According to early reports of the case, Madalynne Obenchain and J. Belton Kennedy arrived late at Kennedy's summer cottage in Beverly Glen. In the darkness, Obenchain asked Kennedy to retrieve a lucky penny she had left nearby and while he was attempting to find it, an unknown figure shot and killed Kennedy while hidden among brush beside the staircase leading to the cottage.
Woman in long fitted gown with fringed sleeves and long belt, descending stairs from stage, with seated audience at right. The show took place in the Los Angeles Times building on 202 West 1st Street, most likely inside what is now the Harry Chandler Auditorium.
Viewed through an open doorway, Marines form a line that extends through the Hotel del Coronado's inner courtyard during President Franklin Roosevelt's visit to San Diego. The open doorway spans the foreground. Beyond it, a concrete patio stretches across the image. On the right side of the patio, Marines form a line that faces towards the left. They stand feet apart from one another and in a row that curves back towards the left, through the hotel's courtyard. Tall palms and other foliage stand in the courtyard. Guest rooms on the far side of the courtyard stretch across the background.
Related to the article, "PROCESSION MARKS FETE: Latin Residents on Parade Independence Celebration's Concluding Events to Be in Lincoln Park," Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 1935: A2.
Name on negative sleeve and negative may be incorrect? "Frank L. Cunningham" of Los Angeles was very involved in the Lions club and local work, whereas this Frank Cunningham is a traveler and was only in Los Angeles to pick up a tool. A middle initial was not mentioned at all in article; he was just called "Col. Frank Cunningham."
James Cagney, Jean Muir, Mischa Aver, Henry Hall, Binnie Barnes, Lucile Gleason, Wayne Morris, Edward Arnold, Ralph Morgan, Larry Steers, John Garfield, and Fred Keating.
An aerial view of the "Birthday Fiesta Pageant" procession, which began and ended at City Hall. It marks the anniversary of Spanish settlers' "founding" of Los Angeles.
Adolph C. Brauer, police ambulance driver, holds a plaque with the inscription "American Legion, School Award winners, Awarded Annually, Emergency Post No. 483, Los Angeles, Calif."
Mrs. Morgan Adams, wife of Morgan Adams, who is president of the Mortgage Guarantee Company, spends time on a beach with friends. She later became Mrs. Alexander MacDonald.
Dr. Thomas F. Madden standing in front of a Lions International banner, possibly for the Los Angeles club. This photograph may have been taken when Dr. Madden was Fourth District governor of Lions International between 1934-1935.
John Wuest Hunt, a California millionaire and follower of cult leader Father Divine, as a younger man, seated on a low wall in front of a house. In 1937 he was convicted of taking a minor across state lines for "immoral purposes" and sentenced to three years.
John Wuest Hunt, a California millionaire and follower of cult leader Father Divine, as a younger man in an automobile. In 1937 he was convicted of taking a minor across state lines for "immoral purposes" and sentenced to three years.