This is a picture of Los Angeles Times editorial staff, Charles Jackson Berger and Carlton Williams, taken before they took off for Pendleton, Oregon where William Hickman was being held for the kidnapping and murder of Marion Parker.
File photograph of Paul Lowry, turf specialist of the Times for 25 years until his retirement in 1959. He covered races at Santa Anita, Hollywood Park and Del Mar. He served as an automotive and sports editor before becoming the turf writer.
Photograph of S. Fred Hogue, feature editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times. An expert in art, international affairs, history and modern problems, Mr. Hogue was with the Times from 1914 to his death in 1941. He was also one of 12 reporters chosen to be a part of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
File photograph of Los Angeles Times Automotive and Outdoor editor Lynn J. Rogers, who also gained repute as a camera artist and was honored for the same. He joined the firm in 1931, after working with several other newspapers and became editor shortly after. In 1950, he originated the TV show, "The Open Road."
Date on negative sleeve says 1941, but photograph appears younger than Hotchkiss's 1939 portrait photographs. In the 1920s, Hotchkiss was a reporter and city editor for the Los Angeles Times.
Braven Dyer (left), LA Times sportswriter, stand with his left arm around the shoulders of Joe Reddy, press agent. Dyer is wearing a sweater over a shirt and tie. Reddy wears a three piece suit and holds his hat in his hand. A coat lies on a desk behind them. A desk and typewriter are in front of them. Dyer holds what looks like a bowl or pot in his right hand.