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Mexican American youths detained for questioning

Description:: Mexican American youths in "zoot suits" are detained for questioning in a Los Angeles jail after a brawl.
Date:: ca. 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Portrait of Dr. Francis Everett Townsend

Description:: Portrait image of Dr. Francis Everett Townsend, originator of the Townsend Plan, an old-age pension plan which influenced the creation of Social Security.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Officer Frank E. Walker provides his signature on a document with Deputy District Attorney Howard R. Hinshaw present, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Officer Frank E. Walker provides his signature on a document with Deputy District Attorney Howard R. Hinshaw present. This may be related to a shooting where Mr. Walker's wife was shot and killed by Gladys Carter, wife of Deputy Sheriff Archie Carter. Mrs. Walker lived with the deputy and his wife.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Scott M. Loftin, Democratic politican from Florida, speaks at a podium, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Scott M. Loftin, Democratic politican from Florida, speaks at a podium.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Three policemen face a crowd on young people on a city street, Los Angeles

Description:: Three policemen face a crowd on young people on a city street. One youth looks agitated.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Men loading sacks of onions onto a truck as part of the WPA garden project, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Men loading sacks of onions onto a truck as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) garden project. The WPA was a New Deal agency which employed millions of people across the country to carry out public works projects. In 1938 the WPA garden project employed 1867 people on 665 acres.
Date:: [1938 and 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Detective Lieutenant Buck Wheeler stares down Grant Martin, Los Angeles

Description:: Detective Lieutenant Buck Wheeler stares down Grant Martin
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

City hall and fire station [?] in a small town, California

Description:: Fire station [?] (L) and city hall (R) in a small town, with mountains in the distance. Above the doorway on the right a sign reads "City Hall."
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Evangelist and political figure Robert P. Shuler, Los Angeles

Description:: Evangelist and political figure Robert P. Shuler smiling while sitting with a group of people. Shuler became famous for his controversial sermons and radio broadcasts from Trinity Methodist church.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Oklahoma Governor Leon C. Phillips sitting in a chair and lighting a cigar, circa 1940

Description:: Governor Leon Chase "Red" Phillips, the 11th Governor of Oklahoma, sitting in a chair and lighting a cigar.
Date:: between 1939 and 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Two women with children cross the street in front of LAPD officers Jack Hoyt and Douglas Gourley, Los Angeles

Description:: Two women with children cross the street in front of LAPD officers Jack Hoyt and Douglas Gourley, who are seated in a police car with large amplifiers attached. The car is used by the Los Angeles traffic police
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Man stops to talk to LAPD officers Jack Hoyt and Douglas Gourley, Los Angeles

Description:: Man stops to talk to LAPD officers Jack Hoyt and Douglas Gourley who are sitting it a police car with large amplifiers attached. The car is used by the Los Angeles traffic police.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

State board of equalization member William G. Bonelli and chief liquor control officer Merle Templeton at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Description:: State board of equalization member William G. Bonelli (left) and Chief liquor control officer Merle Templeton talking to each other at the liquor license bribe trial. Both men are accused of involvement in a liquor license bribe scandal in which they allegedly conspired with at least five others to extort money from liquor retailers under threat of causing them to lose their liquor license
Date:: between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

State board of equalization member William G. Bonelli and chief liquor control officer Merle Templeton at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Description:: State board of equalization member William G. Bonelli (left) and Chief liquor control officer Merle Templeton at the liquor license bribe trial. Both men are accused of involvement in a liquor license bribe scandal in which they allegedly conspired with at least five others to extort money from liquor retailers under threat of causing them to lose their liquor license
Date:: between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Group of defendants and attorneys at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Description:: From left to right: Ed Levine, A. Brigham Rose, Richard H. Sampson, Donald MacKay, William G. Bonelli, Merle Templeton, William J. Cook, and unknown (possibly last name O'Brien) at the liquor license bribe trial. Levine, a lobbyist, Bonelli, member of the state board of equalization, Templeton, chief liquor control officer, and Cook, friend and campaign worker for Bonelli are all accused of involvement in a liquor license bribe scandal in which they allegedly conspired to extort money from liquor retailers under threat of causing them to lose their liquor license. Rose is the attorney for Levine, Sampson is representation for Templeton, and MacKay is council for Bonelli.
Date:: between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd of Los Angeles Country Relief Administration workers on strike, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Crowd of Los Angeles Country Relief Administration workers on strike gather due to salary cuts. The strike signs demand a 25% increase in budgets and support the unionization of workers.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Los Angeles Country Relief Administration workers strike due to salary cuts, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Los Angeles Country Relief Administration workers strike due to salary cuts. The strike signs demand a 25% increase in budgets and support the unionization of workers.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mayor Shaw and Governor Merriam pose in front of crowd, Los Angeles, between 1933-1939

Description:: Mayor Shaw and Governor Merriam pose together in front of a crowd. Frank Finley Merriam served as the 28th Governor of California from June 2, 1934 until January 2, 1939. Frank L Shaw was Mayor of Los Angeles from 1933 to September 16, 1938.
Date:: between 1933-1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Deputy Sheriff George R. Burns standing next to a sign that says "Official Cars Only," Los Angeles

Description:: Deputy Sheriff George R. Burns standing next to a sign that says "Official Cars Only."
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Deputy Sheriff George R. Burns smiling at the camera, Los Angeles

Description:: Deputy Sheriff George R. Burns standing with his hands in his pockets smiling at the camera
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Unidentified men and women receive sacks of flour at a county food exchange program, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Unidentified men and women gather at food exchange windows to recieve sacks of flour as part of a county charity program.
Date:: 1930s?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Musicians entertaining children at Farm Security Administration camp during cherry harvest, Beaumont, 1939

Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Los Angeles Country Relief Administration workers strike due to salary cuts, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Los Angeles Country Relief Administration workers strike due to salary cuts. The strike signs demand a 25% increase in budgets and support the unionization of workers.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

LACRA workers have a meeting during a strike, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: LACRA workers on strike gather during a meeting.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sam Williams eating from a large spoon with Police Captain Clement Peoples and Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz at the Los Angeles County Jail

Description:: (left to right) Police captain Clement Peoples, Sam Williams, and Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz tasting something with a large spoon at the Los Angeles County Jail.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Clifford E. Clinton in a bathrobe investigating a hole in the wall of a house with police officer J.E. Hermans, Los Angeles

Description:: County grand jury member Clifford E. Clinton (left, in his bathrobe) and police officer J.E. Hermans investigating a hole in the outside of a house.
Date:: [between 1925 and 1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Full length portrait of Helen Gahagan Douglas, Los Angeles, circa 1939

Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Judge James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor stands next to congressman Thomas Francis Ford, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor stands next to Thomas Francis Ford while wearing a suit. He may be singing. O'Connor was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before becoming a federal judge, President Roosevelt appointed him Comptroller of the Currency in 1933. He served in this position during the Great Depression and resigned in 1938. Ford was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 14th congressional district from 1933-1945.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

J. Edgar Hoover and his assistant Clyde Tolson sitting in beach lounge chairs, circa 1939

Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Vito Marcantonio, member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Vito Marcantonio, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York, sitting in a chair. Marcantonio served in the House as a member of the Republican party from 1935-1937 and later as a member of the American Labor party, from 1939-1951.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Policeman and other men gathered outside of the Department of Motor Vehicles

Description:: Policeman and other men gathered outside of the Department of Motor Vehicles with one man clearly visible in the center of the group
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mexican consuls

Description:: Photographed left to right are Manuel Aguilar and Rudolfo Salazar.
Date:: ca. 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Fletcher Bowron, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

Description:: Fletcher Bowron, Superior Court Judge (1926-1938), and mayor of Los Angeles (1938-1953).
Date:: [between 1930-1039]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Woman on witness stand, [1925-1939?]

Description:: Woman in light dress and hat, seated at witness stand, with woman in sleeveless dress, facing away from camera, possibly clerk or jury member, seated near lamp in foreground
Date:: [between 1925-1939?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

E. A. Bovee, Police Captain of Monrovia, 1920-1939

Description:: Photographic portrait of E. A. Bovee, Police Captain of Monrovia, in uniform and seated in a chair
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

View of the HMS Havock (H 43), San Pedro Harbor, 1936-1939

Description:: View of the HMS Havock (H 43), a Destroyer in the Royal Navy, at Berth 57 in the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. The berth number is visible on the building behind the ship and "H 43" is painted in the side of the ship in two places. The HMS Havock was launched in 1936 and lost in 1942.
Date:: [between 1936-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lieutenant General Albert J. Bowley and Elsie Bowley, 1931-1939

Description:: Lieutenant General Albert J. Bowley and his wife, Elsie Bowley, possibly on a ship. The Bowleys were married September 12, 1931.
Date:: [between 1931-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Identical triplet sons of politician George W. Neal playing on the beach with other children, Santa Monica, circa 1930's

Description:: Tom, Dick, and Harry Neal, the 8-year-old triplet sons of Asst. Secretary of State of Arkansas George W. Neal play-boxing on the beach with other children during a vacation to Santa Monica with their mother.
Date:: [circa 1930's]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Santa Monica City Hall dedication, Mayor Edmond S. Gillette and others at luncheon or dinner, Santa Monica, 1939

Description:: Mayor Edmond S. Gillette, in white dinner jacket, seated at long table set with glasses, plates, and flowers, with two men at left and two men and two women at right
Date:: November 25, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Santa Monica City Hall, facade, decorated for dedication, Santa Monica, 1939

Description:: Santa Monica City Hall, facade, decorated for dedication with bunting and banners reading Welcome to Santa Monica, 66, Will Rogers Highway, with woman standing near front entrance
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Santa Monica City Hall dedication, Mayor Edmond S. Gillette and police officer, Santa Monica, 1939

Description:: Mayor Edmond S. Gillette, in suit, tie, and hat, and police officer, in uniform, pointing, both standing in rear courtyard of new city hall building, with police car in background
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Santa Monica City Hall dedication, Santa Monica, 1939

Description:: Santa Monica City Hall dedication ceremony, with man speaking at KFVD microphone at dais at left, Mayor Edmond S. Gillette and about 6 other men behind, about 10 men in first rows of audience in folding chairs at right, in entry court in front of new city hall building
Date:: November 25, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Flagman and bugler in silhouette, [1920-1939?]

Description:: Men with flags and bugle, in hats and possibly in uniform, photographed in silhouette on hillside, flagman standing, waving 2 small flags, bugler on one knee, possibly at Palisades Park, Santa Monica
Date:: [1920-1939?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Santa Monica City Hall dedication, Mayor Edmond S. Gillette and two others at entrance, Santa Monica, 1939

Description:: Mayor Edmond S. Gillette and 2 other men, in suits and ties, standing on steps at entrance plaza of Santa Monica City Hall, at 1685 Main St., with tile and glass facade above glass doors
Date:: November 25, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Santa Monica City Hall dedication, three women and city seal, Santa Monica, 1939

Description:: Santa Monica city seal in installation process in floor, with three women posing with trowels
Date:: November 25, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Santa Monica City Hall dedication, Mayor Edmond S. Gillette speaking, Santa Monica, 1939

Description:: Mayor Edmond S. Gillette, in suit and tie, hand in jacket pocket, holding microphone, speaking at dais in front of new city hall building, with another man standing at left, about five men behind them, and seated audience partially visible at right
Date:: November 25, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Santa Monica City Hall dedication, Mayor Edmond S. Gillette and flowers, Santa Monica, 1939

Description:: Santa Monica mayor Edmond S. Gillette, in suit and tie, standing with hands in jacket pockets, behind desk or table about 5 large flower arrangements and airplane model
Date:: November 25, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Santa Monica City Hall dedication, Santa Monica, 1939

Description:: Santa Monica City Hall dedication ceremony, with man in suit, tie, and decorated yoke speaking at KFVD microphone at flag-draped dais at left, audience of about 30 people, mostly men, in folding chairs at right, in entry court in front of new city hall building
Date:: November 25, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Santa Monica City Hall dedication, Santa Monica, 1939

Description:: Santa Monica City Hall dedication ceremony, with man speaking at KFVD microphone at flag-draped dais at left, audience of about 30 people, mostly men, in folding chairs at right, in entry court in front of new city hall building, with bunting and California flag on wall at right
Date:: November 25, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Santa Monica publicity director Michael William Guiney, Santa Monica, 1939

Description:: Michael William Guiney, seated at desk, in jacket, tie, and checked shirt, smiling
Date:: December 1, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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