Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Shrine of flowers around Jean Harlow's home after her death, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Policeman milling around a shrine of flowers at film star Jean Harlow's home after her death. Harlow, known by many as "Baby," died suddenly of renal failure at age 26.
Date:: [circa June 9, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Shrine of flowers around Jean Harlow's home after her death, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Policeman milling around a shrine of flowers at film star Jean Harlow's home after her death. Harlow, known by many as "Baby," died suddenly of renal failure at age 26.
Date:: [circa May 29, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Washington Huskies stretch before a game against the UCLA Bruins at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Washington Huskies stretch before a game against the UCLA Bruins. The game took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Date:: October 10, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Kansas Governor Alf M. Landon visiting Los Angeles during his campaign for President, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas, visiting Los Angeles during his campaign for President during the 1936 election. Landon was the Republican candidate against Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was running for re-election. Landon was defeated by a landslide.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Washington Huskies practice before a game at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Washington Huskies practice before a game against the UCLA Bruins. The game took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Date:: October 10, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Police officer stands with R.F. McGarry, member of the Black Legion secret society, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Police officer stands with R.F. McGarry, member of the Black Legion secret society. Black Legion was an organization that had ties to the Ku Klux Klan and operated mainly in Detroit, Michigan in the 1930s. The organization targeted African-Americans and slayed Silas Coleman on May 25, 1935.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Electrical-themed float created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: An electrical-themed float including a throne, costumed participants and an imitation crystal ball created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural. The celebration was held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power light, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Floral-themed float created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A floral-themed float including a throne, costumed participants and glowing flowers created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural. The celebration was held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power light, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Grecian-themed float created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A Grecian-themed float including columns and costumed participants created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural. The celebration was held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power light, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd shops at department store during Dollar Day sale, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Crowd shops at department store during Dollar Day sale. Sales totaled $15,000,000 and included over 100 downtown stores.
Date:: September 07, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wildfire damage, Malibu, 1936

Description:: The damaged remains of a home in Malibu during the wildfires of September 1936.
Date:: [circa September 9, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Thomas W. Hall stands by a staircase wearing a suit, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Thomas W. Hall stands by a staircase wearing a suit.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Thomas W. Hall stands by a staircase wearing a suit, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Thomas W. Hall stands by a staircase wearing a suit.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Thomas W. Hall stands by a staircase wearing a suit, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Thomas W. Hall stands by a staircase wearing a suit.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Margaret Ballard seated in a chair, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Margaret Ballard sits in a chair wearing a hat and coat.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Metropolitan Water District workman pours the last batch of concrete for the completion of a water tunnel that would supply Los Angeles with Colorado River water, Pasadena, 1937

Description:: Metropolitan Water District workman pours the last batch of concrete for the completion of a water tunnel. The tunnel was part of a distributing system that brought Colorado River water to Los Angeles and surrounding communities.
Date:: March 17, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Metropolitan Water District workmen celebrate the completion of a water tunnel to supply Los Angeles with Colorado River water, Pasadena, 1937

Description:: Metropolitan Water District workmen celebrate the completion of a water tunnel. The tunnel was part of a distributing system that brought Colorado River water to Los Angeles and surrounding communities.
Date:: March 17, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Painting of Indigenous Mexican Man by John Coleman Burroughs, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Painting of indigenous Mexican man by John Coleman Burroughs and exhibited at Stendahl Gallery. The painting is titled "Hombre y Pipa" (Man and Pipe). The paintings were oils and pastels. Burroughs was the son of Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author best known for his creation of the character Tarzan.
Date:: March 20, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Track athlete participates in the high jump event during the All-City High School track and field meet, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Track athlete participates in the high jump event during the All-City High School track and field meet.
Date:: June 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd gathers to hear strike organizers speak during the Douglas Aircraft strike, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: Crowd gathers to hear strike organizers speak during the Douglas Aircraft strike.
Date:: February 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Douglas Aircraft Corporation workers on strike put ballots into box, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: Douglas Aircraft Corporation workers on strike put ballots into box.
Date:: February 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Strike organizers address crowd during Douglas Aircraft Corporation strike, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: Strike organizers address crowd during Douglas Aircraft Corporation strike.
Date:: February 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Douglas Aircraft Corporation workers on strike put ballots into box, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: Douglas Aircraft Corporation workers on strike put ballots into box.
Date:: February 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Extortion letter received by film actress Anna May Wong threatening her family, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: An extortion letter received by actress Anna May Wong threatening members of her family and demanding immediate payment. Several other celebrities were targeted as well, such as Dr. A.M. Foote and producer David O. Selznick.
Date:: [circa March 25, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Kenny Washington on Spaulding Field at UCLA, Los Angeles, 1936-1939

Description:: Kenny Washington was the first Bruin to become a consensus All American in 1939, and was among the first African Americans to play at UCLA and in the NFL.
Date:: [ca. 1939-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Raid on a Chinese lottery

Description:: Police officers raid a Chinese American lottery.
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Medicine shop in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: An herbalist uses his mortar and pestle in a medicine shop on North Broadway Street in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Fortune teller in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: A woman consults a Chinese fortune teller in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Street scene in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: View of a walkway on North Broadway Street in "New" Chinatown, Los Angeles following the move from the Union Station area.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Los Angeles slums in the Great Depression

Description:: A mother holds her toddler son in the small kitchen of their apartment home, in an unidentified Los Angeles neigborhood slum.
Date:: circa 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Los Angeles slums in the Great Depression

Description:: A child plays in the backyard alley of her home at 477 Temple Street, as the buildings of downtown Los Angeles loom in the background.
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mexican American youths detained for questioning

Description:: Mexican American youths in "zoot suits" are detained for questioning in a Los Angeles jail following a brawl.
Date:: ca. 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mexican American female gang

Description:: Photographed left to right are: Frances Silva, Josephine Gonzales, Juanita Gonzales, Lorena Encina, and D. Barrios.
Date:: ca. 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Henry Armstrong with Al Jolson and his manager Eddie Mead in the boxing ring, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Boxer Henry Armstrong, also known as "Hurricane Henry" and "Homicide Hank," with Al Jolson and manager Eddie Mead before a fight.
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Hollywood fundraiser for the Sleepy Lagoon defense fund

Description:: Photographed left to right are J. Edward Bromberg, Lupe Leyvas, and Dooley Wilson.
Date:: ca. 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Major General Joseph Stilwell, portrait

Date:: ca. 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

African American soldiers entertain at Camp Ord, Monterey Bay Peninsula (Calif.)

Description:: Camp Ord was the tent city that served as barracks for Fort Ord soldiers during World War Two.
Date:: ca. 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Los Angeles slums in the Great Depression

Description:: Street scene of children playing in a dirty alley surrounded by dilapidated buildings, in an unidentified Los Angeles area slum.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Community center balcony in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: The balcony of a community center in Chinatown, Los Angeles, decorated with flags.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boxing, Joe Louis vs. Jack Roper

Description:: Joe Louis v. Jack Roper compete for the heavyweight championship at Wrigley Field.
Date:: July 14, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Chinese lottery and casino in Gardena (Calif.)

Description:: Chinese lottery and casino located at 182nd Street and South Western Avenue in Gardena, California.
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Father Divine's Peace Mission and Truth Center expansion, Los Angeles (Calif.), 1930's

Description:: Hotel property at 4611 Compton Avenue purchased to be used as a "heaven, " or "Peace Mission and Truth Center" for Father Divine's International Peace Mission movement. Father Divine, also known as Reverend M.J. Divine was a controversial African American spiritual leader from 1907-1965. He founded the International Peace Mission movement and claimed to be God
Date:: ca. 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wishing pool in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:: View of the Seven Star Sacred Caverns and wishing pool designed by Prof. Liu Hong Kay in Chinatown, Los Angeles, which are artistic renderings of an actual scenic spot in Guangdong province.
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Joe Louis in the boxing ring

Description:: Joe Louis in the boxing ring before a fight.
Date:: ca. 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Kenny Washington and friends celebrate New Year's Eve, 1938

Description:: Photographed left to right are Dr. Lois J. Evans (chiropodist), Woodrow Wilson Strode, UCLA football star Kenny Washington, and June Bradley celebrating New Year's Eve festivities
Date:: December 31, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Painting a signpost in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: A shop employee paints the signpost on his storefront in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Inquest of the death of Faustino Sanchez

Description:: A crowd assembles at the inquest of the death of Faustino Sanchez.
Date:: ca. 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Raid on a Chinese lottery

Description:: Police officers raid a Chinese American lottery.
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Belvedere Grammar School play, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Date:: ca. 1944
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Dragon costume in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: Chinese women prepare a dragon costume for a parade.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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