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"Adohrable Babies" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Description:
"Adhorable Babies" float carrying 18 children in a golden, cup-shaped trophy in the center with a floral sign reading "Our Future Champions" and 29 children on the main platform dressed in costumes of different countries competing in Olympiads. The float is decorated with shields ornamented to look like coats of arms with carnations and pigeons were steadily released from the trophy during the parade. The float was lead by another small float in the form of a swan (image no. 21198/zz002cp5vz) and was entered by the Adohr Creamery Company. the float location in the image is the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Adohrable Babies" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Notable city socialites and philanthropists planning President Roosevelt's birthday celebrations, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of prominent society members of Los Angeles who gathered together to plan out an extensive ticket campaign to ensure successes of two fetes to honor the birthday of President Roosevelt. Those in the photograph include socialites and activists Mrs. Samuel Cary Dunlap (Anna May), Mrs. Leafie Sloan Orcutt, Mrs. Hancock Banning (Anne Ophelia) and Mrs. Leiland A. Irish (Florence M.), Grace Stoermer; Showman Sid Grauman; and Los Angeles Health Department Head Dr. George Parrish.
Date:
Jan 18, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notable city socialites and philanthropists planning President Roosevelt's birthday celebrations, Los Angeles, 1935

State code commissioners William G. Hale, Perry Evans, and T.C. Ridgway, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Commission member, Thomas Perry, stands between fellow commissioners William G. Hale and Thomas C. Ridgway, who are both seated at a table strewn with documents. The California Code Commission, tasked with revising and codifying laws from thousands of specific state statutes, met to outline its objectives. Members were chosen from the legal and academic community. Commissioners included: President Thomas Caldwell Ridgway, former president of the California bar association; Vice-chairs, USC Dean William Green Hale and Perry Evans of San Francisco; Secretary Fred B. Wood; Don G. Bowker of Los Angeles; Gerald Hanna Hagar of Oakland; Berkeley's Professor Alexander Marsden Kidd; Stanford's Professor William B. Owens, and Norris N. Montgomery of Santa Barbara. Hagar and Kidd's names are misspelled in the Los Angeles Times caption and nitrate negative captions.
Date:
October 5, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
State code commissioners William G. Hale, Perry Evans, and T.C. Ridgway, Los Angeles, 1935

H. K. Bentley, Walter G. Cole, L. Kemper Williams, and E. J. Roberson at a Reserve Officers' Association convention, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
Right to left: Maj. H. K. Bentley, Col. Walter G. Cole, Lieutenant Colonel L. Kemper Williams, and Lieutenant Colonel E. J. Roberson at the Biltmore. Reported in "Military Group Conclave Ends: Reserve Officers Keep Cole of Detroit as Leader, New Orleans Selected as Next Convention City, Von KleinSmid Speaks on Preparedness Need," Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 1930: A22.
Date:
April 23, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
H. K. Bentley, Walter G. Cole, L. Kemper Williams, and E. J. Roberson at a Reserve Officers' Association convention, Los Angeles, 1930

H. Clay Best, Orra E. Monnette, John Wesley Hill, and W. A. Osborne after a Biltmore luncheon, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
Economists and educators H. Clay Best, Orra E. Monnette, John Wesley Hill, and W. A. Osborne at the Biltmore after an anti-communist luncheon. This image appears with the article "Menace of Reds Told Rotarians: University Head Depicts Radicals' Campaign in Industry," Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 1930.
Date:
January 24, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
H. Clay Best, Orra E. Monnette, John Wesley Hill, and W. A. Osborne after a Biltmore luncheon, Los Angeles, 1930

Jacob Berman in a witness stand questioned by chief deputy district attorney Robert Stewart, Los Angeles, 1928-1930

Description:
Jacob Berman (left) is seated in a witness stand as he is questioned by district attorney Robert Stewart about documents, small papers, that both are holding. Jacob Berman (alias Jack Bennett) was charged with participation ina plot to bribe District-Attorney Asa Keyes to dismiss charges against himself and colleagues for his role in the over-issue of Julian Oil Corporation stock in 1927. He was also separately charged in cases of embezzlement and forgery; the latter trial took place between 1928-1930. In those later trials, Berman testified for the State against Julian Petroleum.
Date:
[between 1928-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Jacob Berman in a witness stand questioned by chief deputy district attorney Robert Stewart, Los Angeles, 1928-1930

Los Angeles County Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz, William Traeger, and Arthur Jewell, 1933

Description:
Possibly related to the article “Sheriff Issues Staff Changes, Dozen Executives Affected by Personnel Shift, Wright Elevated to Post of Chief Deputy, Croushorn Becomes Captain of Crime Division.” Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 1933: A1. The article states: … The chief deputy position was vacated by A. C. Jewell when he was made undersheriff by Biscailuz on being appointed Sheriff to serve the unexpired term of William I. Traeger, elected a Representative in Congress at the last general election. …
Date:
1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Los Angeles County Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz, William Traeger, and Arthur Jewell, 1933

South Gate float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:
A multi-tiered float features ten women. In the center, Mrs. Joseph Parr "playing" the harp, Patricia Shaw seated in the back, and behind her two trumpeters, Donna Mullenger and Saraine Furie. The six other women on the float are, in no order: Josephine Larusso, Leona M. Roberts, Jeanne Hutchens, Mary Henderson, Gloria Crocker, and Dorothy Brown.
Date:
January 2, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
South Gate float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Senator McKinley presenting the Ling Foundation medal to Frank A. Bouelle, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
State Senator James Wilfred McKinley presenting the Ling Foundation medal to Frank A. Bouelle, Superintendent of School in Los Angeles. Bouelle was awarded to medal for establishing the first school playground with equipment in Los Angeles in 1906 and for years directed safety work in the city schools.
Date:
December 16, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Senator McKinley presenting the Ling Foundation medal to Frank A. Bouelle, Los Angeles, 1931

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Judge Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe with fist raised, [Los Angeles?], [1925?]

Description:
A similar photograph appears with the article “Bledsoe Thrills Great Mayoral Rally, Sways Throng With Appeal For Real City Government, Thousands Cheer Jurist as He Denounces Foes of Los Angeles and Pledges Himself to Program of Efficiency, Honesty, and Accomplishment.” Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 1925: A1
Date:
[1925?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Judge Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe with fist raised, [Los Angeles?], [1925?]

Firefighters attend the fire destroying the First Baptist Church of Hollywood, Hollywood, 1935

Description:
Related to the articles, "Church Prey to Flames. Loss Placed at $100,000. Hollywood's First Baptist Razed and Three Hurt Fighting Blaze." Los Angeles Times, 4 May 1935: A1, "Church Destroyed in $100,000 Hollywood Fire - Spring Festivals Begin." Los Angeles Times, 4 May 1935: 16, and "Tent Will Be Temple. First Baptist Congregation, Undaunted by Disaster, to Carry on Today." Los Angeles Times, 5 May 1935: 14.
Date:
May 3, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Firefighters attend the fire destroying the First Baptist Church of Hollywood, Hollywood, 1935

Ten-foot segment removed from Commercial Exchange Building, Los Angeles, between 1935-1936

Description:
In the mid-1930’s, the Commercial Exchange Building on Eighth and Olive Streets was re-sized to accommodate a street-widening project. A ten-foot segment was cut along the thirteen-story building, removed, and the two halves of the building pushed together. The job was supervised by Walker & Eisen and conducted by Kress House Moving Company.
Date:
[between 1935-1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ten-foot segment removed from Commercial Exchange Building, Los Angeles, between 1935-1936