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Description:: This photograph appears with the article “Riches Await Homeless Orphans, Secrets of Juvenile Court’s ‘Magic Wand’ Guarded.” Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 1932: A1
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Boxer Jack Dempsey with wife Hannah Dempsey and daughter Joan Hannah while on a cross-country vacation with his mother. Jack Dempsey was an American professional boxer and a cultural icon of the 1920s. He held the World Heavyweight Championship from 1919 to 1926. He is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. His wife, popular as Hannah Williams, was a musical comedienne.
Date:: July 30, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Ed Godfrey stands beside a window in a crowded courtroom, wearing a white shirt and with one hand on his hip,
Date:: [circa July 15, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Spraying a water hose over a flowerbox David smiles at the camera.
Date:: July 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: William Edward Hickman, wanted for the kidnap and murder of Marion Parker, was captured in Echo, Oregon, after an eight-day manhunt. In his initial confession (given while in Oregon) he named an alleged accomplice who drove a Ford coup. That detail is noted in the article, "Detailed Confession Made by "The Fox": Amazing Account of Conversing With Detectives and Following Police Cars at Rendezvous After Kidnapping Given by Hickman," Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 1927: 1.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Portrait photo of Jess Hession, who was a district attorney for Inyo County. In his career, he prosecuted Owens Valley Farmers for occupying a part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct called the "Alabama Gates" that transported water from the Owens River.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Madeline testified in court to finding a bottle of perfume in her husband's apartment that did not belong to her. Judge Clarke granted her custody of their son Michael and daughter Katherine, age 9, as well as requiring Mr. Pontrelli to pay $30 a week in child support.
Date:: April 8, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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