Photographer: Watson, George R., 1892-1977 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Louise Peete was convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob Denton. She served 18 years in San Quentin before being released. In 1945 she was convicted of a second murder, this time of Margaret Logan, a wealthy woman who had supported Peete while she was in prison. For the second murder she was given the death penalty, and in 1947 became the second woman to be executed in California.
Date:: [October 6, 1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "Mrs. Peete Weeps Where Denton was Murdered; Leads Officers Over Catalina Street Mansion of Mystery; Asks Public Not to Judge Her Yet," Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 1920: II1.
Date:: [October 6, 1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Reported in the Los Angeles Times article, "Defenders Refused to be Tricked Into False Move; Bulwark of Seaplanes Saves Los Angeles Harbor," 3 Oct. 1920: I1.
Date:: 1920
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Navy sailors aboard the USS Baltimore load the ship's gun during training maneuvers at the Port of Los Angeles.
Date:: September 30, 1920-October 2, 1920
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph appears with the article "Defenders Refused to be Tricked Into False Move; Bulwark of Seaplanes Saves Los Angeles Harbor," 3 Oct. 1920: I1.
Date:: September 30, 1920-October 2, 1920
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Navy sailors aboard the USS Baltimore, CM-1, cheer as they surround a mine during training maneuvers in the Port of Los Angeles.
Date:: [between 1920-1921]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Sailor F. W. Krause training to compete for the Navy in track and field. He was the 440 division champion at the time, and he ran with the undefeated relay team.
Date:: [March 1925]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The camera looks across the field at Whittier College during the 1925 football game between Occidental College and Whittier College. Off-center to the left, the majority of the players are tangled up in a pile-up. Oxy Tiger center, Solly Mishkin, carries the ball in front and at the center of the pile-up. He drops to his knees as Whittier's defenders tackle him from behind. Crowds fill the stands in the background. Off-center to the right, a campus building rises behind the stands.
Date:: [circa October 31, 1925]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Finnish track star Paavo Nurmi poses for a photograph with an unidentified man at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Date:: April 25, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: This photograph is related to the article, “Nurmi Thrills 45,000 Track Fans,” Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr 1925: A1.
Date:: April 25, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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