Los Angeles police officers H.W. Card, Arthur S. Shivell, Eugene Biscailuz, S.F. Griggers, C.J. Salazar, W.R. Stark and C.E. Pealer, with the trophies they won in a shooting competition with policemen in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Each team competed in their home city and the scores were transmitted by radiogram. The Los Angeles team won five out of the six events.
California Governor, Friend W. Richardson (center), with contestants from The Times Grand Final of the National Oratorical Contest at the Los Angeles High School. This photograph may possibly be related to the article "ORATORICAL GRAND FINAL VICTORY FOR DON TYLER: Franklin High School Boy Wins in Southland Contest; Throng at Meeting Cheers Speakers DON TYLER WINS FINAL CONTEST Franklin High School Boy Victor at Meet Will Represent Southland in Semifinals Crowd Packs Auditorium to Cheer Speakers," Los Angeles Times, 10 May 1924: A1.
William A. Clark Jr. handing a check in the amount of $1,000 to composer Dane Rudhyar, for his symphonic poem, which won a contest. They are standing in front of the observatory on Clarks' property at 2205 West Adams Boulevard. Reported in "TALENT .. HAS .. LARGE .. REWARD: Modernist Wins in Music Contest," Los Angele Times, 02 Jun. 1922: II11. In 1926, William A. Clark Jr. gifted UCLA Southern Campus his library of rare books and transcripts at the West Adams Boulevard location.
In 1934, the Los Angeles Times ran a "Bible Game" contest in its newspapers where readers were asked to submit answers to questions for a chance to win a $3,000 prize.
Photograph of Mrs. Ruth Hodgert as she takes aim with her bow and arrow at the Fifty Fifth Annual Target Meeting of the National Association where she became the women's champion after a stellar performance in which she set new records for the single and double Columbian rounds. The meeting was conducted in U.C.L.A.
Photograph of (L to R): Superior Judge Robert Kenny, photographer Fred Dapprich, and C. J. Ver Halen, editor of American Cinematographer (publication of the American Society of Cinematographers). The men, who are seated and standing at a table covered with photographs, are judging the Los Angeles Times Amateur Snapshot Contest.
Aunt Sunway's Dinner Party was a promotional contest sponsored by the Los Angeles times, in which contestants submit what they think is the best seating arrangement for Martha "Aunt" Sunway's eight dinner guests, based on information about her and her guests in a 31-page booklet. The prizes were worth a total of $12,000, and a model home designed by architects H. Roy Kelley, Edgar F. Bissantz, and Harold G. Spielman was awarded as First