Location: San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.) / Date: 1933 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Crane on the breakwater in Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro (Los Angeles), 1920-193

Date:: [1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

William James (Curly) Guy, Superior Judge Robert W. Kenny and others stand on a wharf, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: In the foreground at left, a man sits on a bollard lining the edge of the dock; his back faces the camera. To the right of him, the dock stretches straight back. Right-of-center, in the near distance, the defendant, William James (Curly) Guy, stands. He dons a light-colored suit and faces left, but smiles to the camera. To his left and nearer to camera, Superior Judge Kenny stands. He, too, faces left and looks to camera. A cigar hangs from his mouth. Several others stand around them to the right. Farther down the dock, more people mill about. Boats and buildings line the harbor in the background.
Date:: [February 4, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Major General Malin Craig inspects Sixty-third Coast Artillery (antiaircraft) at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1930s

Description:: Text from note: Ca ve--San Pedro, Identification: Major General Malin Craig, commanding general, Ninth Corps Area, inspecting Sixty-third Coast Artillery (antiaircraft) reigment at Fort MacArthur. --(left to right) General Craig, Col. Charles H. Hilton, commandant of Fort MacArthur and Lieut. Col. Homer R. Oldfield, commanding Sixty-third Coast Artillery."
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Two ships in the Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro (Los Angeles), 1920-1939

Description:: Two ships in Los Angeles Harbor.
Date:: [1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Ocean liner Virginia probably in Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, 1928-1938

Description:: View of the Panama-Pacific luxury electric liner Virginia in Los Angeles Harbor
Date:: [between 1928-1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Olympic sprinter Stella Walsh poses on a ship, Los Angeles, circa 1930s

Description:: Olympic sprinter Stella Walsh poses at center while sitting on a ship's handrail. She sports a long overcoat and rests a hand in her coat pocket as she looks to camera. A pin on her hat is of the Japanese flag. The ship's rail enters frame at left and stretches across the image towards center. A sign below the railing and to the right of Stella's legs reads, "[...] DECK [...] [Japanese characters]." Directly behind Stella Walsh, a ship's cabin stretches across the background.
Date:: [circa 1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Crane on the breakwater in Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro (Los Angeles), 1920-1939

Date:: [1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Ira Copley on board a ship with another man, San Pedro (Los Angeles), 1930s

Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

John J. Glennon, Archbishop of St. Louis, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: John J. Glennon on a ship at San Pedro during a visit to Los Angeles.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Major General Malin Craig inspects Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1930s

Description:: General Malin Craig with men following during an inspection of Fort MacArthur. Other uniformed soldiers stand at attention.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

A band and residents welcome the USF Constitution, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: A band, likely the Los Angeles Police Department, line Berth 57, and others welcome the USF Constitution to Los Angeles.
Date:: Feb. 18, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

US Navy aircraft carrier seen from above, 1920-1939

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, “Navy Home From ‘Battle’ Gives 40,000 Men Leave; San Pedro-San Diego Area Base for 152 Ships as Month’s Gruelling Pacific War Comes to End,” 23 Mar. 1932: A1.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Major General Malin Craig inspects Sixty-third Coast Artillery (antiaircraft) at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1930s

Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Officers take part in a ceremony at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro.

Description:: Eight officers, with a Coast Artillery unit stationed at Ft. MacArthur, take part in a ceremony.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Side view of the USS West Virginia anchored in San Pedro, 1924-1939

Description:: Side view of the USS West Virginia anchored in San Pedro.
Date:: [between 1924-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Wharves and warehouses, Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, aerial view, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of 2 wharves, one with large warehouses, one marked City of Los Angeles, Warehouse No. 1, with 2 ships docked in channel in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Seven men on the deck of a ship, San Pedro (Los Angeles) (?), 1920-1939

Description:: Judge Baird is not identifiable in this photograph.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Four men on the deck of a ship, San Pedro (Los Angeles) (?), 1920-1939

Description:: Judge Baird is not visible in this photograph.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Barbara Hutton on a ship holding gloves, San Pedro (Los Angeles), 1930s

Description:: Barbara Hutton standing on a ship and looking to her left. She is holding a pair of white gloves in her hands.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Building and automobile on Beacon Street damaged by the Long Beach earthquake, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
Date:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Navy submarine USS Narwhal glides along the surface of the San Pedro harbor, 1932-1933

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, "Greatest Armada in Nation's History Passes in Review; Navy Parades Strength In Sea and Air Tableau; Hundreds of Ships and Aircraft Pass in Stately Review Before Crowds Massed on Shore." 20 Apr. 1932: A1. Or possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, "Subsea Giant at New Task; Narwhal Showing Its Paces to Officers of Fleet; Five Hundred Got on Trips Beneath Surface." 16 Dec. 1933: A1.
Date:: [between 1932-1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Harbor with navy shipps as seen from water looking toward shore, San Pedro

Description:: View of US Navy ships in the Los Angeles Harbor. The picture is taken from the water facing to shore.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

U.S. Army military march at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1930s

Description:: Possibly related to the article, “Army Day Fete Planned,” Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 1932: A1
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Admiral Henry Butler on board a ship, San Pedro (Los Angeles), 1920-1939

Description:: Admiral Henry Butler on the deck of a Navy ship with officers at attention behind him.
Date:: [1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, aerial view, [1930s?]

Description:: Los Angeles Harbor, with ocean in foreground, harbor and city streets in midground, hills in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Commander Charles S. Stephenson, U.S. Navy, and his wife, Naomi A. Stephenson, on the passenger ship Monterey, San Pedro (Los Angeles), 1933

Description:: Naomi A. Stephenson (née Naomi A. Ackley) was misidentified as Sonya Stephenson on negative sleeve and negative.
Date:: [May 3, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Lady Isobel Chaytor on board a ship with a young man, San Pedro (Los Angeles), 1930s

Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Captain Herbert F. Leary and Commander George N. Barker, Los Angeles vicinity, circa 1933

Description:: Portions of this image appear in a photo montage titled, "Portland, Queen of Cruiser Class, Joins Fleet," Los Angeles Times, 13 Jun. 1933: A1
Date:: [circa June 12, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Brigadier-General Sherwood A. Cheney and Colonel Charles H. Hilton at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: Reported in "Fort Defenses here inspected," Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 1933: A16. The article quotes Cheney as saying that the greatest weakness of the post is not guns but lack of men.
Date:: October 12, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

USS California, flagship of the Pacific Fleet, anchored at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro

Description:: The USS California, dreadnaught battleship, was based in San Pedro was the flagship of US Navy Pacific Fleet for 20 years. She was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but was salvaged and reconstructed.
Date:: [between 1921-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Harbor, with breakwater, ships, and Los Angeles Harbor Light, San Pedro, [1920-1939?]

Description:: Los Angeles Harbor, with long curving breakwater at center, ships at left, Los Angeles Harbor Light at end of breakwater, waves in foreground, under cloudy sky
Date:: [1920-1939?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Dozens of officers from a Coast Artillery unit take part in a ceremony at Ft. MacArthur in San Pedro, 1920-1939

Description:: Dozens of officers from a Coast Artillery unit take part in a ceremony at Ft. MacArthur in San Pedro.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

People boarding the USF Constitution, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: Related to the Los Angeles Times article, "Old Ironsides Crowds Grow; Total Visitors Yesterday Placed at 19,261; Many More Turned Away at Closing Hour." 19 Feb. 1933: 15.
Date:: [February-March, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Navy's heavy cruiser the USS Augusta, San Pedro, 1931-1933

Description:: Starboard view of the Navy's heavy cruiser the USS Augusta during a visit to the Pacific Fleet home at San Pedro harbor.
Date:: [Between August 1931-October 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Virginia Cherrill, Mona Maris, and Alfredo Carpegna on board the Lurline in San Pedro Harbor, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: The three pose casually alongside the guardrail of the ship with the Pacific Ocean seen behind them.
Date:: August 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ketch Lakme at sea, San Pedro, [1920-1939?]

Description:: Two-masted ketch Lakme, with sails furled, on the ocean, with man standing near center, man standing on platform near top of aft sail
Date:: [1920-1939?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Navy sailor B. E. Blanchard aboard the USF Constitution, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: B. E. Blanchard, a sailor aboard the historic frigate, USF Constitution, stands next to two pieces of equipment used to load and clean the guns. One is an extractor and the other is a rammer.
Date:: February 25, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Navy's heavy cruiser the USS Augusta, San Pedro, 1931-1933

Description:: Starboard view of the Navy's heavy cruiser the USS Augusta during a visit to San Pedro.
Date:: [between August 1931-October 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Charles Nowak talks with Lieutenant J. Y. Dannenberg on board the Constitution, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: Charles Nowak, who once served on the USF Constitution when it was a training ship, talks wit Lieut. J. Y. Dannenberg during the ship's visit to Southern California. The Constitution is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat. She first became famous for her actions during the War of 1812.
Date:: Feb. 17, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of San Pedro harbor with ships from the Navy's Pacific Fleet in the background

Description:: Aerial view of the San Pedro Harbor, home to part of the Navy's Pacific Fleet. Numerous battleships and other vessels can be seen in the background.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

US Navy battleships head out to sea from the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro

Description:: View of 3 ships in the foreground of the Los Angeles Harbor, and six US Navy battleships heading out to sea in the background.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

General Sherwood A. Cheney and Colonel Charles H. Hilton at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: General Sherwood A. Cheney leading Colonel Charles H. Hilton and other military officers out of headquarters at Fort MacArthur. Cheney commented that the greatest weakness of the post is not guns but lack of men.
Date:: October 12, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Three boys examine a cannon aboard the USF Constitution, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: Three boys examine a cannon during a visit on the USF Constitution.
Date:: [February-March, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, aerial view, [1930s?]

Description:: Los Angeles Harbor, with channels and wharves, with ocean in foreground and city and hills in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Harbor Light, breakwater, and breaking wave, San Pedro, [1920-1939?]

Description:: Los Angeles Harbor Light, in left background, with length of breakwater in foreground, large breaking wave at center, ocean at left, under cloudy sky
Date:: [1920-1939?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ocean liner Virginia probably in Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, 1928-1938

Description:: In 1928 the SS Virginia was the largest merchant ship ever built in America at 613 feet long with a beam of 80 feet, and was powered with a turbo-electric installation. She was refitted and renamed as SS Brazil in 1938.
Date:: [between 1928-1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Jury and defendant, William James (Curly) Guy visit Walter Wanderwell's yacht, Carma, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: A different photograph of the same event appears in a mini photo spread titled, "Jury Gets First-Hand View of Yacht where Assassin Slew Globe Trotter," Los Angeles Times, 04 Feb. 1933: A2
Date:: [circa February 4, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Coast Guard cutter Tingard steams through the water, San Pedro Bay, 1920-1937

Description:: The US Coast Guard cutter Tingard steams through the water in the San Pedro Bay. A sign on the port building in the background reads "Los Angeles."
Date:: [between 1920-1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, aerial view, [1930s?]

Description:: Los Angeles Harbor, with wharves, channels, and jetties, with city and hills in left background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Admiral Henry Butler on board a ship, San Pedro (Los Angeles), 1920-1939

Description:: Admiral Henry Butler with three other men on the deck of a Navy ship.
Date:: [1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Goodyear Blimp passes over the USF Constitution, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: The USF Constitution is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat. The Constitution visited Southern California in 1933 from Jan. 21, when she arrived in San Diego, through March 19, when she departed San Pedro for San Francisco.
Date:: [February-March, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Navy Pacific Fleet seen from above, San Pedro Bay

Description:: More than a dozen ships from the Navy's Pacific Fleet are anchored in San Pedro Bay.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Visitors at Fort MacArthur celebrate Army Day, San Pedro, 1930s

Description:: People gather around anti-aircraft rifles in front of army barracks building.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Navy Pacific Fleet ships at their home base at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, 1920-1939

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, “Navy Home From ‘Battle’ Gives 40,000 Men Leave; San Pedro-San Diego Area Base for 152 Ships as Month’s Gruelling Pacific War Comes to End,” 23 Mar. 1932: A1.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

US Navy battleships anchored in the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro

Description:: The Los Angeles Harbor as seen from shore. Half a dozen ships, mostly battleships, are anchored in the harbor.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Marine uniforms from 1812 in museum displays on the USF Constitution, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "'Old Ironsides' Crowds Grow; Total of Visitors Yesterday Placed at 19,261; Many More Turned Away at Closing Hour; Legislators Planning Appeal to Entire State." 19 Feb. 1933: 15
Date:: [February-March, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Easter Sunday service on a Point Fermin, San Pedro, 1920-1939

Description:: Photograph depicts an annual Easter Sunday service on a hilltop at Point Fermin.
Date:: [between 1920 - 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Navy's USS Salt Lake City beside the USS Medusa at Los Angeles Port, San Pedro, 1932-1939

Description:: The Navy's USS Salt Lake City, a heavy cruiser, sits in port beside the USS Medusa, a repair ship, San Pedro. Other anchored Navy ships can be seen in the background.
Date:: [between 1932-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Jurors wait to board Walter Wanderwell's yacht, Carma, during the trial of William James (Curly) Guy, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: A similar photograph appears with the article, "WANDERWELL'S WIDOW HEARD: Witness Tells of Rows Guy Had With Husband Murder Defendant Sought Cash, She Declares Judge and Jury Visit Ship Where Slaying Occurred," Los Angeles Times, 04 Feb. 1933: A1
Date:: [circa February 4, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Five Navy ships docked side-by-side, San Pedro Bay

Description:: Five Navy ships docked side-by-side with a couple more ships in the background.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Historic Navy ship the USF Constitution in Southern California waters, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: The USF Constitution is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat. The Constitution visited Southern California in 1933 from Jan. 21, when she arrived in San Diego, through March 19, when she departed San Pedro for San Francisco.
Date:: [February-March, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Building on Beacon Street damaged by the Long Beach earthquake, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: View of a commercial building on Beacon Street damaged by the Long Beach earthquake. The upper cornice is damaged, and brick rubble covers the sidewalk. Business signs on the building read "A. Elkonin Jewelry," "Dr. Spires, Dentists," "Florsheim Shoes," "Golden Gate, Cafe," and "Lowrey - Michel Radios, RCA Victor."
Date:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Starboard view of the Navy's battleship USS Nevada during a port visit, San Pedro, 1930-1939

Description:: The starboard view of the Navy's battleship USS Nevada. Officers and sailors can be seen standing on deck.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Four Naval Ships docked in San Pedro Bay, 1933

Description:: Possibly related to the article, "Navy Repair Rush Stresses Shore Needs; Six Warcraft Moored Beside Flet's Floating Marchine Shops," Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 1933: A2, which has 2 similar photographs. See also image ark no. 21198/zz002cq05n.
Date:: [possibly 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

General Sherwood A. Cheney and Colonel Charles H. Hilton at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Fort Defenses Here Inspected," Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct 1933: A16.
Date:: October 12, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Rear-Admiral Yates Stirling Jr. aboard the SS Lurline, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: Rear-Admiral Yates Stirling Jr. stands aboard the SS Lurline.
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Harbor Light and breakwater, San Pedro, [1920-1939?]

Description:: Los Angeles Harbor Light, in left background, with length of breakwater in foreground, ocean at left, under cloudy sky
Date:: 1920-1939?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

USF Constitution onboard museum exhibit of the brig, hand cuffs, leg irons and whip, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: Related to the Los Angeles Times article, "Old Ironsides Crowds Grow; Total Visitors Yesterday Placed at 19,261; Many More Turned Away at Closing Hour." 19 Feb. 1933: 15.
Date:: [February-March, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Newspaper clipping of article about Naval ship repair vessels, San Pedro Bay, 1933

Date:: September 5, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aerial view of towards harbor with ships from the Navy's Pacific Fleet in the background, San Pedro

Description:: Aerial view of the San Pedro Harbor, home to part of the Navy's Pacific Fleet. Numerous battleships and other vessels can be seen in the background.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mast and rigging of the USF Constitution, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: The USF Constitution is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat. The Constitution visited Southern California in 1933 from Jan. 21, when she arrived in San Diego, through March 19, when she departed San Pedro for San Francisco.
Date:: [February-March, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Dr. Olin Wannemaker as he arrives from China, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "China's Plight Explained; Educator Declares Selfish War Lords to Blame; Cites America's Great Opportunity." 17 Mar. 1933.
Date:: March 16, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Sailors tend their tenders at the Navy dock, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: Sailors tend their tenders at the Navy dock. There are seven tenders in the shot and one transport ferry moving through the water.
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet ships at their home base, San Pedro Harbor

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, “Navy Home From ‘Battle’ Gives 40,000 Men Leave; San Pedro-San Diego Area Base for 152 Ships as Month’s Gruelling Pacific War Comes to End,” 23 Mar. 1932: A1.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

USS Indianapolis at dock while sailors on berth watch, San Pedro, 1933-1939

Description:: The USS Indianapolis at a berth. Sailors can be seen on the dock as well as on the ship's deck.
Date:: [between 1933-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

USS Chester at anchor, San Pedro Bay, 1932-1939

Description:: The USS Chester, a Navy heavy cruiser, anchored in San Pedro Bay. Another Navy ship, possibly a transport ship, is in the background.
Date:: [between 1932-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Young boys pose next to railway rifle on Army Day at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1930s

Description:: Four boys posing with a railway rifle bullet. One is standing at the end of the cartridge and three boys sit straddling the bullet. In the background is a railways rifle.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

USS Chicago leading cruiser squadron into Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: Portside view the USS Chicago leading 5 U.S. Navy cruisers in formation from the foreground to the horizon.
Date:: February 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

USS Patoka, a Navy fleet oiler, at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, 1920-1939

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, “Blimp Volunteer Finds Mooring to Floating Mast at Harbor Easy,” 24 Feb. 1932: A3; or “Ship Could Moor Zeppelin: Patoka, Equipped to Anchor Air Liner in Emergency, Has Received No Orders to be Prepared,” 15 Oct. 1928: 2.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Navy Pacific Fleet ships at their home base at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, 1920-1939

Description:: Battleships and other vessels from the US Navy Pacific Fleet at their home base in San Pedro Harbor.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Local dignitaries and officers aboard the USF Constitution, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: Local dignitaries meet with officers aboard the USF Constitution during the ship's visit to Southern California.
Date:: [February-March, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

USS Salt Lake City, USS Ramapo and USS Pensacola probably at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro harbor, 1932-1939

Description:: The USS Salt Lake City had more engagements during WWII than any other Navy ship, and was nicknamed "Swayback Maru". The USS Pensacola was nicknamed the "Grey Ghost" by Tokyo Rose.
Date:: [between 1932-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Cruiser USS Indianapolis near its berth, San Pedro, 1933-1939

Description:: The Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis near berth, while four sailors walk on the dock watch.
Date:: [between 1933-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Five US Navy ships anchored side-by-side, San Pedro Bay, 1933

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "Navy Repair Rush Stresses Shore Needs: Six Warcraft Moored Beside Fleet's Machine Shops," Los Angeles Times, 5 Sept. 1933: A2.
Date:: September 4, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Engraved portrait of Commodore Stephen Decatur displayed aboard the USF Constitution, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: Portrait of Commodore Stephen Decatur, which is part of the onboard museum of the CSF Constitution. Decatur was commander of the ship in 1804.
Date:: [February-March, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Army Day demonstration at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1930s

Description:: Army officials stand beside a camouflaged anti-aircraft rifle as onlookers watch a demonstration.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Naval officers meet to discuss future building plans, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: This photograph corresponds to the article, "United States Fleet to Get Mammoth Planes," Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 1933: A2.
Date:: October 10, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Navy Pacific Fleet ships at their home base at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, 1920-1939

Description:: Battleships and other vessels from the US Navy Pacific Fleet at their home base in San Pedro Harbor.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

U.S. Army officials demonstrate anti-aircraft rifle at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1930s

Description:: Two unidentified soldiers with an anti-aircraft rifle. Soldier on the left stands and watches as the other soldier aims to shoot before a crowd of onlookers on Army Day.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Eloi Amar, president of the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

Description:: Eloi Amar served as president of the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners from 1933-1939.
Date:: [1933-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Channels, wharves, and warehouses, Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, aerial view, [1930s?]

Description:: Los Angeles Harbor, with warehouses on wharves and ships and boats in channels, with city in background, airplane wing visible at top
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Crowds visit the USF Constitution, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: The USF Constitution is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat. The Constitution visited Southern California in 1933 from Jan. 21, when she arrived in San Diego, through March 19, when she departed San Pedro for San Francisco.
Date:: [February-March, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Navy battleship USS Nevada at dock, San Pedro, 1930-1939

Description:: The Nevada was part of the Pacific Fleet. She would suffer serious losses and damage during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Four sailors with equipment on the USF Constitution, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: Four sailors from the USF Constitution pose with some of the equipment of the ship.
Date:: [February-March, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Crowds line up to tour the USF Constitution, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: This photograph is similar to another one of the USF Constitution captioned "Saturday afternoon crowd visits 'Old Ironsides' at rate of 3000 persons an hour." Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 1933: 15.
Date:: February 18, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Close view of the of the USS California, flagship of the Navy's Pacific Fleet for 20 years, San Pedro

Description:: The USS California was the flagship of the Navy's Pacific Fleet for 20 years. She was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but was later salvaged and reconstructed.
Date:: [between 1921-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

USS Oklahoma, a Navy battleship, at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro

Description:: Side view of the USS Oklahoma, a Navy battleship, in the San Pedro Harbor, its home base. It is the only Navy ship ever named for the 46th state, and was sunk at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Date:: [between 1916-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Portrait of William Bainbridge displayed in the museum on the USS Constitution, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: Engraved portrait of William Bridgebain, a commodore of the US Navy and commanded the USF Constitution during the War of 1812.
Date:: [February-March, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Navy's USS Richmond light cruiser, San Pedro, 1923-1939

Description:: The Navy's USS Richmond, a light cruiser, with the shore visible in the background.
Date:: [between 1923-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Sailors wait in ship's tenders, San Pedro, 1933

Description:: Sailors wait in ship's tenders, anchored at a Navy dock, possibly during the Navy's March fleet review. The ships they are serving are indicated by their names: SLC [USS Salt Lake City], Okla [USS Oklahoma], USS Chester, Chi [USS Chicago]
Date:: [November 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Search

Browse items

Search Constraints

100 Catalog Results

Search Results