Mrs. A.J. Woodward plays the piano while Mrs. James A. Beck and Mrs. Yvonne Chrarton stand nearby. There is a large basket of flowers on top of the piano
American actor and director Slim Summerville (right) with an unknown man. Summerville made the transition between silent to sound films. He was best known for his work in silent comedies but he also acted in dramas, such as All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and directed over 50 short films.
American actor and director Slim Summerville (right) with an unknown man. Summerville made the transition between silent to sound films. He was best known for his work in silent comedies but he also acted in dramas, such as All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and directed over 50 short films.
American actor and director Slim Summerville (right) with an unknown man. Summerville made the transition between silent to sound films. He was best known for his work in silent comedies but he also acted in dramas, such as All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and directed over 50 short films.
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.
People line up to borrow art from the public library. Sign on the wall says: These prints are part of a collection of nearly two hundred works of art by Federal Artists, now available for public use without cost to holders of library cards.
Evidence in the trial of William Edward Hickman, b.1908-d.1928. Hickman was convicted of the kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Marion Parker. Hickman abducted Parker from her school, claiming her father, a prominent local banker, was in the hospital and had requested to see her. After kidnapping Marion, Hickman sent ransom notes to her family, who agreed to pay a sum of $1500 for her return. However, when her father delivered the money at the agreed-upon time and location, the kidnapper drove off, dumping Marion Parker's dismembered corpse into the street as he fled.A massive manhunt began for Marion's killer. Police pieced together evidence leading them to suspect Hickman, a former employee of the Parker family, who had been arrested due to a complaint by Mr. Parker involving forged checks several years prior. One week after Marion's corpse was discovered, two officers in a coffee shop in Echo, OR recognized Hickman from wanted posters plastered up and down the west coast.Eventually, Hickman confessed to another murder, as well as a dozen armed robberies. Although his lawyers attempted to plead insanity for Hickman, the jury convicted him of murder, and he was sentenced to death. Hickman died by hanging in San Quentin prison in 1928.
Portrait of Dave Beck, union leader who was president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1952-1957. Beck was originally from Stockton, California
Harvard Military Academy cadets in uniform standing in two lines outside a building. Harvard Military School was at the corner of Western Ave. and Venice Blvd., in 1991 it merged with the Westlake School for Girls to become Harvard-Westlake School
Evangelist and political figure Robert P. Shuler (center right) walking down stairs with his wife. Shuler became famous for his controversial sermons and radio broadcasts from Trinity Methodist church.
A young boy stands in front of a car in the Los Angeles slums, he is barefoot and playing with something in his hands. Three well-dressed men are also in the picture, one is in the extreme foreground. In the background are meager homes and a clothesline full of laundry
Evangelist and political figure Robert P. Shuler smiling while sitting with a group of people. Shuler became famous for his controversial sermons and radio broadcasts from Trinity Methodist church.
Harold Bell Wright (May 4, 1872-May 24, 1944) , author, poses in Los Angeles. Wright was a novelist and playwright who worked in Hollywood. He wrote fifteen original screenplays and he sold five of his novels to moviemakers (1926-1941). Movies based on his novels include The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) and The Shepherd of the Hills (1941). Wright died in La Jolla and was buried in San Diego.
Side view of a section of the St. Francis Dam, nicknamed "The Tombstone", after the dam collapsed on March 12, 1928. The resulting flood killed over 400 people, and was considered one of the worst civil engineering failures in American history. The dam collapse caused the second greatest loss of life in California history, second only to the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The St. Francis dam was built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon, near present-day Santa Clarita. William Mulholland was the engineer behind the dam's construction, and the dam failed just hours after he had personally given it a safety inspection, effectively ending his career.
Two women with children cross the street in front of LAPD officers Jack Hoyt and Douglas Gourley, who are seated in a police car with large amplifiers attached. The car is used by the Los Angeles traffic police
Man stops to talk to LAPD officers Jack Hoyt and Douglas Gourley who are sitting it a police car with large amplifiers attached. The car is used by the Los Angeles traffic police.
Champion tennis player Don Budge on the court. Budge was number one in the world for five years, he is still considered one of the best all time players
(Left to right) (former?) Loyola football head coach Tom Lieb, attorney Charles Gass and (former?) Loyola football player Walter Christensen in conversation in the Superior Court Department
Crowd outside the Goodwill Industries premises in the Baker Block building, where a fire occurred on January 14, 1938. Remarkably, 400 crippled and elderly men and women, as well as 20 children in the nursery, escaped the event unharmed. Firefighters were able to keep the blaze from spreading throught the entire building, which had been in use since 1868. A short circuit in the electrical department on the ground floor was suspected to be the cause of the fire. Photograph looks to have been taken pre-fire
Possibly Dave Getzoff who was a co-defendant, along with his father Ben Getzoff in the bribery case brought against District Attorney Asa Keyes in Janurary-February 1929. The case against Dave Getzoff was dismissed due to lack of evidence against him; however, his father, Ben Getzoff, was found guilty on conspiracy charges late in 1928.
Photo taken after the March 12, 1928 collapse of the Saint Francis Dam; this disastrous civil engineering failure cost over 600 lives in the resulting flood and brought the end of William Mulholland's career as the chief engineer of the Los Angeles Bureau of Water Works and Supply.
Charles C. "C.C." Pyle (March 25, 1882 – February 3, 1939), also known as "Cash and Carry" Pyle, poses for a candid photograph with crowd while holding a football under each arm. C. C. Pyle was a famous sports agent and sporting events promoter.
Unidentified hearing in courtroom with two men seated at table, one man standing, and possibly testifying as a witness, and a police officer standing in background. On the table are papers and three small model cars.
Unidentified hearing in courtroom with two men seated at table, one man standing, and possibly testifying as a witness, and a police officer standing in background. On the table are papers and three small model cars.
Unidentified hearing in courtroom with two men seated at table, one man standing and listening, possibly a witness, and a police officer standing in background. On the table are papers and small model cars.
Unidentified hearing in courtroom with two men seated at table, one man standing and possibly testifying as a witness, and a police officer standing in background. On the table are papers and three small model cars.
Rural boomtown town [?] with a bulldozer and wooden tripod structures on open land in the foreground, scattered buildings in the background and a hill beyond
Rural boomtown town [?] with fenced land, scattered buildings, buildings under construction (or greenhouses) in the middle distance, and with a hill beyond
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.