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Description:: Three unidentified men are inspecting three cars available for auction in the Public Administrator's storeroom. Part of a fourth car can be seen on the far right. In the background, a wire fence can be seen. Leftmost car is a 1930-1932 Cadillac, with a goddess hood ornament. It is being looked at by a man in a light colored brimmed hat and short sleeved shirt. Middle car is a Pontiac, circa 1933, with a Chief hood ornament. It is being looked at by a man with glasses and a shirt with rolled up sleeves, no hat. The third car is a Ford V8, circa 1935, being looked at by a man with a brimmed hat, a pipe in his mouth, a vest, and a shirt with rolled up sleeves.
Date:: August 8, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: From front to back, S. F. "Nick" Carter and J. V. Anderson, police officers, pose with unclaimed items up for auction at the semi-annual police auction. S. F. Carter sits in a wheelchair, off-center to the left. He plays a guitar and appears to sing. Directly behind him, J. V. Carter smiles to camera while holding onto a camera. Beside the officers, a large table enters frame at right and extends back towards center. It is cluttered with unclaimed property. Typewriters, vacuum cleaners, shoes, cameras, clocks and tennis rackets are some of the items that sit atop the table. Purses and a pair of ice skates hang above the table at right. Luggage sits in a stack beneath the table.
Date:: December 8, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Five of the twenty-six Belgian draft horses being auctioned off by Los Angeles County at Los Angeles's Union Stock Yards. L.A. County's Board of Supervisors had assessed that the draft horses, though they had won many prizes and obtained national recognition, were too expensive to continue to care for. The twenty-six horses netted $11,367.50 at auction.
Date:: April 18, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: One of the twenty-six Belgian draft horses being auctioned off by Los Angeles County at Los Angeles's Union Stock Yards. L.A. County's Board of Supervisors had assessed that the draft horses, though they had won many prizes and obtained national recognition, were too expensive to continue to care for. The twenty-six horses netted $11,367.50 at auction.
Date:: April 18, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Five of the twenty-six Belgian draft horses being auctioned off by Los Angeles County at Los Angeles's Union Stock Yards. L.A. County's Board of Supervisors had assessed that the draft horses, though they had won many prizes and obtained national recognition, were too expensive to continue to care for. The twenty-six horses netted $11,367.50 at auction.
Date:: April 18, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Five of the twenty-six Belgian draft horses being auctioned off by Los Angeles County at Los Angeles's Union Stock Yards. L.A. County's Board of Supervisors had assessed that the draft horses, though they had won many prizes and obtained national recognition, were too expensive to continue to care for. The twenty-six horses netted $11,367.50 at auction.
Date:: April 18, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A Deputy Marshall Jerry Wenger and Hortense Harms pose regally holding pieces of stage props. Wenger wears a helmet and carries various props such as a sword and shield. Harms carries a crown and costume. Other large objects, probably stage sets and props, are behind them against a brick wall. Harms was the former educational director of the Shakespeare Guild of America, of which she was also a financier. The theater company went defunct and this image depicts Harms with items the company put up for auction when it went under. Wenger led the auctioning off of the items. The event took place at 1701 South Hill Street.
Date:: October 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Leatrice Gilbert (aka Leatrice Joy Gilbert) at father John Gilbert's estate auction bidding on items with help of aunt Irene Ryan
Date:: August 24, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Leatrice Gilbert (aka Leatrice Joy Gilbert) at father John Gilbert's estate auction bidding on items with help of aunt Irene Ryan
Date:: August 24, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Related to the article, "Shakespeare Set Pieces Sold by Marshal." Los Angeles Times, October 22, 1935
Date:: October 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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