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Dancing Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

Description:
Dancing Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown on unpaved street with spectators on the sidewalk. The man supporting the front holds the lion's head high above his own head and is smiling. There is allot of dust or smoke in the foreground. A sign on a commercial building reads: "Eastern Grocery Co."
Date:
[circa 1920-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dancing Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

Louis R. Payne on trial for murdering mother an brother, Los Angeles, 1934-1935

Description:
In early June, 1934, police officers discovered the bodies of Carrie L. Payne, 45, and Robert Payne, 15, at their Westwood home. They had been brutally murdered by Louis R. Payne, their respective son and brother, in late May. Payne was arrested several days after he committed the crime and after confessing at a Huntington Beach police station. In January, 1935 he plead insanity and was sent to a sanitarium.
Date:
[between June, 1934 and January, 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Louis R. Payne on trial for murdering mother an brother, Los Angeles, 1934-1935

Dr. Cecil E. Reynolds testifying in the John F. Jasper case, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Dr. Cecil E. Reynolds testifying in the investigation of charges against Mrs. Lucille Sisney, nurse of film executive John F. Jasper, for violating the Harrison Narcotic Act. Dr. Reynolds had been treating Mr. Jasper for fifteen years when the latter suffered a paralytic stroke and Dr. Reynolds was called upon to attend to him. It was at his request that the United States Commissioner Head issued a search warrant that resulted in the arrest of the nurse.
Date:
Aug 8, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dr. Cecil E. Reynolds testifying in the John F. Jasper case, Los Angeles, 1935

Shooting victim Golda Draper visited by Judge Chambers and others, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
A court session was held in Good Samaritan Hospital at the bedside of Golda Draper, the waitress who was shot through her back at a café on West Jefferson Street by attorney Donald A. Rothrock, who fired on the waitress because of a perceived slight in service he had received two days prior to the shooting.
Date:
September 23, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Shooting victim Golda Draper visited by Judge Chambers and others, Los Angeles, 1935

Leroy Dawson and Newton Kendall show color-blind test to Doris Chapman, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Judge Leroy Dawson and attorney Newton Kendall show Doris Chapman a color-blind test. The judge and Kendall are both standing as they hold out the color chart to a sitting Chapman. Both men wear suits and ties, while the young woman wears a dress or skirt with a knit blouse. Judge Dawson has spectacles on. The title of the chart reads: Are You Color Blind? This Will Tell You
Date:
October 21, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Leroy Dawson and Newton Kendall show color-blind test to Doris Chapman, Los Angeles, 1935

Coroner's inquest into the fire that destroyed the Hope Development School and killed twenty-three girls, Los Angeles, 1924

Description:
Photograph of Coroner Frank Nance holding an inquest into the fire that destroyed the Hope Development School and killed twenty-three girls. Nance is seated at a table (2nd from left) facing a man in uniform on the other side of the table. A man in the foreground reads a document in his lap and other men seated against the wall observe.
Date:
June 1924
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Coroner's inquest into the fire that destroyed the Hope Development School and killed twenty-three girls, Los Angeles, 1924

Frank Dewar, Buck Lieuallen, Ed King, and Eugene Biscailuz during the Hickman kidnapping and murder trial, Los Angeles, between 1927 and 1928

Description:
Officer Lieuallen, along with police Chief Tom Gurdane (not in photo), captured Hickman in Echo, Oregon, after an 8-day manhunt. It is not clear whether this photo was taken during Hickman's post-extradition arraignment in December of 1927, or his trial in 1928.
Date:
[between 1927 and 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Frank Dewar, Buck Lieuallen, Ed King, and Eugene Biscailuz during the Hickman kidnapping and murder trial, Los Angeles, between 1927 and 1928

Lorraine Wiseman, co-defendent in McPherson conspiracy trial, with her son Clarence Wiseman, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Lorraine Wiseman with her son Clarence Wiseman. Clarence has his arm around his mother's shoulder. Out of focus in the background is a male figure. This photograph was probably taken during the Aimee Semple McPherson conspiracy trial between October and November, 1926 when Clarence testified against his mother. Lorraine Wiseman was a co-defendant in the trial, having admitted that she had falsely claimed to be Miss X, the woman believed to in fact be McPherson who had been with Kenneth G. Ormiston at a Carmel rental cottage.
Date:
October-November 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Lorraine Wiseman, co-defendent in McPherson conspiracy trial, with her son Clarence Wiseman, Los Angeles, 1926

Kenneth G. Ormiston and others at his arraignment, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1926

Description:
From left to right are Kenneth G. Ormiston, Chief Investigator Ben Cohn, Deputy District Attorney Forrest F. Murray, Chief Deputy District Attorney James E. Davis, and Superior Judge Gavin W. Craig. Ormiston is wearing glasses. Cohn is posing as if handing a sheet to Judge Craig. Other men stand in the background. Photograph taken during Ormiston's arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court on a grand jury indictment for felony conspiracy charges related to the Aimee Semple McPherson case.
Date:
December 18, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Kenneth G. Ormiston and others at his arraignment, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1926

Commander Richard E. Byrd boards the C. A. Larsen from a speed boat, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
At center, a small boat pulls up alongside the C. A. Larsen. The C. A. Larsen enters frame from the right and its stern stretches back towards center. Atop the roof of the small boat in front, several men appear to help Commander Richard E. Byrd as he boards the sailing whaler. He blends into the side of the ship as he grips onto the stern's handrails. Crew members help him onto the ship and few more crew stand along the rails and watch the scene. At right and on the top deck of the C. A. Larsen, a lifeboat sits. An American flag waves off the back of the stern. The Port of Los Angeles is visible in the background at left.
Date:
[October 10, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Commander Richard E. Byrd boards the C. A. Larsen from a speed boat, Los Angeles, 1928

Protesters and a cloud of tear gas during Los Angeles Railway strike, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
In November of 1934, members of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees confronted the Los Angeles Railway Corporation to contract with their union in support of wage increases ad to operate under union rules. A strike followed when the union was challenged and railway operations were halted or slowed down on a number of occasions.
Date:
November 26, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Protesters and a cloud of tear gas during Los Angeles Railway strike, Los Angeles, 1934

Procession of children and adults giving wrapped gifts to the First Methodist Church, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
A procession of church attendees (children in front) with wrapped items (most are cylindrical although there are some larger flat packages as well, held by adults) are handing off their packages to a man, and a pile of already received gifts are on a flat raised arc next to him. In the back of the church is a choir and small organ on a raised platform. Four men (3 sitting and 1 standing) are in chairs in front of the choir. Other church attendees remain seated while this gift procession is occurring. Two flags are in front of the choir, an American flag and possibly the Christian flag. Several undecorated Christmas trees are standing on either end of the center arc.
Date:
[circa December 23, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Terrell, Maurice
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Procession of children and adults giving wrapped gifts to the First Methodist Church, Los Angeles, 1938

San Francisco Don player misses a pass during the Loyola versus San Francisco University football game, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
Related to the article, "San Francisco Gridders Upset Surprised Loyola Boys, 26 to 7; UNDERRATED DONS WIN; Thomas Gallops Sixty Yards for Opening Score in First Quarter: Euge Tallies for Loyola," Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 1932: 11
Date:
[circa October 30, 1932]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
San Francisco Don player misses a pass during the Loyola versus San Francisco University football game, Los Angeles, 1932