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Description:: The camera hovers over a large crowd of children and their parents at the Wilshire Council P.T.A.'s Christmas party held at the Farmers' Public Market. The crowd occupies the lower two-thirds of the image and generally faces towards the right. To the right of the crowd, Edward Shaffer, dressed as Santa Claus, stands elevated from the crowd and hands out gifts to children in the crowd. He faces towards camera as he picks up a gift. The large pile of gifts sit the right of him. Behind and to the right of him, children form a line. Beyond Santa Claus and the crowd, cars park in a row. Farther back, the Farmers' Public Market stall stretches across the background.
Date:: December 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Related to the article, "CHRISTMAS PLANS LAID: City Ready for Observance Thousands of Children as Well as Grown-ups Will Be Remembered CITY AWAITS CHRISTMAS Plans Laid for Observance Thousands of Children and Grown-ups to Be Cheered by Charitable Groups," Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 1935: A1
Date:: December 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Children pose beside Santa Claus and his sleigh during the Shriners' Christmas party. About a dozen children stand in a cluster at left. They all don fezzes that read, "FS," and hold up the gifts they received. At center, a Shriner member stands to the right of the group and points towards the children. Behind him, from left to right, Santa Claus and Mickey Mouse stand in a sleigh. The Mickey Mouse character holds onto the sleigh's reins. Hoofed animals stand in partial view ahead of the sleigh at right. Painted scenery stretches across the background.
Date:: December 23, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Five women stand holding a tray filled with gifts. from left to right: Francine Becheraz, Mrs. Rodney Carmack, Margaret Jean Millikan, Dorothy Jueneman, and Francis M. Traeger. A piano can be seen in the background.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Off-center to the right, Lieutenant Virginia White sits among several children during the Salvation Army's Christmas party at Polytechnic High School. Lieutenant White is dressed in all black and looks to the right of the camera. A young girl sits on her lap. Behind and to either side of her, 2 boys stand. The boy at left holds a toy airplane. Two more boys stand to either side of Virginia White's lap. Another girl stands at far left and holds a doll. Two boys sit on the ground in front of everyone. The children all hold small gift boxes. Folding chairs rest or hang from the wall at left.
Date:: December 27, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Guests dance at a Los Angeles Times party. The event may be related to the opening of the new Los Angeles Times building in July 1935.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Pickfair Party for Jerry Buss: It Was a Magic Evening for Celebrities," 19 Jun. 1981: pg. 11.
Date:: June 17, 1981
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hartnett, Martha
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Malcolm McNaghten is seen playfully walking through a tunnel in the Venice Fun House. Unidentified onlookers appear in the background. A couple is seen embraced on the floor. McNaghten is the father of Ann McNaghten. Possibly related to the article "BEWILDERING MACHINERY OF MIRTH MIXES NEW AND JOLLY COMPLEXITIES," Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 1936: D3.
Date:: February 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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