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Tent village set up after the flooding caused by the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Tent village set up after the flooding caused by the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Portrait of Olympic diver Dorothy Poynton, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Description:
Swimmer Dorothy Poynton smiles at the camera while sitting on a desk with her hands on her lap. Dorothy Poynton-Hill was an American diver who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, in the 1932 Summer Olympics, and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1928 she won the silver medal in the 3 meter springboard competition. Four years later she won the gold medal in the 10 meter platform event. In 1936 she won the gold medal in the 10 metre platform competition as well as the bronze medal in the 3 meter springboard event.
Date:
[circa June 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Portrait of Olympic diver Dorothy Poynton, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Bishop Charles Reifsnider, 1928

Description:
Charles Reifsnider was a the Episcopal Suffragan Bishop of North Tokyo from 1924 to 1935, and the Bishop in charge of new diocesan work of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Japan from 1942 to 1946. He was also president of St. Paul University in Tokyo from 1912 to 1941; director of St. Luke's Hospital, Tokyo, from 1935 to 1941 and president of St. Margaret's College of Tokyo from 1935 to 1941.
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Bishop Charles Reifsnider, 1928

Sheriffs searching spectators at the courthouse during the Hickman kidnap and murder trial, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Photograph of men being searched by sheriffs during the trial of William Edward Hickman, who kidnapped and murdered 12-year-old Marion Parker in December of 1927. The men were photographed in a room or partitioned area at the Los Angeles courthouse. The man kneeling at right is Deputy Sheriff M. G. Weybright.
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Sheriffs searching spectators at the courthouse during the Hickman kidnap and murder trial, Los Angeles, 1928

Flooded residential area after heavy rains, Culver City, 1920s

Description:
View of two houses and a wooden commercial building in a flooded area after heavy rain. A sign on the commercial building reads "The Mesmer City Corporation, LTD." Two other signs read "Oil Information Here" and, seen in reverse, "Full Oil Rights." Mesmer City was a promotional idea for a city in the area between Culver City, Inglewood and Marina del Rey. It was never developed.
Date:
[1920-1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Flooded residential area after heavy rains, Culver City, 1920s