Left to right, artists of the Los Angeles Times: Allen Turner, Oliver French, Salvador Baguez, Harlan Kirby. all of the men wear suits and ties. French and Kirby wear glasses. Baguez wears a double-breasted suit.
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.
C. F. Hayden sits at his desk in a wooden chair. A desk lamp sits on the top shelf of his desk. His desk is neat, with just a desk pad and some stacked papers. He holds a stubby pencil in his right hand and rests his left hand in his lap. He is in a wood paneled office. A typewriter sits to the right of his desk, behind him. Hayden wears a three piece suit and round glasses.
Photograph of Francis Read "Speed" Kendall, a reporter for The Times. He began his career as the youngest police beat reporter for the Los Angeles Record. After working for some other newspapers briefly, he returned to The Times in 1928, where he worked until 1942. He was noted primarily for his coverage of Hollywood both as a feature writer and in his column "Around and About Hollywood."
Rephotograph of a file picture of Los Angeles Times employee, James W. Berry. Mr. Berry joined The Times in 1912. In 1925, he was appointed country circulation manager, a post he held until his death in 1935.
Guy Stafford (left), Los Angeles Times reporter and editor, and Bruce Russell, Los Angeles Times editorial cartoonist sit side by side in chairs, posing for a portrait photograph.
Harry Carr, Los Angeles Times reporter, editor and columnist, standing in a doorway with hat in hand at the port in San Pedro upon his return from a trip to Europe.
Photograph published with the article, "Carr Reviews World Trip: 'Times' Writer Declares Welter of Political and Economic Intrigue Surrounds America," Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 1934: A1.
Photograph of Harry Carr seated on a dock. Carr was a Los Angeles Times reporter, editor and columnist. The image probably dates between 1900-1920. The copy print was made shortly after his death, from a heart attack.
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.
Portrait photograph of L. D. Hotchkiss, managing editor of the Los Angeles Times (later editor-in-chief). Photograph is about 7/8 profile from the chest up.
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."
Photograph of Guy Stafford, member of the Los Angeles Times staff from 1927 and city editor from 1937 to 1943. Mr. Stafford fought in World War I, following which he continued living in Germany until 1923, where we worked as editor of the Armoc News, the daily paper for the American Army of Occupation. After a brief stint at Santa Barbara News after 1923, he came to the LA Times in 1927. He served as picture editor and day city editor before becoming city editor.
About the subjects:Harry Carr was a reporter, editor and columnist with the Times for almost all of his career. He was given an honorable mention by a Pulitzer Prize committee on awards. After he died of a heart attack at age fifty-eight, his funeral was attended by more than a thousand people. Lanier Bartlett wrote for the Times and also wrote film scripts. Mabel Brigham was a Times society editor. Edward F. Dishman joined the Times as the night city editor after his 1897 arrival in Los Angeles, and later became the Los Angeles Chief of Police. John A. Gray joined with the Times in 1899, went on to the Hearst newspaper and in 1931 became the executive secretary of the Municipal Light and Power Defense League. W. R. Greenwood was a rancher and a reporter for the Times from 1893 to 1911. Frank Greaves joined the Times editorial staff some time after his arrival in Los Angeles in 1890 and started a printing business in 1910. John von Blon was an editor at the Times for 17 years. Julian Johnson joined the Times in the early 1900's and was the drama critic by 1911. After other journalism positions in New York, he returned to Los Angeles to write for film. William S. Livengood was with the Times from 1895 to 1907 as police, courthouse and City Hall reporter, telegraph editor, and contest manager.A. M. Row was an editor at the Los Angeles Times from 1897 to 1912. His work as editor of the church department earned him the nickname "The Deacon." He also wrote Los Angeles Times articles on topics of religion, and hiking and camping. In addition to her articles for the Times, Constance Lindsay Skinner wrote for papers in Canada, Chicago and New York. She also published children's books.
Phtoograph of Mabelle E. Wyman, home economics authority and Times culinary education department conductor, at a table with a chicken. She took over the mantle after the death of her husband, popular as "Chef Wyman," until her death in 1931. Mrs. Wyman also published a book of recipes in her husband's memory. In this picture, she is inserting stuffing in a turkey.
Richard T. Nimmons [known as Dick Nimmons], Times correspondent and a senior student at Pomona College after being named director of news service for Pomona College. He worked as a public relations agent for the institution. [He later returned as Vice President, retiring in 1976.]
Photograph of Harry Bowling, Times Editorial writer for 30 years [1912-1942] until his retirement. Originally from England, Mr. Bowling got American citizenship in 1901 and wrote poems, stories and editorial articles for the Los Angeles Times.
Photograph of Times Editor (in the 1940s) Stella Brockway. Married to Sidney Omohundro, Ms. Brockway wrote under her maiden name for the LA Times after moving to California post-marriage.
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.
Photograph of Times employee Earl E. Craven. Mr. Craven was an employee of the Los Angeles Times from 1923 to 1956 (his death), rising through the ranks from assistant telegraph editor to being the assistant managing editor. In the years that he covered the night shift as the news editor and assistant managing editor, Mr. Craven was largely responsible for the make up of the Times' home edition. He also conducted a weekly broadcast on Times programs.
Photograph of Charles C. Cohan who served as Los Angeles Times' Real Estate editor from 1932 to 1959, until his retirement. Before coming to LA, he served as a reporter and editor for the Butte Miner in Montana, during which he co-wrote the state song of Montana, "Montana." He was also designated "Dean of California Real Estate Editors" in 1951 by members of the California Real Estate Association.
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.
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.
Photograph of Ralph Trueblood, Los Angeles Times managing editor, seated in profile, wearing a suit and tie. Trueblood was likely photographed in Los Angeles.
Photograph of Ralph Trueblood, Los Angeles Times managing editor, seated, wearing a suit jacket, slacks and shirt with bow tie. Trueblood wears an earpiece with cord seen draped around his torso. Trueblood was likely photographed in Los Angeles.
Timothy G. Turner, reporter for the Los Angeles Times, stands with his back to the camera, holding a newspaper. His knees are slightly bent, and he faces an ajar door. He wears a hat and suit. Three pictures and a clock hang on the wall.
Valerie Watrous wrote the column "The Woman and Her Job" from May of 1923 to June of 1926. She continued to occasionally write for the newspaper through 1930