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Jeanne Vaillancourt, Marjorie May, and Virginia Chatterton, members of Chi Alpha Epsilon of Pasadena, Pasadena, 1936

Description:
Left to right: Jeanne Vaillancourt, Marjorie May, and Virginia Chatterton. The women are outside on a patio. Vaillaincourt is seated in a wicker chair, May is standing in the middle, and Chatterton sits on the arm of another wicker chair. Vaillaincourt and Chatterton are looking at each other while May looks at the camera. All three hold masks of famous actresses: Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, and Zasu Pitts, respectively.
Date:
[circa May 1, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Kentle, Jean
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Jeanne Vaillancourt, Marjorie May, and Virginia Chatterton, members of Chi Alpha Epsilon of Pasadena, Pasadena, 1936

Broadway Tunnel, Fort Moore Hill and the Hall of Justice seen from Spring Street, Los Angeles, 1925-1939

Description:
View down Spring Street from the intersection with Sunset Blvd. (now Cesar Chavez Avenue), facing SW towards the Broadway Tunnel on the right, and the Hall of Justice of the left beyond Fort Moore Hill. A Standard [gas] Station is on the corner. A sign reading "IT'S IN THE EXAMINER" (seen from the back) is visible in the upper center of the photograph. There are 4 billboard signs above and to the left of Broadway Tunnel advertising Carnation Milk and " Aunt Jemina's Daddy!". Rear view of the Hall of Justice Building. A gas station (Standard Stations Inc.) is in the shot as well.
Date:
[between 1925-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Broadway Tunnel, Fort Moore Hill and the Hall of Justice seen from Spring Street, Los Angeles, 1925-1939

Manuel Mecarte, Regina Atwood and 5 other women at a beach with his boat, Philippine Tango, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
At a beach, four women are seated in an outrigger canoe. Standing at the front of the boat are Manuel Mecarte, the boat owner, Regina Atwood, holding a bottle by the neck to christen the boat, and an unidentified woman behind them. The name of the boat, "Philippine Tango," and Mecarte's initials "MM" are painted on the side of the boat.
Date:
January 21, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Manuel Mecarte, Regina Atwood and 5 other women at a beach with his boat, Philippine Tango, Los Angeles, 1936

View down Broadway from Seventh Street, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
View down Broadway from a building at the SW corner of the intersection with 7th Street. Visible on the right are signs for the Boos Brothers Cafeteria, the Palace Theater, Schabe's, and Desmond's. Flags are suspended from cables over the intersection, including four United States flags and one flag for Cuba. A banner reads "Visit Your / Harbor / Feb. 22nd / Harbor Day / Trade / Week / Feb. 16-22." The intersection is packed with pedestrians and an electric railroad car is visible.
Date:
[circa February 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
View down Broadway from Seventh Street, Los Angeles, 1936

Joseph Scott disembarks from a plane, Los Angeles vicinity, circa 1930s

Description:
Off-center to the right, Joseph Scott poses while disembarking from an airplane. He stands on the middle step of a step stool near the plane's rear door. Joseph Scott holds a hat in his hand as he looks to camera. Behind him, the plane's fuselage stretches across the image. Text along the side of the plane reads, "[...]ENTRALES. S.A.," and "[...]X[...]."
Date:
[circa 1930s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Joseph Scott disembarks from a plane, Los Angeles vicinity, circa 1930s

Paul McDonald, Joe Shapiro and Charles Forbes wait in the District Attorney's office, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
At center, from left to right, Paul McDonald and Joe Shapiro sit behind a table or desk in the District Attorney's office after being brought in for questioning on racketeering charges. At far right, Claude Forbes leans over the table and reaches for McDonald. McDonald and Forbes appear to be in a fight. McDonald swings his arm upward towards Forbes. Meanwhile, Forbes grabs at a handkerchief or cloth held by McDonald. Between them, Shapiro sits back with his eyes closed. A wall and window at right stretch behind them.
Date:
[circa February 27, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Paul McDonald, Joe Shapiro and Charles Forbes wait in the District Attorney's office, Los Angeles, 1936

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

Military personnel scour through the wreckage of Lieutenant Browne Clement's downed aircraft, Monterey Park, 1936

Description:
A different photograph of the same plane crash appears with the caption, "Propeller Comes Off, Wrecking Airplane Wreckage of Lieut. Browne Clement's' army pursuit plane in grain field at Monterey Park with March Field mechanics disassembling it for return to airport. Propeller shown in foreground was retrieved from front yard 500 yards away. Times photo," Los Angeles Times, 05 Apr. 1936: 2
Date:
April 4, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Military personnel scour through the wreckage of Lieutenant Browne Clement's downed aircraft, Monterey Park, 1936

Ebba Rankin, Mrs. Lawrence Grant, and Eleanor Floercky of the Writers' Club, Hollywood, 1936

Description:
Ebba Rankin, Mrs. Lawrence Grant, and Eleanor M. Floercky sit at a square table covered in a checked tablecloth. Four place settings are set. Rankin and Grant hold cups of coffee or tea, while Floercky holds a cigarette in her left hand. All three women wear hats and Grant wears a fur stole. A window and a brick wall are behind them.
Date:
[January 26, 1926?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Ebba Rankin, Mrs. Lawrence Grant, and Eleanor Floercky of the Writers' Club, Hollywood, 1936

Burton Green, Miles Gray, Dr. John Lordan and Martha Woodin relax poolside at El Mirador, Palm Springs, circa 1936

Description:
From left to right, Burton Green, Miles Gray, Dr. John Lorden and Martha Woodin sit on the pool deck at El Mirador in Palm Springs. They cluster together, off-center to the right. All but Miles Gray wear street clothes and sit in folding, canvas chairs. Miles Gray appears to have just swam. He sits behind and between Burton Green and John Lordan. Behind and to the left of Burton Green, the pool's diving board extends to the left and out-of-frame. An arcade stretches around the pool deck's perimeter in the background.
Date:
[circa January 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Burton Green, Miles Gray, Dr. John Lordan and Martha Woodin relax poolside at El Mirador, Palm Springs, circa 1936

Judith Alden and Harry Ross at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Harry Ross applying lipstick to actress Judith Alden. Alden was appearing in a revival of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon. It is likely that this photograph was taken at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Theatre Project.
Date:
April 21, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Judith Alden and Harry Ross at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936

Model Priscilla Lawson and two other women, Times fashion show, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Priscilla Lawson, in dress, coat, and hat with flowers, holding gloves, and two other women, probably models, one in dress, fur stole, and hat with feathers, one in dotted dress and hat with veil, all standing in hallway. The fachion show took place in the Los Angeles Times building on 202 West 1st Street, most likely inside what is now the Harry Chandler Auditorium. Two pieces of paper tacked onto the doors behind the models contain the names of department stores (?) and motion picture studios: on L: "[Br]oadway..." and on R:" 20th Century-Fox, R-K-O, Warner Bros, Universal, M-G-M, United Artists, Walter Wanger."
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Model Priscilla Lawson and two other women, Times fashion show, Los Angeles, 1936

Aspic or gelatin-based salad accompanied by cornichons, 1936

Description:
A multi-layered Aspic or gelatin-based (i.e. Jell-o) salad on a plate, garnished with small gherkin or cornichon pickles. A large bowl of white sauce is visible at the side. Photo has crop marks (also known as trim marks) to show a printer how to crop the photo. Portions of other photos are visible at the edges.
Date:
[January 29, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Aspic or gelatin-based salad accompanied by cornichons, 1936

Children fly kites near Silver Spray Pleasure Pier, Long Beach, [between 1920-1939]

Description:
In the foreground, people crowd the beach on the north side of Silver Spray Pleasure Pier in Long Beach. Children on the beach carry or fly kites. From the middle of the crowd, a kite with a long tail sails over the beach at center. Across the kite, text reads, "LONG BEACH." The crowd extends back towards the pier, which stretches across the background. Along the side of the pier, a sign reads, "SILVER SP[...] PLEASURE PIER." A roller coaster sits behind it on the pier. About a couple dozen kites are visible sailing through the sky in the distance.
Date:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Children fly kites near Silver Spray Pleasure Pier, Long Beach, [between 1920-1939]