street address "1157" is on the window above the entrance. Professional publications begin to announce the "agency connection" between W. B. Guyton Tire & Rubber Company and Swinehart Tires, located at 1013 Main St. Los Angeles, in 1912
Date:
[circa 1920 and 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
View towards the showroom for Swinehart Tires, W. B. Guyton Tire & Rubber Co., Los Angeles, circa 1920-1934

Views of Los Angeles in the 1860s, photographed 1920-1939

Description:
Caption: 1) Map of Wilmington Harbor and Government Breakwater. 2) Main street from Temple Block. 3) Cathedral. 4) Cosmopolitan School. 5) High School. 6) Grand Central Hotel. 7) Governor Downey's Residence. 8) Mission San Gabriel. 9) University of Southern California. 10) Temple Block and County Bank. 11) Bake Block. 12) Fort Street. 13) Pico House. 14) Downey Block.
Date:
[1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Views of Los Angeles in the 1860s, photographed 1920-1939

View facing west towards the Castillo del Mar under construction on the Pacific Palisades coast, Los Angeles, circa 1927

Description:
View of the Santa Monica Bay coastline from Posetano Road facing west towards the Castillo del Mar, under construction, at 17531 Posetano Road. The Castillo del Mar once belonged to director Roland West and his actress wife Jewel Carmen. In the distance above the coast is the Villa Leon (17948 Porto Marina Way). A footbridge crosses over the Pacific Coast Highway and Castle Rock is visible beyond, in the middle distance.
Date:
[circa 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
View facing west towards the Castillo del Mar under construction on the Pacific Palisades coast, Los Angeles, circa 1927

Vice President and treasurer of Ralphs Grocery Company, Elmer Ralph on a golf course, Los Angeles, 1920-1930

Description:
Elmer Ralph, the vice president and treasurer of Ralphs Grocery Company plays golf on a course, possibly the Wilshire Country Club, in which he was a member. Although not his profession, golf was his hobby, and he won many trophies throughout tournaments in Southern California.
Date:
[between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Vice President and treasurer of Ralphs Grocery Company, Elmer Ralph on a golf course, Los Angeles, 1920-1930

University Religious Conference participants, Los Angeles, 1927-1939

Description:
Photograph of participants in a University Religious Conference event at a banquet table in front of a wall with flowers painted on it. Standing, left to right: Alfonzo Edward Bell (Chairman of the Businessmen), Rose Berch, and Thomas S. Evans (Executive Secretary); seated, left to right: Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin (First Vice-President), Bishop William Bertrand Stevens, Mrs. O. P. Clark (Treasurer), and Monseigneur John Cawley (President).
Date:
[between 1927-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
University Religious Conference participants, Los Angeles, 1927-1939

Track star Norm Anderson throws discus, Los Angeles, 1921-1928

Description:
Norm Anderson attended USC, where he played football and was a member of the track and field team. In 1921, he set a record for discus. In 1924, he was a member of the U.S. Olympic Team, and finished fifth in the shot put competition. Related to "Olympics Coming to Meet U.S.C.," Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 1925: A4; "Preps Clash Today in City Meet Preliminaries at Coliseum," Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 1927: B2.
Date:
[between 1921-1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Track star Norm Anderson throws discus, Los Angeles, 1921-1928

Theodore Lodijensky, former Russian general and Hollywood actor, Los Angeles, 1925-1935

Description:
Before the 1917 Russian revolution, Lodijensky was a general in the Russian army. After the monarchy was overthrown, he fled Russia and eventually wound up in Hollywood, where he earned a living for a while doing extra work in films and acting as a technical adviser on films about Russia. The film The Last Command (1928) is based partly on his life. He is listed as Theodore Lodi in the internet movie database.
Date:
[1925-1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Theodore Lodijensky, former Russian general and Hollywood actor, Los Angeles, 1925-1935

Tennis players Tom Bundy and Maurice McLoughlin, Los Angeles, 1920s

Description:
Tennis players Thomas C. Bundy and Maurice McLoughlin in a tennis match. One is about to serve the tennis ball and the other is standing adjacent to him, looking to the side. Behind them is a wall that is covered in leaves with standing spectators. Bundy and Mc Loughlin played the US Opens Doubles from 1912-1915.
Date:
[between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Tennis players Tom Bundy and Maurice McLoughlin, Los Angeles, 1920s