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Harold E. Pomeroy, director of Los Angeles County Relief Administration, Los Angeles County, 1935

Description:
Portrait photograph of Harold E. Pomeroy, who was assistant director and director of public relations of the Los Angeles County Relief Administration, the local branch of the State Emergency Relief Administration (S.E.R.A.). S.E.R.A. provided relief funds during the Great Depression.
Date:
[July 29, 1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Harold E. Pomeroy, director of Los Angeles County Relief Administration, Los Angeles County, 1935

Eugene M. Brown, regional agent for the State Emergency Relief Administration, and executive secretary for Los Angeles County Emergency Relief Commission, Los Angeles County, 1934

Description:
Eugene M. Brown was the regional agent of the State Emergency Relief Administration for Los Angeles County, and was charged, along with several others, with conspiracy to defraud the government in 1934. He was also the executive secretary for the Los Angeles County Emergency Relief Commission. Charges were eventually dismissed.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Eugene M. Brown, regional agent for the State Emergency Relief Administration, and executive secretary for Los Angeles County Emergency Relief Commission, Los Angeles County, 1934

Blanche M. Sewell holding court judgment in Parker vs. Guttman case, Los Angeles County, 1935

Description:
Blanche M. Sewell seated and holding documents, including an August 15, 1935 Los Angeles County Superior Court judgment in which defendant Henry Guttman, Sewell's former business adviser, was ordered to pay plaintiff Harvey M. Parker, to whom Sewell had assigned her claim, $87,888.
Date:
August 15, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Blanche M. Sewell holding court judgment in Parker vs. Guttman case, Los Angeles County, 1935

Henry W. Wright and J. W. Reagan on bridge looking down at Pacoima Dam site, Los Angeles County, 1926

Description:
Reported in article "Flood Control Project Inspected: FIRST CONCRETE POURED IN PACOIMA DAM County Supervisors Pull Lever Sending Initial Batch of Mixture to Base of Structure That Will Rise in Year to 395-Foot Height," Los Angeles Times, 06 Aug 1926: A1.
Date:
[circa August 6, 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Henry W. Wright and J. W. Reagan on bridge looking down at Pacoima Dam site, Los Angeles County, 1926

Men preparing an excavation blast during construction of the San Gabriel Dam, Los Angeles County, 1929

Description:
Men in canyon tunnels preparing to set explosives for blasting excavation during construction of San Gabriel Dam. Reported in "GIGANTIC BLAST AIDS DAM WORK: Ninety Tons of Powder Used at San Gabriel Side of Canyon Seems Molten Before Explosive Engineering Feat Figured to Exact Result," Los Angeles Times, 27 Jun. 1929: A10.
Date:
June 26, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Men preparing an excavation blast during construction of the San Gabriel Dam, Los Angeles County, 1929

Explosion debris in San Gabriel Canyon during the construction of San Gabriel Dam, Los Angeles County, 1929

Description:
Cloud of dust and debris cascading down San Gabriel Canyon wall after explosion during construction of San Gabriel Dam. Reported in "GIGANTIC BLAST AIDS DAM WORK: Ninety Tons of Powder Used at San Gabriel Side of Canyon Seems Molten Before Explosive Engineering Feat Figured to Exact Result," Los Angeles Times, 27 June 1929: A10.
Date:
June 26, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Explosion debris in San Gabriel Canyon during the construction of San Gabriel Dam, Los Angeles County, 1929

Greta Nissen, Capt. Roscoe Turner, Howard Hughes, and Carline Turner, beside a plane, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Description:
Actress Greta Nissan with pilot Roscoe Turner, Howard Hughes and pilot Carline Turner, beside an airplane. Nissan was cast in the film Hell's Angels, directed by Howard Hughes in 1927-1928. She left the film midway through because she spoke with a Norwegian accent and the film changed from silent film to talking.
Date:
[circa 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Greta Nissen, Capt. Roscoe Turner, Howard Hughes, and Carline Turner, beside a plane, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Murder suspect Gladys Carter and Los Angeles County Jail matron Vada Sullivan, Los Angeles County, 1935

Description:
Murder suspect Gladys Carter seated at desk in office setting with Los Angeles County Jail matron Vada Sullivan. Carter looks on as Sullivan fills out form. The photograph may have been taken on April 25, 1935, when Carter was taken from Los Angeles General Hospital to Los Angeles Municipal Court, where she was arraigned for the murder of Frances Walker and ordered to be held at Los Angeles County Jail.
Date:
[April 25, 1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Murder suspect Gladys Carter and Los Angeles County Jail matron Vada Sullivan, Los Angeles County, 1935

Murder suspect Gladys Carter in stretcher, Los Angeles County, 1935

Description:
Gladys Carter lying in a stretcher, with her mouth open. Two men in white coats carry the stretcher. Behind them is a middle-aged man in a suit and hat. The photograph was possibly taken when Carter was taken to the prison ward at Los Angeles General Hospital, where she was treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound after killing her boarder, Frances Walker.
Date:
[April 13, 1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Murder suspect Gladys Carter in stretcher, Los Angeles County, 1935

Film actor and singer Michael Bartlett with socialite Kate Winnett Candy, Los Angeles County, circa 1936

Description:
Film actor and singer Michael Bartlett seated at a table with Santa Monica socialite Kate Winnett Candy. Candy is smoking a cigarette. On the table is a gingham tablecloth, glasses, a plate, and a bowl. The wooden framework of the wall behind Bartlett and Candy is exposed. To the left is an unidentified woman, also seated.
Date:
[1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Traxel, Mel
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Film actor and singer Michael Bartlett with socialite Kate Winnett Candy, Los Angeles County, circa 1936

James P. Britt, veteran Republican campaigner and vice-chairman of the Los Angeles County Republican Central Committee, Los Angeles County, 1932

Description:
James P. Britt, veteran Republican campaigner and vice-chairman of the Los Angeles County Republican Central Committee, stands with his left hand in his pants pocket and his right arm raised, two fingers upheld, looking off the side of the photograph.
Date:
1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
James P. Britt, veteran Republican campaigner and vice-chairman of the Los Angeles County Republican Central Committee, Los Angeles County, 1932

Daughters of the British Empire members Mrs. B.W. Templeman, Cora Dow, Anna Poussette, Ethel Capstaff, Agnes Botterell, and Eva Sedding, Los Angeles County, 1936

Description:
Daughters of the British Empire members Mrs. B.W. Templeman, Cora Dow, Anna Poussette, Ethel Capstaff, Agnes Botterell, and Eva Sedding standing in an awning-covered patio. In the background is a building with a Spanish tile roof and pillars. This photograph was probably taken during the sixteenth annual state convention of the Daughters of the British Empire, which took place on March 30-April 1, 1936 at the Women's Athletic Club. Attendees also visited the British Old People's Home in Sierra Madre.
Date:
[March-April, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Daughters of the British Empire members Mrs. B.W. Templeman, Cora Dow, Anna Poussette, Ethel Capstaff, Agnes Botterell, and Eva Sedding, Los Angeles County, 1936

Mrs. Marjorie Storkan visits the tax office with her son, Oliver, Los Angeles vicinity, 1938

Description:
At center, Mrs. Marjorie Storkam stands behind a long counter at the tax office. She looks down as she fills out paperwork. Beside her at left, her son, Oliver Storkan, sits up on the counter. He sits with his back towards camera but turns his head to look at the camera.
Date:
November 30, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Mrs. Marjorie Storkan visits the tax office with her son, Oliver, Los Angeles vicinity, 1938

H. L. Byram, Los Angeles County Treasurer and County Tax Collector, sitting at his desk, Los Angeles County, 1934

Description:
H. L. Byram (Howard Lincoln Byram), Treasurer of Los Angeles County and County Tax Collector, poses at his desk, holding a pen in his right hand, looking off into the distance. On his desk are rotary telephones, an inkblotter, a pen holder, and what appear to be sheets of bonds.
Date:
[circa November 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
H. L. Byram, Los Angeles County Treasurer and County Tax Collector, sitting at his desk, Los Angeles County, 1934