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Description:: Count de Martel has been a diplomat for his country for 31 years in China, Japan, the Balkan states, Siberia, and Washington. He is taking a rest as he travels to Los Angeles en route to Paris to visit his family.
Date:: August 19, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A U.S.C. Trojan is captured mid-air knocking over the bar during a high jump attempt. The landing pit sprawls along the bottom edge. Beyond it, left-of-center, the high jumper is on his descent. His chest faces the camera as he head angles down towards the ground at left and one of his legs stretches up to the right. The high jump bar falls from its support, mimicking the angle of the jumper. Beside the support post at left, a meet official watches the attempt. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum's stands stretch across the background.
Date:: [circa February 20, 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1929-1933), and president of Stanford University, stands behind a radio microphone at a banquet. It is possible this photograph was taken at the Biltmore Hotel during an event sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club, to celebrate a procurement of a $490 million loan for the Metropolitan Water District to build the Colorado Aqueduct. John Bullock, seated next to Wilbur, was honored at the event. Wilbur's speech at this event was broadcast on KFWB radio.
Date:: September 21, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of Major General George E. Leach, chief of the National Guard Bureau at Washington addressing the commisioned personnel of the 160th Infantry at the Exposition Park Armory. He is flanked by Adjutant General Seth E. Howard on his right and Col. Harcourt Hervey on his left.
Date:: Mar 8, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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