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Actress Boots Mallory and an official in a Santa Monica harbor Department office, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:
Actress Boots Mallory seated at a desk and writing on a piece of paper, with a standing man observing (either Commander Walker or Chief Dice), in an office. A life preserver on the wall identifies the location as "Santa Monica [Harbor] Dept." Mallory is wearing a harbor department with a badge on it jacket similar to the one worn by the man.
Date:
December 20, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Actress Boots Mallory and an official in a Santa Monica harbor Department office, Santa Monica, 1937

Advisor Harry Hopkins and others during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s visit to Los Angeles, October 1, 1935

Description:
Hopkins was a close advisor to President Roosevelt and credited as a major architect of the New Deal and the Works Progress Administration. Photo was taken during Roosevelt’s trip to Los Angeles. Other men are unknown, most likely related to New Deal and WPA (Works Progress Administration) agencies.
Date:
October 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Advisor Harry Hopkins and others during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s visit to Los Angeles, October 1, 1935

Alice Carter nailing plaque to mast, S.S. Constitution, San Diego Harbor, San Diego, 1934

Description:
Alice Carter, daughter of Santa Monica mayor William H. Carter, seated on high post or stool with hammer, on deck of S.S. Constitution, with sailor holding plaque against mast, another young woman standing near mast, Captain Louis J. Gulliver in foreground, ropes and ship's wheel at left and right
Date:
March 10, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Alice Carter nailing plaque to mast, S.S. Constitution, San Diego Harbor, San Diego, 1934

Alleged blackmailer George Wallace, alias Robert M. Nixon, with U.S. Marshal William S. Sweeney, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
George Wallace (alias Robert M. Nixon) with U.S. Marshal William S. Sweeney. Wallace is accused of blackmailing lawyer and horse owner Neil S. McCarthy. McCarthy received four letters, allegedly from Wallace, threatening to maim his race horses with poisoned-needle darts if he didn’t pay up. Wallace testified that he had written the letters, but he had been acting on behalf of a gang of “tough eggs” that were behind the scheme.
Date:
[February 14, 1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Alleged blackmailer George Wallace, alias Robert M. Nixon, with U.S. Marshal William S. Sweeney, Los Angeles, 1940

Arch-Abbott S. Ohtani presents Mayor Frank L. Shaw with a gift, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Arch-Abbott S. Ohtani of the Hongwanji Buddhist movement presents Major Frank L. Shaw with a bronze incense burner after visiting American temples. From left to right in the front is Mayor Shaw and Arch-Abbott S. Ohtani. Directly behind them, left to right, is Rev. H. Sasaki of the local temple and Rev. T. Sasaki, secretary to the Arch-Abbott. The three unidentified men are possibly Rev. J. Yukawa, Rev. J.A. Goldwater, Rev. E. Washioka or F. Yano.
Date:
December 31, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Arch-Abbott S. Ohtani presents Mayor Frank L. Shaw with a gift, Los Angeles, 1934

Arch-Abbott S. Ohtani presents Mayor Frank L. Shaw with a gift, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Arch-Abbott S. Ohtani of the Hongwanji Buddhist movement presents Mayor Frank L. Shaw with a bronze incense burner while visiting American temples. Left to right, Mayor Shaw and S. Ohtani are the two figures in the center. Directly behind them, left to right, is Rev. H. Sasaki of a local temple and Rev. T. Sasaki, secretary for S. Ohtani. The unidentified men possibly include Rev. J. Yukawa, Rev. J.A. Goldwater, Rev. E. Washioka, and F. Yano.
Date:
December 31, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Arch-Abbott S. Ohtani presents Mayor Frank L. Shaw with a gift, Los Angeles, 1934

Arizona National Guard members filling canteens at water's edge, Colorado River, near Parker, Arizona, 1934

Description:
In 1934, with plans in place for United States Reclamation Service and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to build Parker Dam on the Colorado River between Arizona and California, Arizona governor Benjamin B. Moeur protested the diversion of water to California by sending members of the Arizona National Guard to the dam construction site. A local ferry service also participated under the informal name of the Arizona Navy.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Arizona National Guard members filling canteens at water's edge, Colorado River, near Parker, Arizona, 1934

Arizona National Guard members setting up camp, near Parker, Arizona, 1934

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, March 13, 1934, “Dam Watch Continues in Arizona, State’s Army Expedition ‘Observes’ Water District Workers in California," Arizona’s Colorado River National Guard expeditionary force--two buck privates, a cook, a radio man, a truck driver and a major--continued today to follow order of Gov. Moeur and “observe” what the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is doing about the building of a diversion dam across the river north of here. …they peered watchfully at workmen on barges … It seemed likely to go on for some time.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Arizona National Guard members setting up camp, near Parker, Arizona, 1934

Arizona National Guard sergeant Ernest Mendoza transmitting report by radio, near Parker, Arizona, 1934

Description:
In 1934, with plans in place for United States Reclamation Service and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to build Parker Dam on the Colorado River between Arizona and California, Arizona governor Benjamin B. Moeur protested the diversion of water to California by sending members of the Arizona National Guard to the dam construction site. A local ferry service also participated under the informal name of the Arizona Navy.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Arizona National Guard sergeant Ernest Mendoza transmitting report by radio, near Parker, Arizona, 1934

Arizona state senator Nellie T. Bush, husband Joe Bush, and another man, near Parker, Arizona, 1934

Description:
In 1934, with plans in place for United States Reclamation Service and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to build Parker Dam on the Colorado River between Arizona and California, Arizona governor Benjamin B. Moeur protested the diversion of water to California by sending members of the Arizona National Guard to the dam construction site. A local ferry service also participated under the informal name of the Arizona Navy.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Arizona state senator Nellie T. Bush, husband Joe Bush, and another man, near Parker, Arizona, 1934

Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:
Committee vice-chairman, Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, at the meeting of a joint legislative committee composed of seven Senators and eight Assemblymen, which was appointed to investigate policies and practices of the State Relief Administration. Some topics discussed at the hearing included S.R.A. funding of crossing guards, the transfer of S.R.A. headquarters from San Francisco to Los Angeles, how the S.R.A. leases quarters, and financial conditions, including the controversial 40% cut of relief checks. This last point drew picketers from the Workers Alliance, who marched outside the State Building during the committee’s S.R.A. hearings.
Date:
March 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:
Committee vice-chairman, Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, at the meeting of a joint legislative committee composed of seven Senators and eight Assemblymen, which was appointed to investigate policies and practices of the State Relief Administration. Some topics discussed at the hearing included S.R.A. funding of crossing guards, the transfer of S.R.A. headquarters from San Francisco to Los Angeles, how the S.R.A. leases quarters, and financial conditions, including the controversial 40% cut of relief checks. This last point drew picketers from the Workers Alliance, who marched outside the State Building during the committee’s S.R.A. hearings.
Date:
March 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:
Committee vice-chairman, Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, at the meeting of a joint legislative committee composed of seven Senators and eight Assemblymen, which was appointed to investigate policies and practices of the State Relief Administration. Some topics discussed at the hearing included S.R.A. funding of crossing guards, the transfer of S.R.A. headquarters from San Francisco to Los Angeles, how the S.R.A. leases quarters, and financial conditions, including the controversial 40% cut of relief checks. This last point drew picketers from the Workers Alliance, who marched outside the State Building during the committee’s S.R.A. hearings.
Date:
March 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Audience gathered at the Hollywood Bowl to hear Eleanor Roosevelt speak, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
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.
Date:
October 01, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Audience gathered at the Hollywood Bowl to hear Eleanor Roosevelt speak, Los Angeles, 1935

Audience gathered at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt speak, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Audience gathered at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to hear President Franklin D. 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.
Date:
October 01, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Audience gathered at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt speak, Los Angeles, 1935

Baja California governor Jose Maria Tapia, California governor C.C. Young, and five other men, [Los Angeles?], 1930

Description:
Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, February 12, 1930, Gov. Tapia Arrives in City Today, Mexcian Official Will be Guest With Gov. Young at Dinner This Evening. … Both will be honor guests tonight at a banquet tendered by Alfonso Pesqueira, Consul of Mexico in Los Angeles. … attended by … Mayor Porter, President Austin of the Chamber of Commerce, State Senator Lyons, Sheriff Traeger, Emil Klika, president of the Bank of America at San Diego: Consul-General Lubbert of San Francisco, and other executives …
Date:
1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Baja California governor Jose Maria Tapia, California governor C.C. Young, and five other men, [Los Angeles?], 1930

Barracks, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Description:
Two 3-story brick barracks buildings, 1 with square center tower, with arched windows on 2nd floor, rectangular windows on 1st and 3rd floors, with 2 men and 2 cars near buildings, with dirt yard, dirt road, eucalyptus trees, and man in hat and vest standing in foreground
Date:
[circa 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Barracks, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Barracks, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Description:
Date from National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Assessment of Significance And National Historic Landmark Recommendations (www.nps.gov): The James W. Wadsworth Hospital opened in 1927 ... The next year, new barracks and a new mess hall were constructed
Date:
[circa 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Barracks, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Barracks, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Description:
Date from National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Assessment of Significance And National Historic Landmark Recommendations (www.nps.gov): The James W. Wadsworth Hospital opened in 1927 ... The next year, new barracks and a new mess hall were constructed
Date:
[circa 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Barracks, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Bison Hunt fresco by Charles Kassler Jr. at the Los Angeles Central Library, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Charles Kassler Jr. was a painter, printmaker, and lithographer. He lost a hand during a high school chemistry experiment. He studied art and architecture at Princeton University and the Chicago Art Institute. From 1925 to 1932 Kassler continued his studies while living at various times in New Mexico, Europe, and North Africa. While in France he apprenticed himself to a well-known fresco painter. He was active in Denver before moving to Los Angeles in 1933. He painted murals for the Federal Art Project and was an instructor at the Chouinard Art School (1933-34) and School of Design in Pasadena (1939).
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Bison Hunt fresco by Charles Kassler Jr. at the Los Angeles Central Library, Los Angeles, 1934

Bouquet Canyon earth-fill dam under construction, 1933

Description:
Caption for a similar photograph taken on the same occasion: Bouquet Canyon Earth-Fill Dam Rapidly Taking on Permanent Form. Work Progressing. The city's dam in Bouquet Canyon to furnish storage for both water and power and to replace the ill-fated St. Francis Dam is rising steadily each day to the tune of rumbling trucks hauling earth from the pits to the dam site. The view here is from upstream looking at the concrete covered upstream face. The white streaks are streams of water poured on to aid the concrete to cure properly [Los Angeles Times, 6 Sept. 1933].
Date:
September 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Bouquet Canyon earth-fill dam under construction, 1933

Bouquet Canyon earth-fill dam under construction, 1933

Description:
Caption for a similar photograph taken on the same occasion: Bouquet Canyon Earth-Fill Dam Rapidly Taking on Permanent Form. Work Progressing. The city's dam in Bouquet Canyon to furnish storage for both water and power and to replace the ill-fated St. Francis Dam is rising steadily each day to the tune of rumbling trucks hauling earth from the pits to the dam site. The view here is from upstream looking at the concrete covered upstream face. The white streaks are streams of water poured on to aid the concrete to cure properly [Los Angeles Times, 6 Sept. 1933].
Date:
September 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Bouquet Canyon earth-fill dam under construction, 1933

California Code Commission meets to set body's agenda, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Nine suited men pose at a commission meeting, standing or sitting at a wooden table strewn with documents. The California Code Commission, tasked with revising and codifying laws from thousands of specific state statutes, met to outline its objectives. Members were chosen from the legal and academic community. Commissioners included: President Thomas Caldwell Ridgway, former president of the California bar association; Vice-chairs, USC Dean William Green Hale and Perry Evans of San Francisco; Secretary Fred B. Wood; Don G. Bowker of Los Angeles; Gerald Hanna Hagar of Oakland; Berkeley's Professor Alexander Marsden Kidd; Stanford's Professor William B. Owens, and Norris N. Montgomery of Santa Barbara. Hagar and Kidd's names are misspelled in the Los Angeles Times caption and nitrate negative captions.
Date:
October 5, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
California Code Commission meets to set body's agenda, Los Angeles, 1935

California Dept. of Fish and Game's research ship the N.B. Scofield just returned from a 10 week survey trip, Los Angeles, May 23, 1940

Description:
The N.B. Scofield, the State Fisheries research ship. Captain Weseth and the N.B. Scofield recently returned from a 10 week survey trip of tropical tuna grounds and tuna migration habits. The ship sailed around the Galapagos Islands conducting the most extensive surveys ever done on the Pacific.
Date:
May 23, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
California Dept. of Fish and Game's research ship the N.B. Scofield just returned from a 10 week survey trip, Los Angeles, May 23, 1940

California governor C.C. Young, Miss Canada, Miss Mexico, and crowd at ribbon-cutting ceremony, Roosevelt Highway, Malibu, 1929

Description:
C.C. Young, at center, in suit and tie, holding knife, smiling, with Grant Donley, in skirt, sweater, knitted hat, and Miss Canada sash, waving, seated on car at left, and Marianita Servin (daughter of Dr. Guillermo Servin), in skirt, sleeveless blouse, necklace, and Miss Mexico sash, waving, at right, with tangle of paper ribbons in foreground, uniformed officers and crowd, many waving hats, and hillside in background
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
California governor C.C. Young, Miss Canada, Miss Mexico, and crowd at ribbon-cutting ceremony, Roosevelt Highway, Malibu, 1929