Subject: Portrait photographs - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

W.P.A. director R. C. Jacobson, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Similar photograph appears with the article, "W. P. A. Chief Will Remain," Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar 1936: A1.
Date:: March 22, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Winner of the 1896 Fiesta de las Flores of Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Long-Lost Gift Found," Los Angeles Times, 03 Apr 1936: A1.
Date:: April 3, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

William G. Stedman, 1936

Description:: 70% of the net proceeds from the community ball will go to emergency work in the district for infantile paralysis cases and 30% will be forwarded to the national research foundation in Washington.
Date:: [circa January 29, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

William Edward Hickman, subject of nationwide manhunt, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Photograph appears with the articles under title, "Hickman Identified by Three Drug Store Owners as Daring Narcotic Bandit," Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec 1927: 2.
Date:: December 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Wilfred William Watterson, charged with embezzlement, Independence, 1927

Description:: W.W. Watterson and M.Q. Watterson are to go to trial on charges of embezzling $500,000 from the Inyo County Bank.
Date:: September 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Wayne Fisher, foreman of the 1934 Los Angeles County Grand Jury.

Date:: [circa February 20, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wayne Fisher, foreman of the 1934 Los Angeles County Grand Jury.

Description:: Wayne Fisher was the foreman of the 1934 Los Angeles County Grand Jury. Fisher was born in Sioux Falls, S.D. in 1892, although he was educated in Los Angeles and graduated from the college of law at the University of Southern California. Fisher was an investment banker and a sport aviator.
Date:: [circa February 20, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wayne Fisher, foreman of the 1934 Los Angeles County Grand Jury.

Description:: Wayne Fisher was the foreman of the 1934 Los Angeles County Grand Jury. Fisher was born in Sioux Falls, S.D. in 1892, although he was educated in Los Angeles and graduated from the college of law at the University of Southern California. Fisher was an investment banker and a sport aviator.
Date:: [circa February 20, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wayne Fisher, foreman of the 1934 Los Angeles County Grand Jury.

Description:: Wayne Fisher was the foreman of the 1934 Los Angeles County Grand Jury. Fisher was born in Sioux Falls, S.D. in 1892, although he was educated in Los Angeles and graduated from the college of law at the University of Southern California. Fisher was an investment banker and a sport aviator.
Date:: [circa February 20, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wayne Fisher, foreman of the 1934 Los Angeles County Grand Jury.

Description:: Wayne Fisher was the foreman of the 1934 Los Angeles County Grand Jury. Fisher was born in Sioux Falls, S.D. in 1892, although he was educated in Los Angeles and graduated from the college of law at the University of Southern California. Fisher was an investment banker and a sport aviator.
Date:: [circa February 20, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Warde Traver, New York-based artist, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Noted Artist to Reside Here," Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep 1932: A2.
Date:: September 19, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Viola Lawlar, professional student of the Hollywood Associated Studios, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: A photograph of a headshot of Viola Lawlar.
Date:: December 24, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Vilma Aknay sues Ernest Vajda, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Vilma sits with her hands folded under her chin and her purse on the table in front of her.
Date:: November 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Victor E. Chenea talks about the Pan-American traffic system, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "New Sky Line in Field Here," Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar 1934: A6.
Date:: March 26, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Unidentified man in Gordon Northcott case, Riverside, circa 1928

Description:: Mrs. Northcott is held in custody being jointly accused with her son Gordon Northcott of murdering Walter Collins.
Date:: [circa 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Two photographic prints of William F. Gettle hang from a piece of lumber, [Beverly Hills?], about 1934

Description:: A similar portrait of William F. Gettle appears in a small photo spread captioned, "Close-up of Place Where William F. Gettle Was Captured for Ransom In the top row of pictures are, left to right, William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire kidnaped [sic] from his Arcadia estate (photo by Raoul Gradvohl;) the house at 279 West Foothill Boulevard, Arcadia, from where Gettle was kidnaped [sic] (Wide World photo;) James P. Wolf, personal friend of Gettle, who was with Gettle at the time of the kidnaping [sic] but was bound and gagged and left behind by the two gunmen, and the ladder used by the kidnapers [sic] when they forced the millionaire to climb the high wall and barbed wire surrounding his estate to a waiting motor car (Wide World photo.) Below is the Gettle home at 723 Linden Drive, Beverly Hills," Los Angeles Times, 11 May 1934: 2
Date:: [circa May, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

T. J. Murphy, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: T. J. Murphy was president of the Federal Cold Storage Company and helped provide cold storage technology for much of the produce in Southern California.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Thirty-year police photographer Florentin Florentin, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, " "Thirty Years of Mugs;" - That's Officer's Boast," Los Angeles Times, 08 Feb 1936: 12.
Date:: February 7, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Stanford senior Margaret Joy on her wedding day, Bel Air, 1935

Description:: Similar photograph appears with the article, "Romance At Stanford Leads To Altar Here," 28 Dec 1935: A1.
Date:: December 28, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Stanford senior Margaret Joy on her wedding day, Bel Air, 1935

Description:: Similar photograph appears with the article, "Romance At Stanford Leads To Altar Here," 28 Dec 1935: A1.
Date:: December 28, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Sir Frederick O'Connor's impressive travels in East Asia are told, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Photograph possibly related to the story, "The LEE SIDE o' L.A.," Los Angeles Times, 21 July 1934: A4.
Date:: July 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Sgt. Mike Donaldson, the "Fighting Irishman", World War I hero

Description:: Photograph of Sergeant Mike Donaldson, the "Fighting Irishman", taken during a trip to Los Angeles. Donaldson received the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery under fire after rescuing six wounded comrades while under German attack during World War I. His visit to Los Angeles concerned film contracts relating to his life story.
Date:: [circa May 16, 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Runaways Fred Parsons and Neal Parker captured, 1936

Description:: The fifteen-year-old boys escaped from the California Junior Republic, lied that they were twin brothers with their father paying for their fare and boarded a train all the way to Santa Fe before they were apprehended by police.
Date:: April 7, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Roxana Spreckels divorces her husband, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Roxana is a woman with short blonde hair, big, light-colored eyes, and painted lips, wearing a fur coat and a small black hat.
Date:: April 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Roura family portrait

Description:: Left to Right: Miguel Roura, Cuauhtli Roura, Yolanda Roura, Quetzal Roura, and Quiche Roura.This family portrait was taken at a professional studio at the Montebello mall. This was their first family portrait.
Date:: November 1991
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Latino Families Photo Project

Rodrigo and Delicia

Description:: Rodrigo and Delicia Vargas. This portrait was taken in a professional photography studio in Santa Monica, CA.
Date:: early 1970s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Latino Families Photo Project

Republican politician Ralph Wallace, San Diego, 1936

Description:: Wallace makes a personal appeal to voters why his delegation is better than the opponent's.
Date:: April 29, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Recently married James A. Kammerdiner, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Having recently lost his wife, Mr. Kammerdiner realized that he wanted to remarry, and since there was no person he cared for so much as adopted daughter Ruth he propositioned her, to which she agreed. They were married without the knowledge of other family members at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tierney of Albuquerque.
Date:: December 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ramon Valadez

Description:: This is a photograph of Ramon V. Valadez. He was in the Army National Guard and served during WWII. This portrait was probably taken by a traveling photographer.
Date:: circa 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Latino Families Photo Project

Public Defender Frederic H. Vercoe, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Vercoe sits at a desk with an open book.
Date:: April, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Printing machinery manufacturer Neal Dow Becker poses for an article sharing his opinions on business and the news, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Neal Dow Becker sits upright gazing into the camera.
Date:: February 16, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Prince" Michael Romanoff, popular Hollywood pretender to Russian royal blood, Los Angeles, 1934 (?)

Description:: A photograph of "Prince" (not, as captioned here, "Grand Duke") Michael Romanoff, a Hollywood restaurateur and actor, who claimed to be a member of the Russian royal family. This claim was widely known to be false; however, Romanoff kept up the deception throughout his life in Los Angeles.Romanoff was born Hershel Geguzin in Lithuania. He traveled extensively before settling in Los Angeles and into the role of Michael Romanoff. In Hollywood, he acted on stage and in film, but was perhaps most successful as the owner of the restaurant "Romanoff's" in Beverly Hills. The restaurant was popular for its chocolate souffles, and was frequented by many celebrities. It closed its doors in 1962.
Date:: 1934?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

"Prince" Michael Romanoff, popular Hollywood pretender to Russian royal blood, Los Angeles, 1934 (?)

Description:: A photograph of "Prince" (not, as captioned here, "Grand Duke") Michael Romanoff, a Hollywood restaurateur and actor, who claimed to be a member of the Russian royal family. This claim was widely known to be false; however, Romanoff kept up the deception throughout his life in Los Angeles.Romanoff was born Hershel Geguzin in Lithuania. He traveled extensively before settling in Los Angeles and into the role of Michael Romanoff. In Hollywood, he acted on stage and in film, but was perhaps most successful as the owner of the restaurant "Romanoff's" in Beverly Hills. The restaurant was popular for its chocolate souffles, and was frequented by many celebrities. It closed its doors in 1962.
Date:: 1934?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

"Prince" Michael Romanoff, popular Hollywood pretender to Russian royal blood, Los Angeles, 1934 (?)

Description:: A photograph of "Prince" (not, as captioned here, "Grand Duke") Michael Romanoff, a Hollywood restaurateur and actor, who claimed to be a member of the Russian royal family. This claim was widely known to be false; however, Romanoff kept up the deception throughout his life in Los Angeles.Romanoff was born Hershel Geguzin in Lithuania. He traveled extensively before settling in Los Angeles and into the role of Michael Romanoff. In Hollywood, he acted on stage and in film, but was perhaps most successful as the owner of the restaurant "Romanoff's" in Beverly Hills. The restaurant was popular for its chocolate souffles, and was frequented by many celebrities. It closed its doors in 1962.
Date:: 1934?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Portrait photograph of Dr. Ernest Griffith, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Possibly related to the article, "G.O.P. SURVEY BEING MADE: Young Leaders Consulted, Washington Educator Finds People Baffled by Conditions," Los Angeles Times, 11 Jul. 1935: A1
Date:: July 17, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Portrait of woman in floor length dress, rephotographed Santa Monica, 1940

Description:: Woman wearing floor length dress, jewelry, and upsweep hairstyle. Woman stands in an ornate frame, possibly a doorway or hearth.
Date:: April 30, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Portrait of Rev. Arthur T. Hobson, Los Angeles

Description:: This is a portrait of Rev. Arthur T. Hobson who served as a pastor at the Echo Park Methodist Church for several years.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Portrait of poet Ina Donna Coolbrith, 1880's, rephotographed 1940

Description:: Portrait of Ina Donna Coolbrith, Poet Laureate of California. This photograph is the frontispiece from her book, Songs from the Golden Gate, 1895.
Date:: April 30, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Portrait of Lady Adams, Los Angeles, 1920-1930

Description:: Portrait of Lady Adams sitting in a chair. Lady Adams was born Agnes Anne Cook in Scotland. She wrote popular articles for newspapers and magazines.
Date:: [between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Portrait of Kay Marshall Soprano by Bruno Bernard [rephotographed], Los Angeles, 1964

Description:: This is a photograph of a black and white studio portrait of Kay Marshall, a soprano singer with the Los Angeles Opera Company taken by Bruno Bernard. She is looking out of the frame to the top left corner. She has a typical 60's hairdo and is wearing a beaded jewellery over what looks like an elegant off shoulder gown.
Date:: 1964
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Bernard, Bruno
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Portrait of Kay Marshall Portrait of Kay Marshall Soprano by Bruno Bernard [rephotographed], Los Angeles, 1964

Description:: This is a photograph of a black and white studio portrait of Kay Marshall, a soprano singer with the Los Angeles Opera Company taken by Bruno Bernard. She is looking out of the frame to the top left corner. She has a typical 60's hairdo and is wearing a beaded jewellery over what looks like an elegant off shoulder gown.
Date:: 1964
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Bernard, Bruno
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Portrait of county assessor Hopkins, Los Angeles, circa 1930-1938

Description:: This is a picture of Ed W. Hopkins, who served as Los Angeles County Assessor from 1910 until his death in 1938. He was brought back repeatedly by majority vote by the public. In this image, he is posing for photographs next to a large flower bouquet arranged in a basket. He is standing in front of a large county map.
Date:: [Between 1930 and 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Pop-eye," a brave Persian housecat, and his owner Betty Jean Welch.

Description:: Pictured is "Pop-eye," the two-year-old Persian housecat in the arms of his owner, Miss Betty Jean Welch. Pop-eye became famous for killing a four-foot-long black diamond rattlesnake. The snake invaded Pop-eye's backyard, wherein Pop-eye defended his territory and bravely defeated the reptilian invader.
Date:: March 15, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Pomona College choir singer Charlotte Hanson, Claremont, 1935

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Pomona Valley Music Season Open Tomorrow," Los Angeles Times, 07 Dec 1935: 4.
Date:: December 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Pierce Williams is to face trial for conspiracy related to the Civil Works Administration, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Delay Granted To F.E.R.A. Aide," Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep 1934: A1.
Date:: September 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Photograph of a portrait photograph of Vilma Aknay, 1934

Description:: This photographs appears with the article, "Hungarian Stage Star Asks Balm," Los Angeles Times, 14 Jul. 1934: A3
Date:: [July, 1934?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Phillip G. Phillips comes to Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Harvard Law School alumni Phillip G. Phillips has come to Los Angeles to assist in complaints filed against the National Labor Relations Board with local board director Towne J. Nylander.
Date:: September 23, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Paul Mantz, motion picture stunt pilot and consultant, poses with airplane. Circa February 1936.

Description:: Stunt pilot and entrepreneur Paul Mantz poses with one of his airplanes. Mantz received his pilot's license in 1926 while serving with the Army Air Services, after which he pursued a career as a motion pictures stunt pilot, air racing pilot, film aviation consultant, and manager of "United Air Services" and "Paul Mantz Air Services," which contracted pilots and airplanes for the film industry. Paul Mantz also taught pilots, including notable student Amelia Earhart, whom he accompanied on her first (unsuccessful) attempt at flying around the globe.This photograph was likely taken during Mantz's divorce trial from his first wife, Myrtle L. Mantz (nee Harvey), a fellow aviator and former student. They were married in 1932 and divorced in 1936. A "Mrs. Putnam" was named during the divorce hearing, a likely reference to Earhart, who was married to George Palmer Putnam, publisher.
Date:: [circa February, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Paul Mantz, motion picture stunt pilot and consultant, poses with airplane. Circa February 1936.

Description:: Stunt pilot and entrepreneur Paul Mantz poses with one of his airplanes. Mantz received his pilot's license in 1926 while serving with the Army Air Services, after which he pursued a career as a motion pictures stunt pilot, air racing pilot, film aviation consultant, and manager of "United Air Services" and "Paul Mantz Air Services," which contracted pilots and airplanes for the film industry. Paul Mantz also taught pilots, including notable student Amelia Earhart, whom he accompanied on her first (unsuccessful) attempt at flying around the globe.This photograph was likely taken during Mantz's divorce trial from his first wife, Myrtle L. Mantz (nee Harvey), a fellow aviator and former student. They were married in 1932 and divorced in 1936. A "Mrs. Putnam" was named during the divorce hearing, a likely reference to Earhart, who was married to George Palmer Putnam, publisher.
Date:: [circa February, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Paul Mantz, motion picture stunt pilot and consultant. Circa February 1936.

Description:: Text from original nitrate sleeve: Mantz, Paul; Mantz, Myrtle L.
Date:: [circa February, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Paul Mantz, motion picture stunt pilot and consultant. Circa February 1936.

Description:: Text from original nitrate sleeve: Mantz, Paul; Mantz, Myrtle L.
Date:: [circa February, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Paul Mantz faces divorce from his wife, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Air Jaunts Rift Issue," Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb 1936: A3.
Date:: February 27, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Paroled lifer Franklin William Austin outside Lincoln Heights Jail, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: Franklin Austin, in street clothes, leans against a doorframe. His arms are crossed, one hand holding a cigarette up to his mouth. To his right is a door handle. Reported in "Paroled Lifer Faced by Gaol: Murderer May be Sent Back to Folsom," Los Angeles Times, 7 Jul. 1925: A3.
Date:: [circa July 1925]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

One of the founders of the 1903 "Mechanics' Institute" Fred L. Alles, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Early Days Recalled," Los Angeles Times, 06 Apr 1936: A3.
Date:: April 6, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

One of the founders of the 1903 "Mechanics' Institute" Fred L. Alles, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Fred L. Alles holds in front of him a certificate paper.
Date:: April 6, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Officer Ralph V. Savage is accused of involvement in criminal activities, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "More Linked to Thievery," Los Angeles Times, 06 Jan 1936: 1.
Date:: January 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Officer Charles C. Clark is taken in questioning with a string of burglaries and robberies, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Charles C. Clark has worked with the police department for over ten years, but is now being considered as a collaborate in a string of robberies and burglaries that he and partner Ralph Savage allegedly served as lookouts for.
Date:: January 6, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nona H. McAdoo seeks divorce from husband Francis Taylor, Reno, 1938

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Nona M'Adoo Seeks Divorce," Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec 1938: 5.
Date:: December 9, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nellie May Madison admits to shooting her husband in self-defense, Los Angeles County, 1935

Description:: Nellie has admitted that she shot husband Eric Madison out of self defense after he tried to attack her with a knife.
Date:: June 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nellie Brewer Pierce, convention delegate, tries to rally support for Republicans, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Free Slate Need Urged," Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr 1936: A1.
Date:: April 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

National Youth Administration director Dr. Mary H. S. Hayes, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: National director of N.Y.A. Dr. Hayes is staying at the Mayflower Hotel for three days in order to focus the attention of the National Youth Administration to getting jobs for sons and daughters from families on relief.
Date:: April 3, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Myrtle L. Mantz sues A. Paul Mantz for a divorce, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Air Jaunts Rift Issue," Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb 1936: A3.
Date:: February 27, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Myrtle L. Mantz, aviator and first wife of Paul Mantz, motion picture stunt pilot and consultant. Circa February 1936.

Description:: Portrait of aviator Myrtle L. Mantz, nee Harvey, likely taken during her divorce from film stunt pilot and consultant Paul Mantz. Mrs. Mantz was a former flight student of her husband's. They were married in 1932. Their divorce hearing attracted public attention when a "Mrs. Putnam" was named during the divorce hearing, a likely reference to Amelia Earhart, who was married to George Palmer Putnam, publisher. Both Earhart and her husband were friends of Myrtle and Paul Mantz, and Earhart was tutored by Paul Mantz on long distance aviation and navigation. The Mantzes were granted a divorce on June 28, 1936.
Date:: [circa February, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Myrtle L. Mantz, aviator and first wife of Paul Mantz, motion picture stunt pilot and consultant. Circa February 1936.

Description:: Portrait of aviator Myrtle L. Mantz, nee Harvey, likely taken during her divorce from film stunt pilot and consultant Paul Mantz. Mrs. Mantz was a former flight student of her husband's. They were married in 1932. Their divorce hearing attracted public attention when a "Mrs. Putnam" was named during the divorce hearing, a likely reference to Amelia Earhart, who was married to George Palmer Putnam, publisher. Both Earhart and her husband were friends of Myrtle and Paul Mantz, and Earhart was tutored by Paul Mantz on long distance aviation and navigation. The Mantzes were granted a divorce on June 28, 1936.
Date:: [circa February, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Muriel McClure is given honor for her accomplishments in the Pomona College yearbook, Claremont, 1935

Description:: A photograph of a picture of Muriel, a paperclip attached to one side of the picture, four lines drawn around her face to form a rectangle, and a piece of the newspaper article with her name and the stamped date Oct 10 1935 underneath her face.
Date:: October 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mrs. Marie Earl, seated, poses for a photograph.

Description:: Mrs. Marie Earl poses for a portrait photograph on an outdoor patio/balcony.
Date:: 1920-1930?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. Mamita Coleman Hayes Formes, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Possibly related to the article, "Jail match annulment suit filed," Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 1936: A3.
Date:: [between 1932-1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Mrs. Mamita Coleman Hayes Formes, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Possibly related to the article, "Jail match annulment suit filed," Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 1936: A3.
Date:: [between 1932-1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Mrs. Kate Hammond, acquitted of disturbing the peace. March 30, 1936.

Description:: Mrs. Kate Hammond, in court over a charge of disturbing the peace brought by her neighbor, Mrs. Emily Charlton. Charlton accused Hammond of various verbal abuses, as well as throwing her dirty dishwater into Charlton's yard. Hammond denied the claims. The jury acquitted Hammond of the charges after an hour's deliberation. March 30, 1936.
Date:: March 30, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Minnie Kennedy, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Description:: Minnie Kennedy, mother of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, seated in a chair.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mildred Howell Lewis, winner of the 1896 Fiesta de las Flores of Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A young Mrs. Lewis is shown dressed in an elegant gown complete with crown, scepter and a very long cloak on the day of her award.
Date:: April 4, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mildred Howell Lewis, winner of the 1896 Fiesta de las Flores of Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Mrs. Lewis sits upright in an armchair in an otherwise empty sitting room.
Date:: April 4, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mildred Howell Lewis, winner of the 1896 Fiesta de las Flores of Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Long-Lost Gift Found," Los Angeles Times, 03 Apr 1936: A1.
Date:: April 4, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mildred Hancock, 1935

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Chatterbox," Los Angeles Times, 22 July 1935: A7.
Date:: [circa July 21, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Maurice L. Kusell divorces wife Jayne Manners, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Similar photograph appears with the article, "Crater Case Tale Denied," Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep 1935: A8.
Date:: September 10, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mary Edgerly Aylsworth passed away at the age of 89, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Aylsworth Funeral Set," Los Angeles Times, 04 Jan 1936: A8.
Date:: January 4, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Marta Saucedo

Description:: Marta Saucedo. This photograph was taken at Cassasola Studio in El Paso, TX. for Marta's prom at Jefferson High school.
Date:: circa 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Latino Families Photo Project

Mark Quayle Watterson is to go to trial on charges of embezzlement, Independence, 1927

Description:: W.W. Watterson and M.Q. Watterson are to go to trial on charges of embezzling $500,000 from the Inyo County Bank.
Date:: September 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Marjorie Harriman is chosen as President of the Southern California Art Teachers' Association, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A picture of a photograph of Harriman, the edge of her newspaper clipping paper clipped to the photograph.
Date:: February 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Marjorie Gay is given money in her divorce settlement, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: An unsmiling Marjorie sits with her gloved hands folded.
Date:: April 12, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Marie Michelena goes to court over parking dispute, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Walter Hale is being taken to court over disturbing the peace after calling Mrs. Marie Michelena several profane insults over the dispute of the parking of she and husband Dr. Nestor Michelena's vehicle.
Date:: August 30, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Maria Reeves, posed for a photograph on a patio chair, 1920s.

Description:: Maria Reeves, seated outdoors, poses for a photograph on a patio chair.
Date:: 1920-1930?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Major William E. Sparling, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Major Sparling stands wearing military uniform with hat.
Date:: October 4, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Maj. Donald H. Connolly, C.W.A. director of Los Angeles County, circa February 1934.

Description:: Maj. Donald H. Connolly, United States Army engineering officer, succeeded Harrold English as C.W.A. director of Los Angeles County. Upon first arriving in California, he met with Capt. Edward H. Macaulay, the state director of the C.W.A. for California, in San Francisco. Donald H. Connollly was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers from West Point in 1910, and was the officerin charge of the W.P.A of southern California for 1935-1939. He would go on to reach the rank of Major General, serving in the Persian Gulf command from 1942-1944. Ma. Gen. Donald H. Connolly retired from service in 1948 and died in 1969.
Date:: [circa Feburary 1, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Lucille Pinson tries to support her friend Henry Guttman, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Beauty Prize Winner Aids Guttman's Fight," Los Angeles Times, 29 July 1935: A8.
Date:: July 28, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Louise E. Nimmo, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Louise E. Nimmo was president of the Women Painters of the West.
Date:: October 30, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Times editor Juana Neal Levy, 1938

Date:: May 6, 1938
1938-05-06
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Times editor Juana Neal Levy, 1936

Description:: "Ma" Levy stands by herself in a corner of the room, wrapped in a fur coat and clutching a purse.
Date:: April 15, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles County Grand Jury, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: Portrait photograph of unidentified man who was presumably part of the Los Angeles County Grand Jury in 1932.
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Lorraine Wiseman wearing sunglasses, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: A portrait photograph of Lorraine wearing dark circular sunglasses.
Date:: August 21, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Loretta Andrews, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Possibly related to the article, "Ex-Actress Defends Estate," Los Angeles Times, 7 Jul. 1936: A2.
Date:: [circa April 15, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Lolita Bertling is to perform at the Philharmonic, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: A picture of a framed photograph of Lolita, her name typed in large black letters at the bottom of her portrait. She looks upward, her face almost completely tilted up.
Date:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lloyd R. Yarrow succeeds Bert Massey, Los Angeles County, 1935

Description:: In light of the dismissal of chief liquor control officer Bert Massey and his immediate assistant H. Hudelson investigator of the District Attorney's office Lloyd Yarrow has been named Massey's successor.
Date:: July 23, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Leland M. Ford, new County Supervisor for Los Angeles' 4th District. Circa April 3, 1936.

Description:: Leland M. Ford, appointed County Supervisior for Los Angeles' Fourth District, circa the time of his appointment. Ford was appointed by California Gov. Frank Merriam. At the time of his appointment, Ford was a 43-year-old resident of Santa Monica, where he operated a real estate business. As of April 1936, Ford was married, with two children.
Date:: [circa April 3, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Leland M. Ford, new County Supervisor for Los Angeles' 4th District. Circa April 3, 1936.

Description:: Leland M. Ford, appointed County Supervisior for Los Angeles' Fourth District, circa the time of his appointment. Ford was appointed by California Gov. Frank Merriam. At the time of his appointment, Ford was a 43-year-old resident of Santa Monica, where he operated a real estate business. As of April 1936, Ford was married, with two children.
Date:: [circa April 3, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Leafie Sloan-Orcutt on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Mrs. Sloan-Orcutt was falsely promised $500 a month from promoter Bayard E. Weibert.
Date:: May 8, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lazar Wechsler talks international affairs, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Praise For Ethiopians," Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep 1935: 10.
Date:: September 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Laura de la Puente is witness in car accident, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Tougher penalties for drunken and reckless drivers are to start being enforced in California. 232 drivers were brought into Municipal Judge Scott's court for traffic citations, 26 of whom chose to serve jail time in lieu of paying fines. Charles H. Holmes was sentenced for colliding with the back of a vehicle driven by Laura de la Puente.
Date:: September 13, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

La Dessa Schaffnit reminisces, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Woman Here Recalls Dances With New King," Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan 1936: 2.
Date:: January 23, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Karp L. Stockton is the new principal of Polytechnic High School, Huntington Park, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "School Head to Step Up," Los Angeles Times, 01 Feb 1936: 6.
Date:: January 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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