Fully-clothed man stands in the Youth Triumphant (or The Four Cornerstones of American Democracy) Fountain on the University of Southern California's campus while a large crowd watches, possibly associated with the USC - UCLA riots.
The Santa Clara Broncos and the Loyola Lions clash during a regular season game in Los Angeles. Head Coach Buck Shaw's Broncos were as-yet undefeated in the 1937 season and prevailed against Loyola, eventually finishing the 1937 season 9-0 and winning the Sugar Bowl against #8 team LSU. October 24, 1937.
The trip, accompanied by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, was his first to the city as President. Papers estimated hundreds of thousands saw the President . Central Station was located at Fifth and Alameda Street.
Hungarian wrestler Sandor Szabo making his way through the crowd before a match against American wrestler George Zaharias. The two athletes faced each other several times in the late 1930s.
Followers of Robert Noble, whom he has promised "$25 every Monday morning" as part of a pension plan. Noble's supporters were very loyal to him, even though he did not follow through on many of his promises. He was arrested on suspicion of grand theft bunko and also several misdemeanor charges including parading without a permit, blocking the road, and refusing to disperse. Noble spent five days in jail and was planning a gubernatorial campaign upon his release.
Uniformed men directing the crowds of spectators at the National Air Races, held at the Los Angeles Municipal Airport. Nearly 100 of the most talented pilots from across the world participated and thousands attended.
Wreckage from crash that occurred near Sprott Airport at Telegraph Road and Atlantic Boulevard. Pilot and passenger survived. Man next to plane may be George (Tony) Schwamm, pilot of plane and son of former Fire Commissioner Anthony Schwamm.
President Roosevelt gave a speech at the Coliseum at the end of a motorcade through the city. The trip was Roosevelt’s first as President. Newspapers estimated the crowd at the Coliseum in the tens of thousands.
President Roosevelt speaks to the crowd from his car at the end of his motorcade through the city during his one day visit. In his car was his wife Eleanor Roosevelt and then Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw.
Prince and Princess Kaya of Japan are greeted by a crowd and escorted by Mayor Frank L. Shaw upon their arrival in California. The royal couple may be arriving at La Grande Station. In 1934, Prince and Princess Kaya embarked on a 5-day visit to Los Angeles and a seven-month world tour in 1934, visiting the United States, Great Britain, France, and Germany. Frank Lawrence Shaw (February 1, 1877 – January 24, 1958) was an American politician. In 1933, he successfully ran for mayor of Los Angeles. He was re-elected in 1937 but was recalled from office on September 16, 1938.
Members of the Worker’s Alliance at 1st and Soto Streets protesting State Relief Administrator Walter Chambers’s seemingly arbitrary 40% cut to checks given out to S.R.A. relief workers.
State Relief Administrator Walter Chambers (center, glasses) addressing a crowd of Worker's Alliance members protesting Chambers’s seemingly arbitrary 40% cut to checks given out to S.R.A. relief workers.
State Relief Administrator Walter Chambers (center, glasses) addressing a crowd of Worker's Alliance members protesting Chambers’s seemingly arbitrary 40% cut to checks given out to S.R.A. relief workers.
Protest against war organized by UCLA students held off campus due to university rules. Meeting was held at the same time as an Armistice Day / football rally on campus. Rally was part of a nationwide day of protest by students.
Protest against war organized by UCLA students held off campus due to university rules. Meeting was held at the same time as an Armistice Day / football rally on campus. Rally was part of a nationwide day of protest by students.
Crowd waiting to enter Shrine Auditorium for a San Francisco Opera Association performance of Tristan and Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) on opening night of the Opera. Star of the show was Kirsten Flagstad, the Norwegian soprano, accompanied by the San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Crowd lined up outside Shrine Auditorium for a San Francisco Opera Association performance of Tristan and Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) on opening night of the Opera. Star of the show was Kirsten Flagstad, the Norwegian soprano, accompanied by the San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Audience gathered at the Hollywood Bowl to hear Eleanor Roosevelt speak. Eleanor and her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Los Angeles for a day before visiting San Diego. During their time in Los Angeles, the President gave a speech at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Mrs. Roosevelt gave a speech at the Hollywood Bowl.
Crowds of citizens observing as a float passes by during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power lights, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Crowds of citizens observing as a float passes by during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power lights, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Crowd celebrates Japan's surrender during World War II on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles. People walk in the streets while confetti falls from the windows.
Audience gathered at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt speak. Eleanor and her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Los Angeles for a day before visiting San Diego. During their time in Los Angeles, the President gave a speech at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Mrs. Roosevelt gave a speech at the Hollywood Bowl.
Audience gathered at the Hollywood Bowl to hear Eleanor Roosevelt speak. Eleanor and her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Los Angeles for a day before visiting San Diego. During their time in Los Angeles, the President gave a speech at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Mrs. Roosevelt gave a speech at the Hollywood Bowl.
Crowd gathers to watch President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrive by motorcade to give a speech. Eleanor and her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Los Angeles for a day before visiting San Diego. During their time in Los Angeles, the President gave a speech at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Mrs. Roosevelt gave a speech at the Hollywood Bowl.
Crowd of shoppers wait next to a building 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
Hundreds of people crowd a patio in downtown Los Angeles as they celebrate the New Year. The crowd occupies the majority of the image and are viewed from a bird's'-eye perspective. Most face towards the camera. Some men raise their hats in celebration. Square columns line the left and right sides of the confined space and an elaborate door stands in the background at center.
The camera looks across the Coliseum's field during a 1932 football game between USC and Utah. A play occurs in the near distance at right. In the middle of the melee, No. 45 of Utah carries the ball and attempts push through USC's defense. On the ground behind him, are from front to back, USC players No. 27 And 6[?]. USC Trojan No. 6[?] grabs the Utah runner's legs from behind in an attempt to tackle him. To the left of Utah Ute No. 45, another USC player runs towards him and reaches his hands out to stop him. Behind the immediate play, a few players from each team either approach or look towards the play. Another USC player and a referee are in partial view as they run across the field at far left. The Coliseum's standsoccupy the background.
This photograph is similar to images appearing with the articles, "DETECTIVES INQUIRE INTO EVANGELIST'S DROWNING: Burns Operatives Enter Case While Searchers Vainly Seek Body of Aimee Semple McPherson," Los Angeles Times, 20 May 1926: 1, and “FAITHFUL CLING TO WANING HOPE: Men and Women Followers of Mrs. McPherson Grouped on Sands at Venice Pray That Leader Will Return to Them,” Los Angeles Times, 20 May 1926: 2
Photographs of the same game appear in the photo spread titled, "When Troy's Valiant Gridders Vanquished Notre Dame Eleven," Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 1928: A3
Crowds gather at the dedication of the new City Hall at 1st and Spring St., Los Angeles as press photographers [to the left] take photographs/videos of the event.
The camera looks east and pans down at the Coliseum's field during the USC and Stanford football game of 1931. Along the bottom edge, crowds fill stands that descend towards the field. The field sits in the near distance at center. Players on the field line up for a play at right, just beyond the near end zone. Crowds fill the stands as they wrap around the long sides of the field. The main entrance to the Coliseum rises at the far end of the field in the distance at center.
Herb (Herbert Russell) Dana was a referee for college football. He was the commissioner of officials of the old Pacific Coast Conference for seven years during the 1930s and worked most of the important grid games on the Coast including several t Rose Bowls.
The camera looks across the Coliseum's field during a football game between UCLA and St. Mary's. At center, a UCLA player (white jersey) and a St. Mary's player (dark jersey) both appear to await a pass. Behind and to the right of them, a football sails in the air towards them. Players from both teams and a referee stand spread across the field behind them. Crowds fill the Coliseum's stands, which stretch across the background.
Another photograph of the same football game appears with the article, "TROJANS DOWN UTAH IN GRID OPENER, 35 TO 0: Battling Utes Hold Foes to Lone Touchdown in First Half but Fall as Game Progresses," Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 1932: E1
Two vendors stand in the foreground as they wrap flowers up for customers at the flower market. The vendor nearer to camera stands at left and looks down towards a stack of newspapers in front of him. Behind and to the right of him, another vendor wraps flowers in newsprint as he looks to the right. A large pile of cut flowers sits atop a table in the lower right corner. Beyond the vendors, a thick crowd of customers fills the rest of the market space.
Text from news agency caption: WATCH YOUR CREDIT----------"P & A PHOTOS." LA 15013---------- (LOS ANGELES BUREAU) GOEBEL FINISHES TRANS CONTINENTAL HOP. ART GOEBEL, FLYING A LOCKHEED VEGA MONOPLANE ARRIVED AT MINES FIELD, LOS ANGELES JUST 23 HOURS AND 50 MINUTES FROM THE TIME HE LEFT ROOSEVELT FIELD, NEW YORK, AS AN ENTRY IN THE NON-STOP TRANS-CONTINENTAL AIR RACE. GOEBEL WAS FORCED TO LAND AT PHOENIX, ARIZ FOR GAS. TWO OTHER FLYERS, GEO. HALDEMAN AND LT. JACK ISEMAN BOTH FLYING BELLANCA PLANES WERE PRESUMED TO BE ON THEIR WAY, THOUGH NO WORD OF THEIR PROGRESS HAD BEEN RECEIVED FOR SOME TIME BEFORE GOEBEL'S ARRIVAL. HARRY TUCKER, FINANCIAL BACKER OF THE YANKEE DOODLE ACCOMPANIED GOEBEL ON THE LONG DIST HOP. ART GOEBEL, WINNER OF THE DOLE SEA RACE LAST YEAR, RECENTLY BROKE THE TRANS-CONTINENTAL NON-STOP RECORD BY FLYING FROM LOS ANGELES TO NEW YORK IN 18 HOURS. PHOTO SHOWS ART GOEBEL (LEFT) AND VICTOR CLARK AT MICROPHONE SHORTLY AFTER THE [...] AT MINES FIELD. [This note, Item Ark: 21198/zz002ctvf6, was filed with the negative]
A different angle of the same play is captured in: University of California, Los Angeles, Ex Libris, 1935. Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
At center, a St. Mary's player leaps into the air and tries to receive a pass during a football game between UCLA and St. Mary's at the Coliseum. He faces towards camera and reaches his hands up, but the football sails over him. Two UCLA Bruins, No. 55 (left) and No. 33 (right) cover him. Players from both teams are spread across the field behind the play on the ball. In the background, spectators fill the stands.
Children line up in front of the Bozzani Motor Company while attending the dealership's annual Christmas party. A wide sidewalk passes across the foreground. A couple children stand near camera at right. Farther back, at center, a Santa Claus stands facing camera. Behind him, children form a line. The line enters the dealership, off-center to the left, and stretches across the image towards the right. A few police officers stand on the near side of the line. The dealership's facade extends across the background.
A marching band stands in formation over a higher platform of dirt than the rest of the crowd gathered for the Los Angeles City Hall dedication ceremony.
Photographs of the same game appear in the photo spread titled, "When Troy's Valiant Gridders Vanquished Notre Dame Eleven," Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 1928: A3
A similar photograph of the same event is captioned, "Gleaming Super-Streamlined New Cars Make Debut Crowds flock about the new 1939 model motorcars at the automobile show which had its opening here last night. Times photo," Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 1938: A6
The camera looks down towards the deck of the Norwegian ship, C. A. Larsen, and a crowd of spectators. The ship's deck, passes across the image on an angle stretching up to the left from the lower right corner. On the deck, passengers stand along the ship's rail, on its right side. Farther below and to the right of the ship's deck, a large crowd gathers on the wharf. A small channel of water stretches alongside the right side of the wharf. Its rocky bank is visible extending across the top edge. In the upper left corner, a dock passes over the channel.
Hundreds of people stand in the streets of downtown Los Angeles as they celebrate the New Year. The crowd occupies the majority of the image and are viewed from a bird's'-eye perspective. A couple power lines pass over the crowd on an angle across the image. Streamers and confetti are visible throughout the crowd.
The center shot of a trio of panoramic photographs taken of Wrigley Field during a boxing match. Shows the seated crowd in the stands, the seats on the field, and a boxing ring in the middle with a striped awning. The baseball scoreboard is in the background.
The camera looks across the Coliseum's field during the 1932 football game between USC and Utah. In the near distance at left, USC's No. 18 runs with the ball and with his back towards camera. He dodges an attempted tackle by a Utah player to the right of him. Other players continue to play away from the ball at left and center. The Coliseum's stands stretch across the background.
At left, a thick mass of press members stand in the foreground, crowding the deck of the C. A. Larsen. They are viewed from an elevated perspective. Rigging and rails line the right side of the ship, containing the throng of reporters and photographers. A cabin stretches behind them at left. They stand in a cluster, facing right, and surround Commander Richard E. Byrd. Commander Byrd stands, off-center to the right, along the ship's guardrails. He faces the dock at right and smiles as he waves his hat. The ship's deck continues into the distance at left. The harbor's waters lie beyond the dock in the background at right.
The camera views the Times Building's full rose garden auditorium from above. About a hundred or so people, mostly men, sit at long banquet tables during the second annual "Sports Headliners Dinner." The nearest table enters frame from the bottom edge at center and angles back to the left. A few more tables sit to the right of it. At the far end of the tables, a stage stands, off-center to the left. The Tournament of Roses band sits on the stage.
Olin Dutra plays in the September 1935 Wilshire Country Club exhibition with Joyce Wethered, teeing off with Willie Hunter and Charlie Guest. Dutra and Wethered lost to Hunter and Guest.
Hayward Thompson successfully drove for five hours and thirteen minutes, a total of 100 miles, through congested traffic all while completely blindfolded. The affair was his 333rd exhibition and the longest since his sixty mile drive in Miami.
The largest graduation class in USC history at 1324. Hundreds of spectators are photographed from behind as they watch the field where the graduates gather along the length of the stadium's field.
The left-hand shot of a trio of panoramic photographs taken of Wrigley Field during a boxing match. Shows the seated crowd in the stands and the seats on the field.
Hundreds of people stand in the streets of downtown Los Angeles as they celebrate the New Year. The crowd occupies the majority of the image and are viewed from a bird's'-eye perspective. A couple power lines pass over the crowd on an angle across the image. Streamers and confetti are visible throughout the crowd. Broadway and 7th intersect along the top edge at center.
At center, No. 50 of the St. Mary's Gaels catches a football during a game between UCLA and St. Mary's at the Coliseum. No. 50 runs with his back to camera and reaches up to his right to catch the football. Nearer to camera at left, a teammate, No. 75, runs towards the right. Another St. Mary's player stands farther down the field at right and faces towards camera. Behind and between No. 75 and 50, UCLA Bruin No. 14 runs away from camera. Spectators fill the stands in the background.
Likely related to the article, "STANFORD MACHINE CRUSHES U. S. C., 13-9: GRID SPECTACLE KEEPS 70,000 FANS IN FRENZY Ernie Never's Educated Toe Makes Breaks to Enable Card Eleven to Subdue Trojan Squad STANFORD DOWNS U. S. C.," Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 1925: A1
From the lower left corner, a long counter enters frame and stretches back towards the right. On the right side of the counter, several government employees sit and process income tax returns. On the left side of the counter, people stand at the counter as they file their tax returns. More people waiting to file their returns queue up behind the people at the counter. A sign on the back wall reads, "FIELD DIVISION."
Crowds line both sides of the street and gather in front of the old Los Angeles County Courthouse during the arraignment or trial of William Edward Hickman, confessed kidnapper and murderer of Marion Parker, age 12. Photographed in the vicinity of Broadway and Temple streets (current City Hall location). The Hall of Records stands on the left.
This photograph is related to the article, "New Year Welcomed in Swirl of Gayety: Lid Off and Joy Unrestrained as Throngs Make Merry With Aid of Thousands of Texans," Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 1936: 1
Commander Richard Byrd walks through a crowd while aboard his ship, the whaler, C. A. Larsen. The crowd is viewed close-up and stretches across the foreground. It continues to arc back to the left. At center, Commander Byrd stands towards the back of the crowd. He dons his sailor's hat and looks steadfastly to the right. Fellow officers stand behind and to the right of Commander Byrd and the crowd. Masts, rigging and funnels on the C. A. Larsen occupy the background.
Crowds of men and women line pathways adjacent to the Los Angeles County Courthouse (stairs and walkway seen in foreground) during the arraignment or trial of William Edward Hickman, kidnapper and murderer of Marion Parker, age 12. Also present in the photo are lines of parked and moving vehicles. The vehicle at foreground left has a driver at the wheel. The acronym "L.A.F.D" is printed on the driver's side door.
Possibly related to the article, "CHEERING THRONGS HAIL AIMEE M'PHERSON HERE: Crowd of 30,000 Showers Pastor With Flowers as She Returns; Appreciation Expressed," Los Angeles Times, 27 Jun. 1926: 1
The parade began on Broadway and Washington Blvd and ended at the reviewing stand in front of City Hall. There were forty two floats and four bands in the procession.
The right-hand shot of a trio of panoramic photographs taken of Wrigley Field during a boxing match. Shows the seated crowd in the stands and the seats on the field.
For additional photographs of President Franklin Roosevelt’s visit to Southern California in October, 1935, see images with Photo IDs uclamss_1429_13329 through uclamss_1429_13342
The camera looks across the Coliseum's field towards a play in the near distance at center during the USC - Stanford football game. A USC player (No. 48) appears to have been tackled by a Stanford Cardinal. In front of them, 4 Cardinal defenders (No.'s 15, 7, 18 and 11) run away from the camera and towards the play. A couple Trojan players (No.'s 7 and 2) also approach the play from the left. Other players lie on the ground to the left of the play. A referee runs across the field at right. Spectators fill the stadium stands that stretch across the background.
Likely related to the article, "Tone Welcomes Conductor: STOKOWSKI ACCLAIMED Orchestra Plays to 10,000 Screen Stars and Society Leaders Jam Auditorium for Concert," Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 1936: A1
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.
Possibly related to the article, "Throng Welcomes Beloved Religious Leader Back: CROWDS GREET EVANGELIST Angelus Temple Pastor Returns from Three-Months Tour of Europe and Holy Lands," Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 1926: 3
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
A different Associated Press photograph of the event is titled, "Aviator Dons Another Laurel," and captioned, "Honolulu Winner at End of Flight Art Goebel steps from his Lockheed plane upon arrival at Mines Field after trip from New York. [A. P. photo]," Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep 1928: A1