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Servicemen commemorate Decoration Day at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, about 1895

Description:
A blurry photograph of servicemen performing services in commemoration of Decoration (Memorial) Day in Los Angeles National Cemetery. In the near distance, an obelisk stands atop a low mound at right. Servicemen surround the monument on 3 sides. Just inside the left edge of the image, several servicemen hold up American flags. They face right, towards the obelisk. In the distance at center, servicemen stand in row and hold firearms; they face towards the camera and obelisk. They appear to have just fired a gun salute as a cloud of white smoke hovers over them. The line of servicemen at center extends around the right side of the obelisk and out-of-frame at right. Hills stand in the far distance.
Date:
[circa May 30, 1895]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Servicemen commemorate Decoration Day at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, about 1895

Cars passing through the west entrance of Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Description:
Photograph of cars passing through the checking station at the west entrance of Yellowstone National Park. A wide road spans the foreground. The checking station stands in the near distance at center on a tilted angle. It is of log and lumber construction. An American flag stands in front of the center of the structure. A hut sits in the middle of the structure and is flanked by 2 porte-cocheres. Beneath the porte-cochere at right, a car is stopped. To the right of it stands another kiosk. Signs in front of the station read, "[...] YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK WEST ENTRANCE [...]," and "STOP ALL CARS CHECKED[?] HERE." A car drives towards the camera in the distance as it approaches the checking station from the left. Pines line both sides of the road as it stretches into the background behind the checking station.
Date:
June 24, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Cars passing through the west entrance of Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Boat following the Wests' ferry in its wake, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Description:
Photograph of a boat following in the wake of the Wests' ferry during their trip to Catalina Island. In the foreground, an American flag (partial view) is seen close-up as it hangs off the back of the ferry along the left edge. The ferry's wake spans the width of the bottom edge, narrowing as it stretches into the distance on a slight angle to the right. At center, a boat follows behind the ferry. It travels along the wake's far left edge. In the far distance, a shoreline is visible in the upper right corner.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Boat following the Wests' ferry in its wake, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Military personnel commemorate Decoration Day at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, about 1895

Description:
Photograph of the Decoration Day (now Memorial Day) services held at Los Angeles National Cemetery. In the mid-ground, an obelisk stands atop a low mound, right-of-center. Servicemen surround the monument on 3 sides. Near the left edge of the image, servicemen hold up American flags. They face right, towards the obelisk. In the distance at center, servicemen stand in row and hold firearms; they face towards the camera and obelisk. At right, more servicemen stand and hold flags. They face towards the left. Gravestones and flowering plants occupy the foreground. Hills stand in the far distance.
Date:
[circa May 30, 1895]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Military personnel commemorate Decoration Day at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, about 1895

Tony Cornero raising the U.S. flag on his newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Tony Cornero raising the flag on his 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.
Date:
August 9, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Tony Cornero raising the U.S. flag on his newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, Los Angeles, 1946

Tony Cornero raising the U.S. flag on his newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Tony Cornero raising the United States flag on his 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.
Date:
August 9, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Tony Cornero raising the U.S. flag on his newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, Los Angeles, 1946

USS Mississippi, circa 1936

Description:
In the near distance at center, the USS Mississippi (BB 41) is moored in a harbor. It faces left and is viewed from its port side and stern. At the stern, text along the ship reads, "MISSISSIPPI," and an American flag waves. The ship carries 2 visible aircraft, which appear to hover over mid-ship. A couple small boats sail on either side of the naval vessel. A populated shoreline stretches across the horizon.
Date:
[circa 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
USS Mississippi, circa 1936

Female construction workers haul and pour concrete while on the roof of Hotel Figueroa, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
The camera looks down towards several women working on the rooftop of the Y.W.C.A.'s Hotel Figueroa. The women stand on wooden platforms and ramps at center as they bring wheelbarrows of concrete to their work area. A few women stand near the roof's edge. Immediately behind them, an American flag rises from the corner of the building. In the background, downtown Los Angeles sprawls into the distance.
Date:
1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Female construction workers haul and pour concrete while on the roof of Hotel Figueroa, Los Angeles, 1926