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Admiral William V. Pratt arrives at train station, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Admiral William V. Pratt arrives at the train station from Washington to accompany the battle fleet for the war games in Panama. Photograph appears with the article "FLEET TO PAUSE HERE NEXT YEAR: Entire Naval Force Will Arrive in April, 1932 Visit to Be Climax of Great War Game in Pacific Admiral Pratt Describes Plans for Maneuvers," Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 1931: A1.
Date:
January 28, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Admiral William V. Pratt arrives at train station, Los Angeles, 1931

USS Ranger, 1935

Description:
The USS Ranger (CV-4) sails in the near distance at center. It sails towards the left and is viewed from its port side. Dark smoke billows out from one of its funnels. In the distance, another ship is partially visible behind and to the left of the USS Ranger. Land forms stretch across the horizon.
Date:
1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
USS Ranger, 1935

Ground-level view of Navy Day commemoration at City Hall steps, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Ground-level view of Navy Day commemoration at City Hall steps outside 200 North Spring Street entrance. A stage and podium, built for speakers (such as Mayor Frank L. Shaw) and honored naval officials, can be seen. Patriotic decor frame the podium and surrounding exterior. Also in view, the column and arches which make up the facade to the Spring Street entrance of City Hall. Thousands of spectators surround the steps. The event celebrated the importance of American naval forces on Navy Day, October 27th, a day which commemorated the establishment of the American Navy in 1775. (Navy Day is no longer celebrated as it was absorbed into Armed Forces Day.)The 2000 spectators listened not only to notable speeches extolling the navy at City Hall, but also witnessed a band concert and the aerial feats of naval airplanes flying overhead. Commemorations also occured in Los Angeles Harbor, Long Beach Naval Reserve Airport, and elsewhere in the Southland.
Date:
October 28, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ground-level view of Navy Day commemoration at City Hall steps, Los Angeles, 1935

Captain William O. Spears (left) of the U. S. Navy and Commander Herbert H. Jones of the Naval Reserve, 1935

Description:
Captain William O. Spears (left) sits behind a desk. He is wearing a pin-striped suit jacket and has both arms resting on the desk in front of him. Some sheets of paper lay on the desk in front of him. To his left, Commander Herbert H. Jones, wearing naval uniform, stands over him.
Date:
July 27, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Captain William O. Spears (left) of the U. S. Navy and Commander Herbert H. Jones of the Naval Reserve, 1935

Three Navy drill teams in American Legion Parade, Long Beach, 1931

Description:
Reported in "Patriotic Spectacle in State Legion Parade That Stirred Memories of World Conflict: COAST LEGION TACKLES UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF Long Beach Gathering Discusses Problems of Idle Veterans and Compensation," Los Angeles Times, 01 Sep. 1931: A1; "Ex-Soldiers Hold Parade," Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 1931: A1; and "Drums Call Veterans: American Legion Delegates Arrive at Long Beach for California Convention," Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 1931: A1.
Date:
August 31, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Three Navy drill teams in American Legion Parade, Long Beach, 1931

Aircraft industrialist Donald W. Douglas speaks at City Hall on Navy Day, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Donald Wills Douglas, aircraft industrialist and founder of Douglas Aircraft Company, speaks at the podium at the City Hall steps on the 200 North Spring Street entrance. Patriotic decor frame the surrounding stage. Also in view, the column and arches which make up the facade to the Spring Street entrance of City Hall. Douglas spoke on the needed focus of naval aircraft technology. The event celebrated the importance of American naval forces on Navy Day, October 27th, a day which commemorated the establishment of the American Navy in 1775. (Navy Day is no longer observed as it was absorbed into Armed Forces Day.) The 2000 spectators listened not only to notable speeches extolling the navy at City Hall, but also witnessed a band concert and the aerial feats of naval airplanes flying overhead. Commemorations also occured in Los Angeles Harbor, Long Beach Naval Reserve Airport, and elsewhere in the Southland.
Date:
October 28, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Aircraft industrialist Donald W. Douglas speaks at City Hall on Navy Day, Los Angeles, 1935