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Mertie West and Richard Siemsen stand in front of the Mobile Radio Station exhibit, Los Angeles, 1944

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West and Richard Siemsen standing in front of the Mobile Radio Station display while attending the "Shot from the Sky" exhibit near Gilmore Stadium. Mertie West and Richard Siemsen stand side-by-side at center. Mertie stands leftmost of the two. She faces and looks to the right. Richard stands to the right of her and looks to the camera. Behind them a sign for Mobile Radio Station stands. It reads, "[MOB]ILE RADIO STATION [...GE] OF 2300 MIL[...] [...D] UP TO 50 MI. PER [...] [CO]UNTERPART AMONG [...]." To the left of that display sign, 3 people gather behind Mertie at a booth. A sign over the booth reads, "BUY A WAR BOND GET A WAR JOB." Another display sign sits to the left of the booth people. It reads, "[TH]E U S ARMY S[IGNAL] [...] PRESEN[TS] THE S. C. R. [...] [???ATES] AIR AN[D] [...] [R]ETURNED [...] [R]ADIO EQU[...] IN NORTH AFRICA EXCLUSIVELY BY T[...] Chicag[o] [...]." Flags and antennae rise above and behind the displays at left. In the distance at right, military trucks and stadiums stand in the background.
Date:
December, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West and Richard Siemsen stand in front of the Mobile Radio Station exhibit, Los Angeles, 1944

Richard Siemsen poses in front of a German Junker plane at the "Shot from the Sky" exhibition, Los Angeles, 1944

Description:
Photograph of Richard Siemsen posing in front of a German Junker plane at the "Shot from the Sky" exhibition held near Gilmore Statium in Los Angeles. Richard Siemsen stands left-of-center among the crowd of other exhibit attendees. He holds food in his hand and looks to the camera. Behind him at left, a large crowd is gathered with their backs to the camera. In front of them, a German Junker plane sits on display. A few people stand atop the plane. To the right of Richard, other attendees walk through the exhibition and to the right. Beyond them, a banner hangs overhead in the near distance. It reads, "GET on the JOB STAY on the JOB FINISH the JOB," and "LOCKHEED." The aircraft's wing is visible extending over the crowd in the distance, but beneath the banner and out-of-frame at right.
Date:
December, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Richard Siemsen poses in front of a German Junker plane at the "Shot from the Sky" exhibition, Los Angeles, 1944

Richard Siemsen and Mertie West pose in front of the plane exhibit at the "Shot from the Sky" exhibition, Los Angeles, 1944

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Richard Siemsen and Mertie West posing in front of the plane exhibit at the "Shot from the Sky" exhibition near Gilmore Stadium in Los Angeles. Richard Siemsen and Mertie West stand side-by-side at center. Both look to the camera. Other exhibit attendees stand on either side of them; all face away from camera and towards the exhibit behind Richard and Mertie. A plane is displayed in the near distance at center. It is partially obscured by Richard and Mertie. The tail of the plane is elevated at left and a portion of a swastika is visible on it. Beyond the plane, signage for the exhibit stands elevated above the exhibit, it reads, "SHOTFROMTHESKY."
Date:
December, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Richard Siemsen and Mertie West pose in front of the plane exhibit at the "Shot from the Sky" exhibition, Los Angeles, 1944

Soldier holding the U.S. Army's new Garand rifle, on display as part of National Defense week, Los Angeles, February 1940

Description:
Soldier holding the U.S. Army's new Garand rifle, called the “deadliest and most efficient rifle in the world.” The Garand rifle went on display in Los Angeles as part of National Defense week. The rifle, which fires 54 rounds per minute compared to its predecessor’s 10 rounds per minute, is named after its inventor, John C. Garand.
Date:
February 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Soldier holding the U.S. Army's new Garand rifle, on display as part of National Defense week, Los Angeles, February 1940

Soldier holding the U.S. Army's new Garand rifle, on display as part of National Defense week, Los Angeles, February 1940

Description:
Soldier holding the U.S. Army's new Garand rifle, called the “deadliest and most efficient rifle in the world.” The Garand rifle went on display in Los Angeles as part of National Defense week. The rifle, which fires 54 rounds per minute compared to its predecessor’s 10 rounds per minute, is named after its inventor, John C. Garand.
Date:
February 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Soldier holding the U.S. Army's new Garand rifle, on display as part of National Defense week, Los Angeles, February 1940

Disassembled version of the U.S. Army's new Garand rifle on display as part of National Defense week, Los Angeles, February 1940

Description:
Disassembled version of the U.S. Army's new Garand rifle, called the “deadliest and most efficient rifle in the world.” The Garand rifle went on display in Los Angeles as part of National Defense week. The rifle, which fires 54 rounds per minute compared to its predecessor’s 10 rounds per minute, is named after its inventor, John C. Garand.
Date:
February 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Disassembled version of the U.S. Army's new Garand rifle on display as part of National Defense week, Los Angeles, February 1940

U.S. Army's new Garand rifle on display as part of National Defense week, Los Angeles, February 1940

Description:
Called the “deadliest and most efficient rifle in the world” the U.S. Army’s new Garand rifle went on display in Los Angeles as part of National Defense week. The rifle, which fires 54 rounds per minute compared to its predecessor’s 10 rounds per minute, is named after its inventor, John C. Garand.
Date:
February 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
U.S. Army's new Garand rifle on display as part of National Defense week, Los Angeles, February 1940

Frances Dunlop conducts a science experiment, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
The camera looks down towards Frances Dunlop and a science experiment. She leans into frame from the lower right corner and holds a test tube. Beside her, scientific equipment sits atop a table. Tubing stretches between the apparatuses. Shelving lines the wall behind Frances Dunlop and the experiment. This photograph was taken around the same time as USC's quarter-centennial graduate studies celebration.
Date:
November 18, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Frances Dunlop conducts a science experiment, Los Angeles, 1935

Lillian O'Shea piano exhibit, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Lillian O'Shea seated playing musical score on the "modern Steinway Grand Paino." She is surrounded by other exhibit pieces such as the "Work Bench of Henry Eangelhard Steinway, Founder of the House of Steinway & Sons." A man with a hat can be seen peering in from the outside. There is another small placard that says "Steinway & Sons Makers. New York, London, Hamburg."
Date:
October 11, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Lillian O'Shea piano exhibit, Los Angeles, 1935

Three women at the Best Food display at the Food and Household Show, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Three women at the Best Food display at the Food and Household Show. Two of the women stand behind the counter. One holds a box of Nucoa oleomargarine. Signs on the display read, "The Best Foods Inc. New York. Chicago. San Francisco. New one pound net weight Nucoa oleomargarine" and "The all purpose product, an ideal spread, perfect shortening, excellent for frying." Napkins, a fruit basket, and glass jars sit on the counter. The Clorox display is at the left with the slogan, "Clorox does the job you dread" at the top. The show was held at the Ambassador Auditorium, which was part of the Ambassador Hotel.
Date:
November 3, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Three women at the Best Food display at the Food and Household Show, Los Angeles, 1935

Irving Wells, Kenneth Atherton, and Roland Asher woodworking at an exhibit of arts and crafts and hobbies, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Irving Wells, Kenneth Atherton, and Roland Asher woodworking at an exhibit of arts and crafts and hobbies. Various wooden objects are visible including a train, a rabbit, a giraffe, and a lion. The woodworking equipment is set up behind a rope for the exhibition.
Date:
[circa August 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Irving Wells, Kenneth Atherton, and Roland Asher woodworking at an exhibit of arts and crafts and hobbies, Los Angeles, 1935

National Biscuit Company display at the Food and Household Show, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
National Biscuit Company display at the Food and Household Show. One woman holds a box of Ritz crackers and another woman stands next to her. There are boxes of Ritz Crackers and other products all over the display. The sign reads, "America's most popular cracker." A man is visible in the background standing in front of another display, and the Gebhardt Chili Powder Co. display is also visible. The show was held at the Ambassador Auditorium, which was part of the Ambassador Hotel.
Date:
November 3, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
National Biscuit Company display at the Food and Household Show, Los Angeles, 1935

Ronald Mansbridge shows display case of rare books at Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of Ronald Mansbridge, representative of the Cambridge University Press, with the Rare Book Exhibition at the downtown Central Library of the Los Angeles Public Library. In the display case there are some photos of old portraits, some rare books, and two informational signs in English. The small paper on the top reads, “Four centuries of printing, An exhibition of books printed at the University Press, Cambridge, England,” and the large panel underneath reads, “Cambridge University Press, In Past Centuries, Books by Erasmus, Newton, Harvey, Donne, Gray, Milton, King Hames I. In recent times, Kelvin, Jebb, ‘Q’, Jeans, Eddington, Rutherford, Whitehead. 1521-1931”.
Date:
July 9, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ronald Mansbridge shows display case of rare books at Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, 1935

Woman stands in front of the Standard Oil Company exhibit at the Food and Household Show, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:
A woman stands in front of the Standard Oil Company exhibit at the Food and Household Show holding a can of Oronite Fly Spray. The show was sponsored by the Southern California Retail Grocers Association. The exhibit features cans of various products, including Waxglo, Calol, and Oronite Furniture Polish, as well as mops and scrub brushes. There is a giant can of an Oronite product bearing the slogan, "It Shines Itself" on the side. A sign reads, "NRA we do our part," and "The Standard Oil Company of California manufactures more than 600 products from petroleum for the service of Motoring Industry Farm and Home." A man bends over in front of the neighboring Alpine Milk exhibit. A sign at the left of the photograph advertises a contest with prizes including Waxglo Liquid Wax and Waxglo Paste Wax.
Date:
[circa November 1933]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Woman stands in front of the Standard Oil Company exhibit at the Food and Household Show, Los Angeles, 1933

Woman poses in front of the General Foods exhibit at the Food and Household Show, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:
A woman poses in front of the General Foods exhibit at the Food and Household Show, sponsored by the Southern California Retail Grocers Association. Cans of Maxwell House coffee line the exhibit, which is made up of a miniature street complete with buildings featuring advertising for Jell-O and Maxwell House. A mini ad reads, "To-nite Show Boat Capt Henry in [Let's] Have Another [Cup of] Coffee." Also in the scene are an American flag and an NRA flag.
Date:
[circa November 1933]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Woman poses in front of the General Foods exhibit at the Food and Household Show, Los Angeles, 1933