William L. Brashear receiving a gift from M. A. Nugent at his birthday/retirement party from the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. I. A. Cain squats to the left holding a birthday cake and a large crowd of railroad employees is gathered around the lounge chair Brashear is seated in.
William L. Brashear receiving a gift from M. A. Nugent (right) at his birthday/retirement party from the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. I. A. Cain stands to the left holding a birthday cake and a large crowd of railroad employees is gathered around the lounge chair Brashear is seated in.
A group of unidentified young adults are holding on to each other on a spinning floor ride. The man on the far left appears to be Hal Booth (Willis Harold Booth), fiance to Ann McNaghten.
Children line up in front of the Bozzani Motor Company while attending the dealership's annual Christmas party. A wide sidewalk passes across the foreground. A couple children stand near camera at right. Farther back, at center, a Santa Claus stands facing camera. Behind him, children form a line. The line enters the dealership, off-center to the left, and stretches across the image towards the right. A few police officers stand on the near side of the line. The dealership's facade extends across the background.
From left to right, Peggy Edwards and J. D. Gillespie pose for the camera while they dance together at a party. The couple dances at center. Peggy Edwards smiles towards the camera. Behind them, a few other couples dance in the auditorium.
Ann McNaghten (left) using a burlap bag to go down a large slide. She is joined by three other women. Mrs. William Hart appears to be on the far right of the slide.
Three smiling people using burlap bags to go down a large slide. The person in front looks blurry from going down the slide so fast. They appear to be attending Ann McNaghten and Hal Booth's engagement party at the Venice Beach fun house.
Ann McNaghten smiling off-camera with an unidentified man. They are in a tunnel that appears to be moving. Onlookers are at the end of the tunnel in the background.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
A photograph of the same event appears in the photo spread titled, “Pictures From Far and Near Tell Story of Christmas Cheer Through Land,” and with the caption, “Thousands of Children at Italian Party,” Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1935: A22
A group of gleeful young adults sitting in a row going down a large slide. Each person is holding onto to the shoulders of the person in front, the leader holding on to the shoes of the person behind them. A small group of people appear to be in conversation under the slide in the background. The people on the slide could possibly be attending Ann McNaghten and Hal Booth's engagement party.
Roberta, Jack, Marguerite, and Jack sit around a square table covered with a white tablecloth. Couples dance in the background. Their table is engaged in conversation with one another and their table is covered with half-eaten plates of food and drinking glasses.