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Description:: Hundreds of boys and men enjoy Christmas dinner, provided by the Los Angeles Newsboys Club. A sign in the back of the room cites the event as the 13th annual dinner.
Date:: December 25, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The camera hovers over a large crowd of children and their parents at the Wilshire Council P.T.A.'s Christmas party held at the Farmers' Public Market. The crowd occupies the lower two-thirds of the image and generally faces towards the right. To the right of the crowd, Edward Shaffer, dressed as Santa Claus, stands elevated from the crowd and hands out gifts to children in the crowd. He faces towards camera as he picks up a gift. The large pile of gifts sit the right of him. Behind and to the right of him, children form a line. Beyond Santa Claus and the crowd, cars park in a row. Farther back, the Farmers' Public Market stall stretches across the background.
Date:: December 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: A cropped version of this image appears in the photo spread titled, "Smart Set of Southland Turns Out for Opening Day of Races at Santa Anita," Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 1935: A13
Date:: December 25, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: From left to right, a Santa Claus sits in his display and a boy stands in front of him. The boy sports a suit as he stands facing Santa Claus. Santa Claus looks towards the boy as he holds one of his hands. He sits in a small Christmas display. The back of Santa Claus' chair is shaped like a Christmas tree. It is recessed in a little alcove. A candy-cane striped column stands behind and between Santa Claus and the boy.
Date:: [circa December, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Related to the article, "CHRISTMAS PLANS LAID: City Ready for Observance Thousands of Children as Well as Grown-ups Will Be Remembered CITY AWAITS CHRISTMAS Plans Laid for Observance Thousands of Children and Grown-ups to Be Cheered by Charitable Groups," Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 1935: A1
Date:: December 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Children pose beside Santa Claus and his sleigh during the Shriners' Christmas party. About a dozen children stand in a cluster at left. They all don fezzes that read, "FS," and hold up the gifts they received. At center, a Shriner member stands to the right of the group and points towards the children. Behind him, from left to right, Santa Claus and Mickey Mouse stand in a sleigh. The Mickey Mouse character holds onto the sleigh's reins. Hoofed animals stand in partial view ahead of the sleigh at right. Painted scenery stretches across the background.
Date:: December 23, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: At left, a Santa Claus sits, facing right, in his small Christmas display as he greets visiting children. Three young girls line up to the right of him. The two leftmost girls don the same outfit. One of them stands slightly behind Santa Claus and smiles to camera. Her sister (presumably) stands in front of Santa and looks towards him. A girl in braided pigtails stands to the right of them. She pouts as she looks towards Santa Claus. The back of Santa Claus' chair is shaped like a Christmas tree. It is recessed in a little alcove that is flanked by candy-cane striped columns.
Date:: [circa December, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Off-center to the right, Lieutenant Virginia White sits among several children during the Salvation Army's Christmas party at Polytechnic High School. Lieutenant White is dressed in all black and looks to the right of the camera. A young girl sits on her lap. Behind and to either side of her, 2 boys stand. The boy at left holds a toy airplane. Two more boys stand to either side of Virginia White's lap. Another girl stands at far left and holds a doll. Two boys sit on the ground in front of everyone. The children all hold small gift boxes. Folding chairs rest or hang from the wall at left.
Date:: December 27, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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