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California National Guard members walking alongside train on Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, circa 1928-1939

Description:
About 150 soldiers in uniforms and helmets marching in lines alongside Santa Fe train passenger cars, near the Exposition Park Armory on Exposition Blvd., with the 2nd story of Bridge Hall on the University of Southern California campus visible behind the train. There are cars in the right background.
Date:
[between 1928-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
California National Guard members walking alongside train on Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, circa 1928-1939

Olin and Carl Whitaker, brothers, suspects in an asserted white slave ring, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Two men and three women are being held in custody on the grounds of accusations of 17-year-old Marie Birchfield that she and other young women had been held against her will and forced to have sex with men in a house at 1320 North Harper Street. Further investigation by officers led to arrests at 8704 1/2 Bandera Street.
Date:
December 6, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Olin and Carl Whitaker, brothers, suspects in an asserted white slave ring, Los Angeles, 1935

Pianists Mildred Titcomb Rains and Madelaine Forthmann in recital, Biltmore Hotel ballroom, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Probably related to Los Angeles Times article, May 10, 1936, "Beau Peep Whispers." … Junior League Musicale … Last Wednesday’s Junior League musicale in the quiet dignity of the Biltmore Ballroom … Madelaine Forthmann, looking blondely lovely in white chiffon, played Beethoven and Bach with exceptional skill, while Mildred (Mrs. William) Rains, in an Alice blue gown, was masterful in her contrasts of Chopin’s gay and somber moods. We thought the program rose to a new high in the talented two-piano playing of Rachmaninoff …
Date:
May 6, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Pianists Mildred Titcomb Rains and Madelaine Forthmann in recital, Biltmore Hotel ballroom, Los Angeles, 1936

Edward Craig, speaker of Assembly, addressing convention luncheon attendees at the Clark Hotel, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Edward Craig, speaker of the lower house of the State Legislature, addressing luncheon attendees at the first annual convention of Southern California members of the California Republican Assembly. Attendees, L to R are: Mark Requa (Republican National Committeeman for California), Leo Anderson (incoming president, who presided over the luncheon), Craig, Sherrill Halbert (chairman of the State organization) and Catherine Venn (chairman of the women's division of the organization). The luncheon took place at the convention held at the Clark Hotel (426 South Hill Street).
Date:
February 9, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Edward Craig, speaker of Assembly, addressing convention luncheon attendees at the Clark Hotel, Los Angeles, 1935

Letter from murder victim Fay Sudow to Fred Allen (Alfred W. Allen), 1920

Description:
2-page handwritten letter, photographed pinned to board, from Fay Sudow, addressed to Fred Allen, 711 Central Bldg., Main and 6th St., Los Angeles, Cal., with 2 envelopes, 1 postmarked Chicago, Ill., Oct 16, 5 PM, 1920, with the logo of Morrison Hotel and Terrace Garden, Chicago, and 1 postmarked Plymouth, Ill., Oct 27, 2 PM, 1920. Fay Sudow's attorney was named Alfred W. Allen, with an office at 485 Central Bldg.
Date:
1920
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Letter from murder victim Fay Sudow to Fred Allen (Alfred W. Allen), 1920

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

Description:
George Godfrey, "The Leiperville Shadow," was the ring name of Feab Smith Williams, a heavyweight boxer from the state of Alabama who fought from 1919-1937. Godfrey twice won the World Colored Heavyweight Championship. In 2003, Godfrey was named to the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.
Date:
[circa 1926-1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer, [outside the KJH Radio studio, Los Angeles(?)], circa 1926-1927

Aviators George Haldeman and Shirley Short at Mines Field after their transcontinental race, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
George Haldeman was an American aviator, who in 1928 participated in a transcontinental race from New York to Los Angeles. He was forced to land for oil in New Mexico. The end point of the air race George Haldeman participated in was Mines Field in Los Angeles. Mines Field would soon become what is now Los Angeles International Airport.
Date:
September 14, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Aviators George Haldeman and Shirley Short at Mines Field after their transcontinental race, Los Angeles, 1928

Eleanor Roosevelt with R. F. Sparks of the WPA at Central Station during a visit, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt and R. F. Sparks of the W.P.A. state staff looking down at a folder that she is holding in front of a railroad car at the Central Station. Mrs. Roosevelt also holds a bouquet of flowers. Secretary Mayris Chaney (later Mayris Martin) looks on with 2 reporters in the background (right).
Date:
October 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Eleanor Roosevelt with R. F. Sparks of the WPA at Central Station during a visit, Los Angeles, 1935

Dr. W. C. Bagley and Dr. Henry Lester Smith at a National Education Association meeting, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Dr. W. C. Bagley and Dr. Henry Lester Smith shake hands at a meeting at the Biltmore Hotel (506 S. Grand Ave.). Bagley was professor of education at Teachers College, Columbia University (1917-1940). Smith was the dean of education at Indiana University (1916-1946). At the meeting, Bagley was elected president of the national council, a role that Dr. Henry Lester Smith previously held. Photo appears with the article "N.E.A. Council Ends Session: Survey Presented by Susan Dorsey on Pupils' Ability in Business Arouses Interest," Los Angeles Times, 28 Jun. 1931: A1.
Date:
June, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dr. W. C. Bagley and Dr. Henry Lester Smith at a National Education Association meeting, Los Angeles, 1931

President Roosevelt at the C. C. C. camp holding a model of the "Spirit of the C. C. C." statue presented by Lyston S. Black, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt seated in an automobile at the Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Griffith Park on the occasion of the unveiling of the "Spirit of the C. C. C" sculpture by sculptor John Palo-Kangas. He holds a model of the statue that had just been handed to him by Captain Lyston S. Black, commander of the C. C. C. Camp, who stands outside the car, with another uniformed man on the far left.
Date:
October 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
President Roosevelt at the C. C. C. camp holding a model of the "Spirit of the C. C. C." statue presented by Lyston S. Black, Los Angeles, 1935