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.
Captain David C. Morrison talking on his radio on the beach during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise.
This photograph appears with the article, “Raging Brush Fire Stopped by Fighters: Southland’s Worst Blaze Leaves Vast Area in Ruins,” Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 1938: 1.
An out-of-focus and close-up photograph of a portrait of H. H. West, Jr.'s wife, Anna, a photograph of the Siemsens and a radio sitting on shelf in his quarters. Framing for the wood shelf runs along the top and right edges. A white cloth drapes down from the recessed shelf where the objects sit. The framed portrait of Anna West sits rightmost on the shelf. To the left of it sits the radio. Inserted on top of the radio's speaker, on the left side of the unit, is a photograph of Elizabeth and Al Siemsen. The radio's cord extends down from it towards the lower left corner. A small bottle sits on the shelf to the left of the radio.
This photograph is very similar to another one that appears with the article, "Evangelist's Kidnaping Case History Replete with Sensations: CITY SHOCKED BY "DROWNING" Veil of Mystery Shrouded Disappearance Mexico Reappearance Set World Agog Court," Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 1927: A2.
The large living room displays several armchairs, a sofa, coffee table, floor lamp, two table lamps, a bookshelf full of books and several framed pieces of art. A radio sits against the wall in the bottom right corner.