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Friend W. Richardson, California Governor, with contestants of The Times Grand Final of the National Oratorical Contest, Los Angeles, 1924

Description:
California Governor, Friend W. Richardson (center), with contestants from The Times Grand Final of the National Oratorical Contest at the Los Angeles High School. This photograph may possibly be related to the article "ORATORICAL GRAND FINAL VICTORY FOR DON TYLER: Franklin High School Boy Wins in Southland Contest; Throng at Meeting Cheers Speakers DON TYLER WINS FINAL CONTEST Franklin High School Boy Victor at Meet Will Represent Southland in Semifinals Crowd Packs Auditorium to Cheer Speakers," Los Angeles Times, 10 May 1924: A1.
Date:
May 9, 1924
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Friend W. Richardson, California Governor, with contestants of The Times Grand Final of the National Oratorical Contest, Los Angeles, 1924

Kennett Longley Rawson and Charles John Vincent Murphy stroll down the sidewalk, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Murphy and Rawson have returned to America for the first time in three years, and have found themselves adjusting to many different changes, such as social security pensions. Their expedition captain Admiral Byrd is resting before the men show the scientific data collected on their expedition.
Date:
March 25, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Kennett Longley Rawson and Charles John Vincent Murphy stroll down the sidewalk, Los Angeles, 1928

Crowd gathers outside the Los Angeles County courthouse to catch a glimpse of accused murder Louise Peete, Los Angeles, 1921

Description:
This photograph appears with the article, “MRS. PEETE DAILY ‘FREE SHOW.’: Extraordinary Phase of Sensational Murder Trial Supplied by the Thousands Who Mass on the Street to Catch Brief Glimpse of Her on Way to Courtroom. Here is a Typical "Peets Crowd" Waiting to See Woman Accused of Denton Murder Take Seventy Steps in Public. EARLY ONES OUT BEFORE DAY TO SEE MRS. PEETE; Throngs Wait Weary Hours for Mere Glimpse of Defendant; Courtroom Guards Besieged With Wiles,” Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan 1921: II1
Date:
[January 29, 1921]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Crowd gathers outside the Los Angeles County courthouse to catch a glimpse of accused murder Louise Peete, Los Angeles, 1921

Actress Ann Dvorak with 5-year-old fan Mary Jane Viall, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
While appearing before Superior Judge Archibald to fight for the cancellation of her contract with Warner Brothers Pictures over the studio's failure to reinstate her after a bought with illness last November, actress Ann Dvorak took time out to meet five-year-old admirer Mary Jane Viall, daughter of the jury clerk.
Date:
April 5, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Actress Ann Dvorak with 5-year-old fan Mary Jane Viall, Los Angeles, 1936

Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts with Senator Atlee Pomerene and his wife arriving at the train station, Los Angeles, 1924

Description:
Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Robert (left) with Senator Atlee Pomerene and his wife, Mary Helen Pomerene, arriving at the train station in Los Angeles. Attorney Roberts and Pomerene were hired as special council under President Coolidge regarding a prosecution against the Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company. Photograph appears with the article "PLANS GIVEN BY DOHENY: First Step to be Formality Lessees Will Not Protest Drilling Injunction or Receivers Declare Naval Reserve Case Will be Carried to Supreme Court," Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 1924: 1.
Date:
March 15, 1924
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts with Senator Atlee Pomerene and his wife arriving at the train station, Los Angeles, 1924

Heavyweight boxing champion Willie Ritchie visiting the Los Angeles Times editorial office, Los Angeles, 1923

Description:
Portrait of heavyweight boxing champion, Willie Ritchie, while visiting the Los Angeles Times editorial office. Photo appears with the article "RITCHIE AFTER BENNY LEONARD: Former Title Holder Sure He Can Trim Champ; Wants to Meet Lightweight King in September; Claims He is in Fine Shape to Tackle Benny," Los Angeles Times, 22 Jun. 1923: III1.
Date:
June 21, 1923
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Heavyweight boxing champion Willie Ritchie visiting the Los Angeles Times editorial office, Los Angeles, 1923

San Francisco Seals catcher Pete Ricci practices at Washington Park. Los Angeles, 1923-1925

Description:
San Francisco Seals Catcher Pete Ricci practices throwing the ball with two teammates at Washington Park (which was demolished in 1925). The visible "S" on his shirt indicates that the is wearing a Seals uniform. He played with the Seals in 1923-24 and 1932. Known as Pete Ritchie early in his career, he later changed the spelling of his last name to Ricci.
Date:
[1923-1925]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
San Francisco Seals catcher Pete Ricci practices at Washington Park. Los Angeles, 1923-1925

Ann Hughes and Anita Rivers at the train station, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Anita Rivers (left) and Ann Hughes arrive at the train station with Kenilworth Productions Company owner, Harry K. Thaw (not pictured). Anita Rivers later went by the stage name Anita Page. Reported in "THAW GENIAL ON ARRIVAL: Girls, Director and Others Accompany Him Here on Survey of Motion-Picture Field," Los Angeles Times, 07 Dec. 1927: A23.
Date:
December 6, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ann Hughes and Anita Rivers at the train station, Los Angeles, 1927

Griffith Observatory, exterior view of the west and central domes the during construction, Los Angeles, circa 1934-1935

Description:
Oblique exterior view of the south faces of the west and central domes of the Griffith Observatory from the west-south-west during the final phase of construction. Signs of construction include a tall ladder resting against a buttress of the central dome, wheel barrows next to the west dome and a pile of dirt in the foreground. The original concrete surface is visible; consistent with other similar architecture of the day, the Observatory's concrete walls were left unpainted in the 1930s and 1940s.
Date:
[circa 1934-1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Griffith Observatory, exterior view of the west and central domes the during construction, Los Angeles, circa 1934-1935

Actress Anna Q. Nilsson presents explorer Roald Amundsen with an ice pole, Union Station, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Sweedish actress Anna Q. Nilsson greets Roald Amudsen at the train station and presents him with a miniature white pole of ice to represent the North and South poles. A small crowd surrounds the two. A similar photo appears with article "Amundsen Guest of City: South Pole Discoverer Arrives to Lecture Tonight; Describes Coming Polar Flight Plans," Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 1926.
Date:
February 3, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Actress Anna Q. Nilsson presents explorer Roald Amundsen with an ice pole, Union Station, Los Angeles, 1926

Actress Anna Q. Nilsson greets explorer Roald Amundsen with an ice pole, Union Station, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Swedish actress Anna Q. Nilsson greets the Roald Amudsen at the train station and presents him with a miniature white "frosted" pole to represent the North and South poles. A similar photo appears with article "Amundsen Guest of City: South Pole Discoverer Arrives to Lecture Tonight; Describes Coming Polar Flight Plans," Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 1926.
Date:
February 3, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Actress Anna Q. Nilsson greets explorer Roald Amundsen with an ice pole, Union Station, Los Angeles, 1926

Hurdler Otto Anderson stretches with a leg swing, Los Angeles, 1922-1926

Description:
Otto Anderson began his athletics career as a hurdler while at Pomona High School. In 1920, he qualified for the Antwerp Olympics. He attended U.S.C beginning in 1922, playing football and adding more track and field events to his repertoire. He qualified for and traveled to Paris for the 1924 Olympics, but injured himself there practicing for the pole vault event. Upon his return he acted as track team captain at U.S.C. Reported on in "An Intimate Impression of Otto Anderson," Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 1922: III1; "Otto Anderson Hurt; Daggs Is a Sure Winner," Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 1923: III1; and "Otto Anderson Is Back from Paris," Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 1924: B3.
Date:
[between 1922-1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Hurdler Otto Anderson stretches with a leg swing, Los Angeles, 1922-1926

Distant view of a race at the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
The backs of spectators' heads line the bottom edge. Ahead of them, the track sits below camera-level as it stretches across the image. Three piles of hurdles sit on the field alongside the track. The field stretches across the mid-ground. Athletes and meet officials dot the near side of the field. On the far side of the field, several runners race at center, traveling to the left. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum's stands stretch across the background.
Date:
[circa May 5, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Distant view of a race at the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1934

Lady Armstrong, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Lady Armstrong (Millicent (Ortlepp), known professionally as opera singer Emilia Mizza and as (Madam) Millicent Midza, was the wife of Sir George Elliot Armstrong, 2nd Baronet. She was reported on in "Southland Enchants Singer," Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 1929: A1; "British Singer in American Concert," Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 1929: C10; and "Flapper Hailed as Crime's Foes: Lady Armstrong Sights New Triumphs, Girls Making Real Success in Business World, And Yet They're Returning to Feminine Modes," Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 1929: 6.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Lady Armstrong, Los Angeles, 1929

Rex H. W. Albrextondare with two women, Los Angeles, circa 1924-1930

Description:
Rex H.W. Albrextondare, hack doctor, sits at a table with two women wearing hats. Albrextondare stares right at the camera as does the woman in the middle. The woman on the right is potentially Mrs. Ruth Shaw, who in 1930 was charged alongside Albrextondare for petty threat and violation of the State Medical Act. This woman has a pocketbook on the table, and is looking down, resting her elbow on a newspaper.
Date:
[between April 1924 - May 1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Rex H. W. Albrextondare with two women, Los Angeles, circa 1924-1930

Griffith Observatory, exterior view of the south face during construction, Los Angeles, circa 1934-1935

Description:
Exterior view of the Griffith Observatory during construction with the skeleton of steel girders of the three domes visible. At the base of the central dome wooden supports for concrete molds for the pilaster finials are visible as well. The original concrete surface is visible; consistent with other similar architecture of the day, the Observatory's concrete walls were left unpainted in the 1930s and 1940s.
Date:
[circa 1934-1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Griffith Observatory, exterior view of the south face during construction, Los Angeles, circa 1934-1935

María del Carmen Vasconcelos and Hermino Ahumada Jr. on their wedding day, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
María del Carmen Vasconcelos, daughter of Jose Vasconcelos who had recently been defeated in his campaign for President of Mexico, and Hermino Ahumada Jr. at Our Lady Queen of Angels church (aka Plaza Church at 535 Main Street) on their wedding day. Photo appears with the article "Senorita Vasconcelos Weds: She Becomes Bride of Mexican Athlete," Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 1930: A10.
Date:
March 24, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
María del Carmen Vasconcelos and Hermino Ahumada Jr. on their wedding day, Los Angeles, 1930

María del Carmen Vasconcelos and Hermino Ahumada Jr. on their wedding day, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
María del Carmen Vasconcelos, daughter of Jose Vasconcelos who had recently been defeated in his campaign for President of Mexico, and Hermino Ahumada Jr. at church on their wedding day. The ceremony took place at Our Lady Queen of Angels church (aka Plaza Church) at 535 Main Street. Reported in "Senorita Vasconcelos Weds: She Becomes Bride of Mexican Athlete," Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 1930: A10.
Date:
March 24, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
María del Carmen Vasconcelos and Hermino Ahumada Jr. on their wedding day, Los Angeles, 1930

Jurors for the trial of Arthur C. Burch at the location of the murder, Los Angeles, 1921

Description:
The jurors for the trial of Arthur C. Burch gathered at Beverly Glen in Los Angeles, where the murder took place. Overhead view with people looking towards the camera. In the background are some cabins. Reported in "Burch and Jury View Murder Scene in Glen: Prisoner Jokes and Laughs When He is Taken to Death Spot; Bereaved Father Follows," Los Angeles Times, 01 Dec. 1921: II1.
Date:
November 30, 1921
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Jurors for the trial of Arthur C. Burch at the location of the murder, Los Angeles, 1921