Crowd at boxing match between Bob Pastor, New York heavyweight boxer, and Bob Nestell, Southern California native. The fight took place at Los Angeles' Wrigley Field, to an audience of 25,000 fans. Bob Pastor was victorious in ten rounds.
14-year-old Ray Charlton, the Marble Champion of Los Angeles, surrounded by spectators as he competes. Charlton beat our over 50 competitors in the event directed by the Los Angeles Playground Department. He received a genuine agate shooter as a prize.
Crowd watching a baseball game at Wrigley Field in South Los Angeles. Los Angeles's Wrigley Field was built in 1925 and torn down in 1966. It was host to minor league baseball teams and home of the Los Angeles Angeles. The field is named after the same Wrigley as Wrigley Field in Chicago, but it actually received the name first and had more on-site parking than Chicago's field does now.
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, accompanied with his wife Eleanor Roosevelt and other dignitaries, left Central Station at the corner of Fifth and Alameda for a tour of the city. The trip was his first visit as President.
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 watches the Loyola Marymount Lions play a football game against the Santa Clara Broncos. Head Coach Buck Shaw led his Broncos to an undefeated 1937 season and a win at the 1938 Sugar Bowl against LSU.
Crowd watches the Loyola Marymount Lions play a football game against the Santa Clara Broncos. Head Coach Buck Shaw led his Broncos to an undefeated 1937 season and a win at the 1938 Sugar Bowl against LSU.
Fully-clothed man jumps into the Youth Triumphant (or The Four Cornerstones of American Democracy) Fountain on the University of Southern California's campus while a big crowd watches, possibly during USC - UCLA riots
Women lay on the beach under an umbrella which is also sheltering a baby in a crib. Many more beachgoers can be seen in the background, the beach is crowded for Labor Day.
Police regulate a crowd of Robert Noble's supporters as Noble, a self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly, enters court to face a misdemeanor charge. Noble was a radio personality who gained loyal followers from an old age pension plan he promoted. Noble and his followers were arrested on October 17, 1937 while staging a demonstration near radio station KMTR. Noble was charged with holding a parade without permit, blocking the sidewalk and refusing to disperse on police command. After a lengthy trial, Noble spent five days in jail, he planned to use the time to prepare speeches for a gubernatorial campaign. He said he was pleased that he would have a captive audience at this time
A crowd of Robert Noble's supporters cheering as Noble, a self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly, enters court to face misdemeanor charges. Noble was a radio personality who gained loyal followers from an old age pension plan he promoted. Noble and his followers were arrested on October 17, 1937 while staging a demonstration near radio station KMTR. Noble was charged with holding a parade without permit, blocking the sidewalk and refusing to disperse on police command. After a lengthy trial, Noble spent five days in jail, he planned to use the time to prepare speeches for a gubernatorial campaign. He said he was pleased that he would have a captive audience at this time