Archibald Young, chairman of the Citizens' Relief Committee, poses. He was involved with a $500,000 improvement project for the Los Angeles Municipal Airport. The intent of the project was to provide jobs and boost morale.
Archibald Young, chairman of the Citizens' Relief Committee, poses. He was involved with a $500,000 improvement project for the Los Angeles Municipal Airport. The intent of the project was to provide jobs and boost morale.
Unidentified children in Los Angeles slum. Part of the housing study carried out by the State Emergency Relief Administration. County officials were asked to make a study of housing conditions in their city.
Unidentified children in a Los Angeles slum. Part of the housing study carried out by the State Emergency Relief Administration. County officials were asked to make a study of housing conditions in their city.
Coast guard and fire fighters working to extinguish the fires that began when the Markay, an oil tanker owned by the Keystone Tankship Corp., exploded in L.A. Harbor. The fire was fed by leaking gasoline and threatened at least five terminals in the harbor. At least 22 were injured and 9, possibly 12, people were killed. Damage was estimated at $10,000,000.
Thomas W. Warner Jr., son of millionaire automobile parts manufacturing magnate Thomas W. Warner Sr., pictured on the stand. Warner Jr. had brought a suit against Pearl Antibus, a private investigator, whom he had hired to determine if his fiancee, Jean MacDonald, loved him for himself or was only interested in his fortune. Antibus investigated by placing a dictaphone in MacDonald's home. The sum total of her services came to $2500, $1500 of which was still owed to her. Warner disputed the amount, which he asserted he had never agreed to, and thus brought suit against Antibus. Superior Judge Stutsman ruled on April 14 that, as Antibus had successfully completed her services and determined that Warner's fiancee did love him, she thus was owed the full amount. He further opined that, after viewing Jean MacDonald on the stand, that "she is well worth that $1500 and more."
Men loading sacks of onions onto a truck as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) garden project. The WPA was a New Deal agency which employed millions of people across the country to carry out public works projects. In 1938 the WPA garden project employed 1867 people on 665 acres.
Popular Culver City professional golfer Fay Coleman demonstrates the "right" and "wrong" form of various swings. Coleman, born into a family of golfers, was associated with the Los Angeles Country Club, and had a successful amateur career. In later years, he taught at the country club.
Employee shows R. E. Davis and factory manager W. Fulton a finished ceramic sink at the Universal Vitreous China Factory of the Universal-Rundle Corporation (9477 North Opal Avenue).
Jack "Diamondfield" Davis, a Nevada prospector who stuck it rich after being pardoned for an Idaho murder in 1902. When he was working for a cattle company, Diamondfield was accused of the murder of two sheepherders. He was sentenced to hang, but his execution date was postponed and then changed to life inprisonment after two other men confessed to the crime. Diamondfield was pardoned by Idaho Governor Frank W. Hunt in December of 1902.
Playwright Mark Linder who brought a $1,000,000 damages suit against actress Mae West. Linder claimed West didn’t deliver on their agreement to split the profits of his play "Diamond Lil," which West sold to Paramount to be made into the picture "She Done Him Wrong.” West eventually won the suit because there was a lack of evidence corroborating Linder's claims.
Employees at The May Co. department store prepare merchandise for downtown Dollar Day. Tom May, executive vice-president of the company predicted this Dollar Day would bring in record-breaking numbers of customers
Employees at The May Co. department store prepare merchandise for downtown Dollar Day. Tom May, executive vice-president of the company predicted this Dollar Day would bring in record-breaking numbers of customers
Employees at The May Co. department store prepare merchandise for downtown Dollar Day. Tom May, executive vice-president of the company predicted this Dollar Day would bring in record-breaking numbers of customers
Veterans line up for a surplus truck and trailer sale at Port Hueneme. The sale, from the War Assets Administration, was open to veterans only and included 5499 vehicles valued at about $14,000,000 total.
Veterans fill out paperwork with cashiers and the California Vehicle License Bureau to purchase surplus trucks and trailers from the War Assets Administration at Port Hueneme. The sale was open to veterans only and included 5499 vehicles valued at about $14,000,000 total.
Man checks out a truck at the War Assets Administration's surplus truck and trailer sale at Port Hueneme. The sale was open to veterans only and included 5499 vehicles valued at about $14,000,000 total.
S.M. Goode and his wife from Dana, California with a truck for sale at the War Assets Administration's surplus truck and trailer sale at Port Hueneme. The sale was open to veterans only and included 5499 vehicles valued at about $14,000,000 total.
Louis M. Rich and family, who were evicted on Thanksgiving Day, sit on and stand around a suitcase in their empty house. A man holds a small table in the doorway.
A clerk taking bets in a casino. Hawthorne, Compton, Monterey Park, and Long Beach closed several gaming places after Attorney General Webb found games of chance unlawful.
A sign detailing policies hanging inside of a casino. Hawthorne, Compton, Monterey Park, and Long Beach closed several gaming places after Attorney General Webb found games of chance unlawful.
Unknown Public Works Administration (PWA) project with unknown workers. Part of the New Deal, most PWA spending came in 1933-1935 and then again in 1938 before being shut down in 1939.
A couple tending to a makeshift stove in a slum. Part of the housing study carried out by the State Emergency Relief Administration. County officials were asked to make a study of housing conditions in their city.
Gloria Swanson, silent film actress, holds the burning mortgage to the Bide-A-Wee home for women while Minnie Barton watches. Swanson helped Minnie Barton, home founder, pay the mortgage by sending $100 a month for several years. A group gathered to burn the mortgage in celebration of completing payment on the home set up by Barton to help working mothers. Also in attendance were Mary Brill, president of the Big Sister League, Superior Judge Georgia Bullock, Mrs. Robert Ladd Gifford, and Chief Davis. Minnie Barton was the second woman to join the Los Angeles Police Department and also founded the Barton Home for girls in 1917. Gloria Swanson was an actress best known for her role as Norma Desmond in the film Sunset Boulevard.
Gloria Swanson, silent film actress, holds the burning mortgage to the Bide-A-Wee home for women while Minnie Barton watches. Swanson helped Minnie Barton, home founder, pay the mortgage by sending $100 a month for several years. A group gathered to burn the mortgage in celebration of completing payment on the home set up by Barton to help working mothers. Also in attendance were Mary Brill, president of the Big Sister League, Superior Judge Georgia Bullock, Mrs. Robert Ladd Gifford, and Chief Davis. Minnie Barton was the second woman to join the Los Angeles Police Department and also founded the Barton Home for girls in 1917. Gloria Swanson was an actress best known for her role as Norma Desmond in the film Sunset Boulevard.
J.J Boyle, Rex Thomson, Lew Harwood, C.C. Talbot, and Culbert Olson stand in a field that was to be used as a cooperative for the unemployed of Los Angeles county. Possibly included in the picture is Bruce McDaniel, general manager of Mutual Orange Distributers. Thomson served as the Chief Assistant Superintendent of Charities. Olson was the 29th Governor of California from 1939 to 1943.
Several dollies in The May Co. warehouse. An employee grabs one to use during the department store's preparation for downtown Dollar Day. Tom May, executive vice-president of the company predicted this Dollar Day would bring in record-breaking numbers of customers
Employees at The May Co. department store prepare merchandise for downtown Dollar Day. Tom May, executive vice-president of the company predicted this Dollar Day would bring in record-breaking numbers of customers
Employees at The May Co. department store prepare for downtown Dollar Day. Tom May, executive vice-president of the company predicted this Dollar Day would bring in record-breaking numbers of customers
Photo taken when Hopkins, then national administrator of the WPA, met with local relief leaders in Los Angeles during a trip with President Roosevelt. Connolly was LA county Public Works Administrator. Young was chairman of the Citizens’ Relief Committee. Hinckley was director of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. Pilling was director of LA County Relief Administration. McLaughlin was state director of the WPA.
Thomas W. Warner Jr., son of millionaire automobile parts manufacturing magnate Thomas W. Warner Sr., pictured on the stand. Warner Jr. had brought a suit against Pearl Antibus, a private investigator, whom he had hired to determine if his fiancee, Jean MacDonald, loved him for himself or was only interested in his fortune. Antibus investigated by placing a dictaphone in MacDonald's home. The sum total of her services came to $2500, $1500 of which was still owed to her. Warner disputed the amount, which he asserted he had never agreed to, and thus brought suit against Antibus. Superior Judge Stutsman ruled on April 14 that, as Antibus had successfully completed her services and determined that Warner's fiancee did love him, she thus was owed the full amount. He further opined that, after viewing Jean MacDonald on the stand, that "she is well worth that $1500 and more."
Veterans filling out paperwork with the War Assets Administration at Port Hueneme to purchase Quonset Huts and other surplus army and navy supplies such as tentage, steel bunks, electrical saws, bridge-building equipment, pumps and an air-raid warning siren. More than 1000 veterans with priority certificates showed up for the sale, some camped out to ensure they would get their choice of hut. The huts cost between $230 and $288 depending on the number of windows.
Veterans lined up at the War Assets Administration area at Port Hueneme to purchase Quonset Huts and other surplus army and navy supplies such as tentage, steel bunks, electrical saws, bridge-building equipment, pumps and an air-raid warning siren. More than 1000 veterans with priority certificates showed up for the sale, some camped out to ensure they would get their choice of hut. The huts cost between $230 and $288 depending on the number of windows.
Veteran in the War Assets Administration area at Port Hueneme for a sale of Quonset Huts and other surplus army and navy supplies such as tentage, steel bunks, electrical saws, bridge-building equipment, pumps and an air-raid warning siren. More than 1000 veterans with priority certificates showed up for the sale, some camped out to ensure they would get their choice of hut. The huts cost between $230 and $288 depending on the number of windows.
Captain Robert C. Burdett, skipper of Tony Cornero’s newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill (also known as the Lux), which was meant to operate offshore of Los Angeles. After the Bunker Hill’s opening night, however, Cornero and five of his aides were arrested on felony charges of criminal conspiracy to conduct gambling games and serve alcohol without a license. After his arrest, Cornero announced that he was ready to go to the United States Supreme court to keep the Bunker Hill running. Cornero was also “admiral” of the Rex, another gambling vessel which was forced to suspend operations in 1938.
Woman braids fabric at a cooperative located at 21st and Santee St. in Los Angeles. Many self-sustaining communities like this one emerged in California during the 1930s, specifically in the Los Angeles - Orange County area
Left to right: Detective Lieutenant R.S. Hamilton, Adolfo Campos, Det. Lt. E.J. Henry, and Det. Lt. E.C. Biffle, with a suitcase full of smuggled marijuana. Campos is the suspected smuggler.
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.
Housing on Ann St.; the subject of a proposed city "slum clearance" ordinance, which would demolish 450 units on the street at a cost of about $2,000,000. The ordinance was ultimately opposed by the City Council
Man fighting fires from a Navy Tugboat in L.A. Harbor. The fires started when the Markay, an oil tanker owned by the Keystone Tankship Corp., exploded in the wee hours of the morning. The fire was fed by leaking gasoline and threatened at least five terminals in the harbor. At least 22 were injured and 9, possibly 12, people were killed. Damage was estimated at $10,000,000.
Nearly 2500 craft studio workers went on strike against major motion picture studios, including MGM, Warner Brothers, and Paramount. The strike was issued by Charles Lessing, president of the Federated Motion Picture Crafts, and the American Federation of Labor.
American veterans receiving their bonus payments at a government office. Frank T. Hines, administrator of the Veterans' Bureau said 2,700,000 applications for bonus payments had been received nationwide.
Dressed in traditional Scandinavian clothing from her native Finland, 14-year-old Anita Roos sells Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron the first ticket to the Finnish Relief Fund bazaar, held in S.A.E. Auditorium. Looking on are secretary-treasurer of the bazaar committee, Victor Kallio, and acting bazaar chairman, Peter Williams.
Man sleeping at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant where workers participated in a sit-down strike. A bitter struggle ensued between union labor leaders whether or not to support the strike.
Pearl Antibus can be seen on the other side of the beam. Mrs. Antibus sued Mr. Warner, Sr. after her home was raided by Buron Fitts and several of his deputies at the request of Mr. Warner, Sr. The raid of Mrs. Antibus' home was conducted in order to search for Mr. Warner's son, Thomas W. Warner, Jr. Mr. Warner, Jr. was found hiding inside the home with his girlfriend Mrs. Jean MacDonald. The pair had been hiding in the home from Mr. Warner, Sr. who was opposed to their relationship and was seeking to end all contact between the pair. Mrs. Antibus served as a private detective for Mr. Warner, Jr. and had previously conducted an investigation into the life of Mrs. MacDonald in attempt to determine whether she was truly in love with Mr. Warner, Jr. Mrs. Antibus alleged that the raid left several of her visitors injured and was unnecessarily violent.
Patrons playing cards in a casino. Hawthorne, Compton, Monterey Park, and Long Beach closed several gaming places after Attorney General Webb found games of chance unlawful.
Casino on Tony Cornero’s newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill (also known as the Lux), which was meant to operate offshore of Los Angeles. After the Bunker Hill’s opening night, however, Cornero and five of his aides were arrested on felony charges of criminal conspiracy to conduct gambling games and serve alcohol without a license. After his arrest, Cornero announced that he was ready to go to the United States Supreme court to keep the Bunker Hill running. Cornero was also “admiral” of the Rex, another gambling vessel which was forced to suspend operations in 1938.
Tony Cornero’s newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill (also known as the Lux), which was meant to operate offshore of Los Angeles. After the Bunker Hill’s opening night, however, Cornero and five of his aides were arrested on felony charges of criminal conspiracy to conduct gambling games and serve alcohol without a license. After his arrest, Cornero announced that he was ready to go to the United States Supreme court to keep the Bunker Hill running. Cornero was also “admiral” of the Rex, another gambling vessel which was forced to suspend operations in 1938.
Demonstration of relief workers outside the State Capitol showing their opposition to a bill that would provide relief workers with payouts rather than jobs. It was estimated that over half the crowd was from Los Angeles. Oscar Fuss of the Los Angeles Worker's Alliance is addressing the crowd saying, "We have come up here in our old broken-down jalopies to see that that dirty, lousy, stinking relief bill is stopped. Throw it into the sewer, where it belongs.”
F.W. Fetherston from Corvallis, Oregon points to an area of rust on a truck for sale at the War Assets Administration's surplus truck and trailer sale at Port Hueneme. The sale was open to veterans only and included 5499 vehicles valued at about $14,000,000 total.
Women looking through a pile of rayon print dresses, priced at $1.69, 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
View from below of damage to a L.A. Harbor terminal after the Markay, an oil tanker owned by the Keystone Tankship Corp., exploded in the wee hours of the morning. The fire was fed by leaking gasoline and threatened at least five terminals in the harbor. At least 22 were injured and 9, possibly 12, people were killed. Damage was estimated at $10,000,000.
Turkeys to be exhibited in a competition for $5,100 at the seventh Turkey Show and Congress. The turkeys were raised for Thanksgiving in the Western states and exhibited during the four-day event. The event included nationally known authorities on turkey diseases, breeding, and marketing.
Little Tokyo in Los Angeles was dubbed "Bronzeville" during World War Two, as African American families and workers moved into the empty homes and businesses of the relocated Japanese American community.
Little Tokyo in Los Angeles was dubbed "Bronzeville" during World War Two, as African American families and workers moved into the empty homes and businesses of the relocated Japanese American community.
Little Tokyo in Los Angeles was dubbed "Bronzeville" during World War Two, as African American families and workers moved into the empty homes and businesses of the relocated Japanese American community.
Little Tokyo in Los Angeles was dubbed "Bronzeville" during World War Two, as African American families and workers moved into the empty homes and businesses of the relocated Japanese American community.
Little Tokyo in Los Angeles was dubbed "Bronzeville" during World War Two, as African American families and workers moved into the empty homes and businesses of the relocated Japanese American community.
Little Tokyo in Los Angeles was dubbed "Bronzeville" during World War Two, as African American families and workers moved into the empty homes and businesses of the relocated Japanese American community.
Japanese Americans settle into temporary housing in the Winona trailer camp in Burbank, California following their release from wartime internment camps.