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Dr. A.M. Wilkinson, vice crusader, before the Los Angeles County Grand Jury, September 8, 1937

Description:
Dr. A.M. Wilkinson testifies against gambling and vice before the county grand jury. During his testimony, Wilkinson admitted to accepting $4400 from "gambling czar" Guy McAfee to use as financing for "The Last Days of Pompeii" pageant presented by the Federated Church Brotherhood, of which Wilkinson was chairman. Wilkinson, who was a vice crusader, resigned from the Citizens' Independent Vice Investigating Committee after this admission. However, his resignation was denied by several Committee members, who believed that accepting the funds should not affect Wilkinson's position on the Committee.
Date:
September 8, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Dr. A.M. Wilkinson, vice crusader, before the Los Angeles County Grand Jury, September 8, 1937

Dr. Raymond L. Carey with the honeybees he uses to treat his patients' arthritis, Los Angeles, November 9, 1941

Description:
Dr. Raymond L. Carey with the honeybees he uses to treat patients' arthritis. Dr. Carey’s laboratory was one of a half dozen places in the world that used honeybee venom to treat arthritis. One of the causes of arthritis is a lack of oxidation which is stimulated by the venom from a honeybee sting.
Date:
November 9, 1941
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Dr. Raymond L. Carey with the honeybees he uses to treat his patients' arthritis, Los Angeles, November 9, 1941

Dr. W.L. Carver with boxer Ceferino Garcia, his manager George Parnassus, and Everett Saunders from the State Athletic Commission, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Dr. W. L. Carver, physician for Hollywood Stadium, checks out the rope burn on boxer Ceferino Garcia's knee while Garcia's manager George Parnassus and Everett Saunders from the State Athletic Commission look on. Dr. Carver advised Garcia to take a break from working out as a precaution against infection.
Date:
February 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Dr. W.L. Carver with boxer Ceferino Garcia, his manager George Parnassus, and Everett Saunders from the State Athletic Commission, Los Angeles, 1940

Dr. W.L. Carver with boxer Ceferino Garcia, his manager George Parnassus, and Everett Saunders from the State Athletic Commission, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Dr. W. L. Carver, physician for Hollywood Stadium, checks out the rope burn on boxer Ceferino Garcia's knee while Garcia's manager George Parnassus and Everett Saunders from the State Athletic Commission look on. Dr. Carver advised Garcia to take a break from working out as a precaution against infection.
Date:
February 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Dr. W.L. Carver with boxer Ceferino Garcia, his manager George Parnassus, and Everett Saunders from the State Athletic Commission, Los Angeles, 1940

Dr. A.M. Wilkinson, vice crusader, testifies before the Los Angeles County Grand Jury. September 8, 1937.

Description:
Dr. A.M. Wilkinson pictured in court, on the day of his testimony before Los Angeles County grand jury regarding an ongoing investigation into religious racketeering. During his testimony, Wilkinson admitted to accepting $4400 from "gambling czar" Guy McAfee. The money was used to pay outstanding bills incurred by "The Last Days of Pompeii" pageant, presented by the Federated Church Brotherhood, of which Wilkinson was chairman. In his testimony, Wilkinson avowed that the funds received from McAfee came without strings attached, and that he and the notorious gambler had prayed for an end to the latter’s gambling addiction. Wilkinson, who was a vice crusader, resigned from the Citizens' Independent Vice Investigating Committee following his testimony. However, his resignation was denied by several Committee members, who believed that accepting the funds should not affect Wilkinson's position on the Committee.
Date:
September 8, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Dr. A.M. Wilkinson, vice crusader, testifies before the Los Angeles County Grand Jury. September 8, 1937.

Dr. A.M. Wilkinson, vice crusader, testifies before the Los Angeles County Grand Jury. September 8, 1937.

Description:
Dr. A.M. Wilkinson pictured in court, on the day of his testimony before Los Angeles County grand jury regarding an ongoing investigation into religious racketeering. During his testimony, Wilkinson admitted to accepting $4400 from "gambling czar" Guy McAfee. The money was used to pay outstanding bills incurred by "The Last Days of Pompeii" pageant, presented by the Federated Church Brotherhood, of which Wilkinson was chairman. In his testimony, Wilkinson avowed that the funds received from McAfee came without strings attached, and that he and the notorious gambler had prayed for an end to the latter’s gambling addiction. Wilkinson, who was a vice crusader, resigned from the Citizens' Independent Vice Investigating Committee following his testimony. However, his resignation was denied by several Committee members, who believed that accepting the funds should not affect Wilkinson's position on the Committee.
Date:
September 8, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Dr. A.M. Wilkinson, vice crusader, testifies before the Los Angeles County Grand Jury. September 8, 1937.

Dr. A.M. Wilkinson, vice crusader, testifies before the Los Angeles County Grand Jury. September 8, 1937.

Description:
Dr. A.M. Wilkinson pictured in court, on the day of his testimony before Los Angeles County grand jury regarding an ongoing investigation into religious racketeering. During his testimony, Wilkinson admitted to accepting $4400 from "gambling czar" Guy McAfee. The money was used to pay outstanding bills incurred by "The Last Days of Pompeii" pageant, presented by the Federated Church Brotherhood, of which Wilkinson was chairman. In his testimony, Wilkinson avowed that the funds received from McAfee came without strings attached, and that he and the notorious gambler had prayed for an end to the latter’s gambling addiction. Wilkinson, who was a vice crusader, resigned from the Citizens' Independent Vice Investigating Committee following his testimony. However, his resignation was denied by several Committee members, who believed that accepting the funds should not affect Wilkinson's position on the Committee.
Date:
September 8, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Dr. A.M. Wilkinson, vice crusader, testifies before the Los Angeles County Grand Jury. September 8, 1937.

Dr. Carl Wagner, county autopsy surgeon during the investigation of the murder of dentist Leonard Siever, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:
A cropped version of this photograph appears with the article, "CRASH KILLS SCREEN STAR: Dorothy Dell in Auto Tragedy Dr. Wagner, Noted Pasadena Surgeon, Driver of Car, Also Meets Death Speeding Machine Strikes Curbing on Curve and Hits Several Trees," Los Angeles Times, 09 Jun. 1934: A1
Date:
December 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dr. Carl Wagner, county autopsy surgeon during the investigation of the murder of dentist Leonard Siever, Los Angeles, 1933

Dr. J. L. Pomeroy, Vivian Cammack and Vivien Bremer decorate the Health Department's Christmas tree, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
From left to right, Dr. J. L. Pomeroy, Vivian Cammack and Vivien Bremer stand around the Health Department's Christmas tree as they decorate it. The tree stands in a corner, off-center to the right. Against the far right wall, Vivien Bremer stands in profile, facing left. At left, Vivian Cammack stands in front of the tree. She smiles to camera as she holds up a length of garland. Behind and to the left of her, Dr. J. L. Pomeroy stands atop a ladder. He, too, smiles to camera and holds a length of garland. A set of double doors stands behind him at left.
Date:
December 19, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dr. J. L. Pomeroy, Vivian Cammack and Vivien Bremer decorate the Health Department's Christmas tree, Los Angeles, 1935

Dr. and Mrs. George C. Bergman and their children Clyde and Phyllis, Addis Ababa, 1936 (copy photo)

Description:
Dr. George Bergman and his family were 7th Day Adventists missionaries in Ethiopia. He founded a hospital in Dessie and was the superintendent of Zauditu Memorial Sanitarium and Hospital in Addis Ababa. When Italy was ready to invade Ethiopia in 1935, he sent his family back to Los Angeles, but he remained to take care of any casualties.
Date:
[circa February 6, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dr. and Mrs. George C. Bergman and their children Clyde and Phyllis, Addis Ababa, 1936 (copy photo)

Dr. W. B. Mayo helps keep Bernice Gilliland from getting jailed over a speeding ticket, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Dr. Mayo has saved Mrs. Gilliland from going to jail after she failed to pay a fine for $15 for speeding in a 20 mph zone. Gilliland claimed to be picking up Dr. Mayo to see patient Julo De Cunrut for her wrist injury. Dr. Mayo showed up to corroborate Mrs. Gilliland's story and pay the $15.
Date:
April 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dr. W. B. Mayo helps keep Bernice Gilliland from getting jailed over a speeding ticket, Los Angeles, 1926

Edwin S. Bennett is announced as new medical director of Olive View Sanatorium, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
The new medical director of Olive View Sanatorium is 47-year-old Dr. Edwin S. Bennett is an alumni of New York University and also served from 1917 to 1919 the United States Army in France treating tubercular soldiers. He has lived in Los Angeles for several years, operating a private practice.
Date:
November 22, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Edwin S. Bennett is announced as new medical director of Olive View Sanatorium, Los Angeles, 1935

Dr. George C. Bergman and his wife Gertrude Nelson Bergman, Redlands, Calif., 1936 (copy photo)

Description:
Dr. George Bergman and Gertrude Bergman were 7th Day Adventists missionaries in Ethiopia. He founded a hospital in Dessie and was the superintendent of Zauditu Memorial Sanitarium and Hospital in Addis Ababa. When Italy was ready to invade Ethiopia in 1935, he sent his family back to Los Angeles, but he remained to take care of any casualties.
Date:
[circa February 7, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dr. George C. Bergman and his wife Gertrude Nelson Bergman, Redlands, Calif., 1936 (copy photo)

Portrait of Dr. Alfred L. Wilkes, taken before he drowned while sailing to Catalina Island in 1935

Description:
Portrait of Alfred L. Wilkes, dentist, who drowned when his boat overturned while he was sailing with his son, Huston (Barney) Wilkes, from San Pedro to Santa Catalina Island. Huston was rescued the next morning after clinging to both the boat and his father's body for many hours.
Date:
[between 1932 and 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Portrait of Dr. Alfred L. Wilkes, taken before he drowned while sailing to Catalina Island in 1935

Dr. Guy Cochran, Mrs. Kate Crutcher, Joseph Scott, Dr. John Wilson and James Croft pose at the new therapy pool at the Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
This photograph appears with the article, "NEW ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTION FORMALLY OPENED TO TREAT AFFLICTED YOUNGSTERS: NEW HOSPITAL DEDICATED TO CRIPPLED CHILDREN Civic Leaders Join Ceremony for Opening of Kate Page Crutcher Orthopedic Building," Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 1934: A1
Date:
[circa April 2, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dr. Guy Cochran, Mrs. Kate Crutcher, Joseph Scott, Dr. John Wilson and James Croft pose at the new therapy pool at the Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles, 1934

Dr. Townsend advocates old age pension proposal to crowd at La Crescenta picnic, 1935

Description:
Similar to theimage of Dr. Townsend captioned: "Pension advocate addresses 20,000: Dr. Townsend, unperturbed by the plane crash which delayed his arrival at the La Crescenta picnic, addressed a crowd estimated at 20,000 on the old age pension plan which he originated." With the article "Dr. Townsend's Plane Crashes on Way to Picnic - Bowl Debater Heckled" Los Angeles Times 19 Aug. 1935.
Date:
August 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dr. Townsend advocates old age pension proposal to crowd at La Crescenta picnic, 1935

Dr. William Palmer Lucas poses on a sidewalk, Los Angeles vicinity, about 1926

Description:
Dr. William Palmer Lucas stands on a sidewalk at center and looks to the camera. He holds scrolled-up paper in one hand and rests the other in his pocket. The sidewalk beneath him passes across the bottom edge, inclining towards the left. A brick- and stone-constructed building stretches behind him and is viewed close-up. At left, a doorway is inset into the building.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dr. William Palmer Lucas poses on a sidewalk, Los Angeles vicinity, about 1926

Dr. A.D. Trotter holds a bottle of medicine that brought Mildred Gross back to life, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
28-year-old Mildred Gross had been declared dead at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital from an overdose of sleeping powder. But over the course of an hour Dr. A.D. Trotter administered several intravenous injections to Mrs. Gross that successfully restored her pulse, respiration, and reflexes, even though she did not regain consciousness.
Date:
December 1, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dr. A.D. Trotter holds a bottle of medicine that brought Mildred Gross back to life, Los Angeles, 1938

Physicians Rupert Blue and G. W. Middleton at medical convention, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
This photograph, reversed and cropped to show only Dr. Blue’s face, appears with the article “Old-Time Art of Doctors Urged, Medical Convention Speaker Decries Modern Methods, Mechanical Practice Outcome of Social Conditions, Fraternity’s High Exponents at Session Here.” Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 1927: A1
Date:
1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Physicians Rupert Blue and G. W. Middleton at medical convention, Los Angeles, 1927

Notable city socialites and philanthropists planning President Roosevelt's birthday celebrations, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of prominent society members of Los Angeles who gathered together to plan out an extensive ticket campaign to ensure successes of two fetes to honor the birthday of President Roosevelt. Those in the photograph include socialites and activists Mrs. Samuel Cary Dunlap (Anna May), Mrs. Leafie Sloan Orcutt, Mrs. Hancock Banning (Anne Ophelia) and Mrs. Leiland A. Irish (Florence M.), Grace Stoermer; Showman Sid Grauman; and Los Angeles Health Department Head Dr. George Parrish.
Date:
Jan 18, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notable city socialites and philanthropists planning President Roosevelt's birthday celebrations, Los Angeles, 1935

Dr. Leo Baughman, Los Angeles, 1928-1937

Description:
Articles that reference Dr. Leo Baughman do not focus on his dental career, although he was a prominent dentist and member of the California State board of dental examination. Baughman was also a speedboat racing enthusiast, owning several world record-holding boats (each one named Blue Streak). Baughman often acted as chief timer for regatta races. These activities are reported on in "Blue Streak Captures Santa Barbara Races," Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 1928: 12; in "Fast Times Feature Outboard Race Card," Los Angeles Times, 17 Jun. 1929: 12; and in "Speedboats in Regatta Today at Long Beach," Los Angeles Times, 14 May 1932: A11, amongst others.
Date:
[between 1928-1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dr. Leo Baughman, Los Angeles, 1928-1937