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Crowd outside the home of Mrs. Anna Barnett, widow of Jackson Barnett, March 17, 1936.

Description:
A crowd outside the home of Anna Barnett, widow of Jackson Barnett, in Los Angeles' mid-Wilshire district. At the time, Barnett was in the midst of litigation in order to obtain her husband's $5,000,000 estate. The federal government had taken possession of the deceased Jackson Barnett's estate after his death in 1934, claiming that Mrs. Barnett was not his lawful wife. Anna Barnett, however, claimed that she and Jackson had been married for sixteen years, and that she had been instrumental in building his massive financial holdings in real estate and other sectors.On March 17, the government authorized a deputy District Attorney to inquire as to why Mrs. Barnett was not keeping the grounds of her Wilshire estate watered. Barnett countered that in her current financial circumstances, she could not afford the $30 monthly water bill to keep the lawn sprinkled, even though not watering the grounds violated local ordinances. The continued drama between Mrs. Barnett and the government attracted a fair amount of attention, as evinced in this photograph.
Date:
[circa March 17, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Crowd outside the home of Mrs. Anna Barnett, widow of Jackson Barnett, March 17, 1936.

"Conquest of India by Alexander the Great" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:
A floral replica of an Indian temple on the back with Alice Williams and Anna McDougal as veiled princesses seated on the steps, and two floral chargers pulling Alexander, played by Sammy Schwartz, in a golden chariot in the front. The float was entered by the Pasadena Water Dept. The float is seen at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
"Conquest of India by Alexander the Great" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Crowds gather in Pasadena to see the arrival of the 200-inch lens for the future Hale Telescope, largest in the world when completed. April 10, 1936.

Description:
Crowds gather as the 20-ton, 200-inch lens for what would be the Hale Telescope arrives in Pasadena, CA, after a cross-country rail trip from Corning, NY. The giant lens was made from Pyrex, then a new material, by the Corning Glass Works company. Astronomer George Ellery Hale, one of the founders of the California Institute of Technology, secured a $6 million grant from the Rockefeller Institute to build both an observatory and a telescope with a 200-inch primary mirror, to be administered through Cal Tech. Hale built his observatory on Mt. Palomar in San Diego County, 90 miles southeast from the Mt. Wilson observatory in Pasadena, which Hale had also founded in 1904. Construction of the Hale telescope was delayed by World War II, and the telescope did not see its first light until January 26, 1949. George Hale died in 1938, and thus did not see the telescope that bears his name completed.
Date:
April 10, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Crowds gather in Pasadena to see the arrival of the 200-inch lens for the future Hale Telescope, largest in the world when completed. April 10, 1936.

Crowd at the 38th annual convention of the State Federation of Labor, Long Beach, September 1937

Description:
Aerial view of the crowd at the 38th annual convention of the State Federation of Labor which was held in Long Beach. Tension between members of the American Federation of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Organization members, which were then two separate entities, was prominant at the Convention.
Date:
September 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Crowd at the 38th annual convention of the State Federation of Labor, Long Beach, September 1937

California citizens carrying a huge state flag in the Admission Day parade, Santa Monica, September 9, 1937

Description:
California citizens carrying a huge state flag in the California Admission Day parade, held in Santa Monica. The parade, led by Governor Merriam, was a feature event of the three day Admission Day celebration, which commemorated the 87th anniversary of the day California became a state
Date:
September 9, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
California citizens carrying a huge state flag in the Admission Day parade, Santa Monica, September 9, 1937

John C. Morse and Jack Campbell during the Newspaper Day event in the Biltmore Hotel ballroom, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
John C. Morse, president of the Ad Club, and John Bayard Taylor (Jack) Campbell, managing editor of the Herald-Express, during "Newspaper Day," an Advertising Club program held in the Biltmore Hotel ballroom. 550 men and women gathered for the event to pay tribute to the newspaper.
Date:
February 20, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
John C. Morse and Jack Campbell during the Newspaper Day event in the Biltmore Hotel ballroom, Los Angeles, 1940

New Universal Pictures Corporation executives William Koenig, Charles R. Rogers and J. Cheever Cowdin at an event, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Universal Pictures Corporation executives: William Koenig, executive general manager, J. Cheever Cowdin, chairman of the board, and Charles R. Rogers, vice-president in charge of production at a housewarming for the studio. The festivities marked the launch of the first motion picture released under the new executive personnel of the New Universal Pictures Corporation. Many famous Hollywood personalities attended and new Universal actors and actresses were introduced.
Date:
August 29, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
New Universal Pictures Corporation executives William Koenig, Charles R. Rogers and J. Cheever Cowdin at an event, Los Angeles, 1936