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Military personnel on the beach during the Army-Navy maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Description:
Military personnel 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.
Date:
November and December 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Military personnel on the beach during the Army-Navy maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

C. W. Clendening and L. C. Laurie, ambulance drivers, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
At left, ambulance driver Charles W. Clendening appears to either punch in or punch out of work at the Los Angeles County General Hospital. He wears a white uniform and cap. He stands in profile, facing right, and operates a punch clock that sits on a counter. Behind and to the right of him, L. C. Laurie, chief ambulance driver, wears a suit as he speaks on the telephone.
Date:
[circa February 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
C. W. Clendening and L. C. Laurie, ambulance drivers, Los Angeles, 1936

Richard E. Byrd telephones his mother while aboard the C. A. Larsen, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Commander Richard E. Byrd stands on the deck of the Norwegian ship, C. A. Larsen, and speaks on the telephone. He stands, off-center to the left, and faces right. In one hand he holds the telephone's microphone and hook. With the other hand, he holds the speaker up to his ear. A few unidentified men stand around him. One man stands in partial view along the left edge; he faces right. Two more men stand to the right of Commander Byrd. One man stands facing slightly towards the left. The second man stands behind him. A ship's cabin stretches across the background.
Date:
[October 10, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Richard E. Byrd telephones his mother while aboard the C. A. Larsen, Los Angeles, 1928

Ned R. Powley and other officials of the Southern California Telephone Company on the occasion of a historic transatlantic phone call, 1927

Description:
Southern California Telephone Company vice-president and general manager N. R. Powley sits at the head of a table with an old-fashioned "candlestick" telephone. He is accompanied by nine other seated men, some of whom are wearing headphones. Photograph was taken on the occasion of a 10-minute phone call between Powley and H. E. Shreve, assistant to the vice-president of the American Telegraph Company, in his office in London. At that time, the call set a world record for long distance transmission of a human voice.
Date:
[February 26, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Ned R. Powley and other officials of the Southern California Telephone Company on the occasion of a historic transatlantic phone call, 1927

Men listen in to a phone call from President Warren G. Harding to his sister, marking the opening of the Valencia Orange Show, Anaheim, 1921

Description:
Men listen in to a phone call from President Warren G. Harding to his sister, marking the opening of the Valencia Orange Show. His sister is Mrs. E. E. Remsberg, who is visible at the left edge of the photograph. Other men listen in to the call. The map of the United States features a black line that most likely represents the path of the telephone wires that connected Washington D. C. to Anaheim.
Date:
[circa May 1921]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Men listen in to a phone call from President Warren G. Harding to his sister, marking the opening of the Valencia Orange Show, Anaheim, 1921

Ned R. Powley and other officials of the Southern California Telephone Company on the occasion of a historic transatlantic phone call, 1927

Description:
Southern California Telephone Company vice-president and general manager N. R. Powley sits at the head of a table with an old-fashioned "candlestick" telephone. He is accompanied by fourteen other seated men, some of whom are wearing headphones. Photograph was taken on the occasion of a 10-minute phone call between Powley and H. E. Shreve, assistant to the vice-president of the American Telegraph Company, in his office in London. At that time, the call set a world record for long distance transmission of a human voice.
Date:
[February 26, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Ned R. Powley and other officials of the Southern California Telephone Company on the occasion of a historic transatlantic phone call, 1927

Ned R. Powley and other officials of the Southern California Telephone Company on the occasion of a historic transatlantic phone call, 1927

Description:
Southern California Telephone Company vice-president and general manager N. R. Powley sits at the head of a table with an old-fashioned "candlestick" telephone. He is accompanied by ten other seated men, some of whom are wearing headphones. Photograph was taken on the occasion of a 10-minute phone call between Powley and H. E. Shreve, assistant to the vice-president of the American Telegraph Company, in his office in London. At that time, the call set a world record for long distance transmission of a human voice.
Date:
[February 26, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Ned R. Powley and other officials of the Southern California Telephone Company on the occasion of a historic transatlantic phone call, 1927

Crowd watches as Mrs. E. E. Remsberg speaks to her brother, President Warren G. Harding, and other prominent people listen in, Anaheim, 1921

Description:
This photograph appears with the article, "Harding Hears Sister's Voice: President Has Chat When He Opens Orange Show: Sixty Citizens 'Listen In' at Anaheim Event: Valencia Exhibit Attracts Throng on First Day," Los Angeles Times, 18 May 1921: II1.
Date:
[circa May 1921]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Crowd watches as Mrs. E. E. Remsberg speaks to her brother, President Warren G. Harding, and other prominent people listen in, Anaheim, 1921

Crowd watches as Mrs. E. E. Remsberg speaks to her brother, President Warren G. Harding, and other prominent people listen in, Anaheim, 1921

Description:
This photograph appears with the article, "Harding Hears Sister's Voice: President Has Chat When He Opens Orange Show: Sixty Citizens 'Listen In' at Anaheim Event: Valencia Exhibit Attracts Throng on First Day," Los Angeles Times, 18 May 1921: II1.
Date:
[circa May 1921]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Crowd watches as Mrs. E. E. Remsberg speaks to her brother, President Warren G. Harding, and other prominent people listen in, Anaheim, 1921

Crowd gathers to watch Mrs. E. E. Remsberg conduct a phone call with her brother, President Warren G. Harding to open the Valencia Orange Show, Anaheim, 1921

Description:
A crowd gathers to watch Mrs. E. E. Remsberg conduct a phone call with her brother, President Warren G. Harding to open the Valencia Orange Show. Mrs. Remsberg sits on the right side of the table closest to the foreground of the photograph. A portrait of President Harding hangs in the background. All along the table there are receivers that other people used to listen in on the phone call.
Date:
[circa May 1921]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Crowd gathers to watch Mrs. E. E. Remsberg conduct a phone call with her brother, President Warren G. Harding to open the Valencia Orange Show, Anaheim, 1921