Subject: Spectators--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Spectators at the Paul A. Wright "white flame" murder trial in which Wright is accused of killing his wife Evelyn McBride Wright and best friend John B. Kimmel after finding the two in an embrace on a piano bench in his home.
Date:: between January 13 and February 17, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Children sitting on the sidewalk and enjoying the post-war Labor Day parade. Crowds reached over 150,000 during the special three-day celebration.
Date:: September 3, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: High-angle view of a football game between the Loyola Lions and the St. Mary's Galloping Gaels at the Coliseum. Photo was taken during the fourth quarter with the Gaels leading 13-7, this was also the final score of the game.
Date:: October 17, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Springboard diver Marjorie Gestring leaping from the board in front of stands of spectators. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin Gestring won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving. She was 13 years old at the time and was the youngest person ever to win an Olympic gold medal. Gestring was a native Los Angeleno
Date:: [between 1930-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Spectators at the Paul A. Wright "white flame" murder trial in which Wright is accused of killing his wife Evelyn McBride Wright and best friend John B. Kimmel after finding the two in an embrace on a piano bench in his home.
Date:: between January 13 and February 17, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Spectators at the Paul A. Wright "white flame" murder trial in which Wright is accused of killing his wife Evelyn McBride Wright and best friend John B. Kimmel after finding the two in an embrace on a piano bench in his home.
Date:: between January 13 and February 17, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Spectators at the Paul A. Wright "white flame" murder trial in which Wright is accused of killing his wife Evelyn McBride Wright and best friend John B. Kimmel after finding the two in an embrace on a piano bench in his home.
Date:: between January 13 and February 17, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Fire fighters battle a hay barn fire at 1600 E. First St. in Santa Ana, California while children gather to watch. Much of the hay has been removed from the barn and piled in the street.
Date:: 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Crowd watching a baseball game at Wrigley Field in South Los Angeles. Los Angeles's Wrigley Field was built in 1925 and torn down in 1966. It was host to minor league baseball teams and home of the Los Angeles Angeles. The field is named after the same Wrigley as Wrigley Field in Chicago, but it actually received the name first and had more on-site parking than Chicago's field does now.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Spectators gathering to view damage caused by the Elysian Park landslide. The landslide started near the top of Buena Vista Peak as a small crack in the earth. The crack began separating around November 15, 1937 at a rate of about half an inch every 24 hours, then became a meandering zig-zag, and finally a landslide on November 26, 1937. During the landslide 1,500,000 tons of loose rock and dirt tumbled down the hill and onto a 600 foot stretch of Riverside Drive. The disaster caused rerouting of traffic and attracted thousands of spectators. Because the initial crack was identified early, damage and injuries were largely avoided
Date:: November 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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