Arial view of pickets from the Workers Alliance outside the State Building during the State Relief Administration hearings. The Workers Alliance was protesting a 40% cut to relief checks, which was one of the topics at the hearing. The hearing was led by an appointed committee of seven Senators and eight Assemblymen
View from above of shoppers around a table of rayon print dresses during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles. Stores hired extra salespersons and the city arranged for extra streetcars and policemen to accommodate the more than 200,000 bargain-hunters who came out for the sale
Aerial view from the Tupolev ANT-25 long-range Soviet airplane that Mikhail Gromov, Andrei Yumashev, and Sergei Danilin piloted from Moscow to a field outside San Jacinto, CA. The flight broke the record for longest non-stop flight, and helped to popularize the polar air route from Europe to North America. July 14, 1937.
Aerial view of pedestrians and The Owl Drug Co. on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. Photo was probably taken by Elizabeth Straughn as part of her "street-corner experiences" series
Aerial view of pedestrians and The Owl Drug Co. on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. Photo was probably taken by Elizabeth Straughn as part of her "street-corner experiences" series
Aerial view of pedestrians and The Owl Drug Co. on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. Photo was probably taken by Elizabeth Straughn as part of her "street-corner experiences" series
Aerial view of pedestrians and The Owl Drug Co. on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. Photo was probably taken by Elizabeth Straughn as part of her "street-corner experiences" series
Aerial view of the housing on Ann St.; the subject of a proposed city "slum clearance" ordinance, which would demolish 450 units on the street at a cost of about $2,000,000. The ordinance was ultimately opposed by the City Council. This photo shows a train in the background, which was cited by a council member as reason for why the neighborhood was undesirable
Aerial view of spectators in the stands on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park. 33,000 spectators came out to watch California-bred Sweepida win the $50,000 Derby.
Aerial view from the Tupolev ANT-25 long-range Soviet airplane that Mikhail Gromov, Andrei Yumashev, and Sergei Danilin piloted from Moscow to a field outside San Jacinto, CA. The flight broke the record for longest non-stop flight, and helped to popularize the polar air route from Europe to North America. July 14, 1937.