Date: 1939 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Wide San Gabriel River, San Gabriel, 1920-1939

Description:: Close-up view across a wide and surging river in San Gabriel.
Date:: [1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Wheat fields, San Luis Obispo County

Description:: Photograph of wheat fields in San Luis Obispo County. The photo captures rolling hills dotted by trees, viewed here at left and in the distance.
Date:: [between 1927-1965]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Wheat fields, San Luis Obispo County

Description:: Photograph of wheat fields in San Luis Obispo County. The photo captures a tree at foreground and rolling hills in the background.
Date:: [between 1927-1965]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Wharves and warehouses, Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, aerial view, [1930s?]

Description:: Aerial view of 2 wharves, one with large warehouses, one marked City of Los Angeles, Warehouse No. 1, with 2 ships docked in channel in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Whale carcass being towed by boat, [1920-1940?]

Description:: Bird's-eye view of whale carcass, in foreground, floating in ocean, attached by line to 2-masted boat flying flag of Iceland or Norway
Date:: [1920-1940?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Wes Witherby poses for a photograph while standing next to an inscribed tablet, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Description:: Photograph of Wes Witherby standing next to the tablet at the base of a flagpole on the Nevada side of the Boulder (now Hoover) Dam. The tablet sits off-center towards the left and Wes Witherby stands to the right of the inscription with his hand in his pocket. An unidentifiable woman stands to the left of the inscription and is partially out-of-frame. The inscription reads, "It is fitting that the flag of our country should fly here in honor of those men who, inspired by a vision of lonely lands made fruitful, conceived this great work and of those others whose genius and labor made that vision a reality."
Date:: March, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Wes Witherby, Mertie West and Zetta Witherby eat lunch on the shore of Lake Mead, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Wes Witherby, Mertie West and Zetta Witherby sitting and eating lunch at a picnic table on the shore of Lake Mead. At left, Wes Witherby pours a drink out of a canister while looking across the table to the women. Mertie West looks off to the left. To her right, Zetta Witherby turns her head to look back to the camera. The table is lined with food and drink containers sitting atop newspaper. Lake Mead lies in the distance to the left. Partially built structures clutter the background behind the group. Mountains rise in the distance.
Date:: March, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Westminster Reredos in St. George’s Chapel

Description:: Drawing for reredos at Westminster Cathedral. Titled, signed and dated in Gill’s hand. (These show Gill’s most mature work in what was considered one of his finest creations) Source: G.F. Sims, 1964.
Date:: 1939 July 20-26
Collection:: Eric Gill Artwork Collection

Westminster Reredos in St. George’s Chapel

Description:: Drawing for reredos at Westminster Cathedral. Titled, signed and dated in Gill’s hand. (These show Gill’s most mature work in what was considered one of his finest creations) Source: G.F. Sims, 1964.
Date:: 1939 July 26
Collection:: Eric Gill Artwork Collection

West Los Angeles youth band at band competition or review, [1930s?]

Description:: About 25 boys and girls in uniforms with shirts, trousers, ties, and berets reading W-L-A, with brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments, standing in 4 ranks, with director in blazer and beret at left, drum major with mace at center, with scattered spectators standing or sitting on grass in background, in park area with trees in background
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

West Coast Golfers Prime for National Championships, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:: Roscoe Jones was a famous African American golfer during the Jim Crow era in American History. He competed in several events held at West Coast golf clubs during the 1930s and 1940s.
Date:: [1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Westbrook Pegler, nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, 1920-1939

Description:: Nationally syndicated newspaper columnist Westbrook Pegler
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Wee Kirk o' the Heather with trees surrounding it, Glendale, 1939

Description:: Wee Kirk o' the Heather with trees surrounding it. The doors of the church are open. A sign in front reads, "Wedding in progress church and grounds reserved for guests only." In the background, there is a tower with a cross on top. At the top left of the negative, there is a black square.
Date:: April 4, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Wee Kirk o' the Heather with trees surrounding it, Glendale, 1939

Description:: Wee Kirk o' the Heather with trees surrounding it. Ivy grows on the side of the church. The front end of the car is visible at the right, and what may be the bumper of another car is at the left. A tower with a cross at the top rises above the church at the right.
Date:: April 4, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Week-End Paintings by J.W.T. Artists

Description:: From a group of 24 broadsides and posters printed by Hague & Gill, several type specimens and preliminary proofs included. High Wycombe. Bought for Clark by URL. Last drawer of Gill map cabinet. This poster announces the French Gallery’s exhibition of paintings by the J.W.T. Artists.
Date:: 1937-1940
Collection:: Eric Gill Artwork Collection

W. C. Handy in his youth, circa 1892; Verna Arvey, circa 1950

Description:: Far left photo: Studio portrait of W. C. Handy at age 19 in a uniform holding a trumpet. Bottom right photo: Verna Arvey (right) seated on a porch swing with an unidentified man and woman. Top right photo: Man standing in front of a glass wall, possibly William Grant Still.
Date:: [1882-1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

W. C. Handy, 1939

Description:: W. C. (William Christopher) Handy was a composer and musician, known as the Father of the Blues. An African American, Handy was one of the most influential songwriters in the United States.
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

W. C. Fields, Catharine Doucet, Adolphe Menjou and director A. Edward Sutherland during the production of Poppy, copy print, 1936 [rephotographed] 1939-1952

Description:: Poppy (1936) was a Paramount film starring W. C. Fields and Catharine Doucet. Adolphe Menjou did not appear in the film.
Date:: [between 1939-1952]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Columbia Pictures stills and key books

Wayne Long, ceramicist, Los Angeles County, [1930s?]

Description:: Portrait photograph of artist Wayne Long, seated and leaning against a desk or table. He is wearing a suit and holding a coat in his arm.
Date:: [between 1930-1939?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Waves on the rocks at Malibu Beach, 1939

Description:: Side view of waves on the rocks at Malibu Beach.
Date:: March 1, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Waves on the rocks at Malibu Beach, 1939

Description:: Side view of waves on the rocks at Malibu Beach.
Date:: March 1, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Waves on the rocks at Malibu Beach, 1939

Description:: Side view of waves on the rocks at Malibu Beach.
Date:: March 1, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Waves on the rocks at Malibu Beach, 1939

Date:: March 1, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Water release from the Santa Anita Dam, Sierra Madre, 1930s

Description:: Santa Anita Dam is a concrete thin arch dam on Santa Anita Creek in the San Gabriel Mountains, north of Sierra Madre, Arcadia and Monrovia, which serves for flood control, water conservation and debris control. The dam was built between 1923 and 1927.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Water release from the Santa Anita Dam, Sierra Madre, 1930s

Description:: Downward view of water release from the Santa Anita Dam. Three men watch from a narrow walkway.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Water flowing from a faucet, perhaps for a Hydro-Pura advertisement, 1925-1939

Description:: Water flowing from a faucet, perhaps for a Hydro-Pura advertisement
Date:: [between 1925-1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Watercolours by Dora Clarke

Description:: From a group of 24 broadsides and posters printed by Hague & Gill, several type specimens and preliminary proofs included. High Wycombe. Bought for Clark by URL. Last drawer of Gill map cabinet. This poster announces the French Gallery’s exhibition of watercolours by Dora Clarke.
Date:: 1937-1940
Collection:: Eric Gill Artwork Collection

Watercolor painting of a tree on a coastline by Ralph Cornell

Description:: Watercolor painting of a tree on a coastline hill with grass and rocks and a small boat in the ocean in the distance
Date:: [1922-1952?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Watercolor of the town of Julian (California), by C. B. Phillips circa 1899 (copy photo 1930-1989)

Description:: Circa 1899 watercolor view of Julian, a mountain town in San Diego County. Julian experienced a gold rush that began with the discovery of gold by A. E. "Fred" Coleman, a former slave.
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Watercolor of the San Diego Mission by Edward Vischer created circa 1865 (copy photo made 1930-1989)

Description:: Black and white photograph of a watercolor.
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Watercolor of a man smoking a cigarette, by Barse Miller, 1925-1939

Description:: Watercolor painting of a bust-length view of a man wearing a cap with a lit cigarette in his mouth
Date:: [between 1925-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Watercolor of a house or church with steeple in a rural setting, painting by Barse Miller, 1925-1939

Date:: [between 1925-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Watchtower at the Santa Anita Race Track, Arcadia, 1939

Description:: An unidentified man stands in a tower adjacent to the race track. The sign next to him displays the date as "Jan. 2 1939"
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Washington State Cougars coach "Babe" Hollingberry during a football match

Description:: This is a picture of Washington State's Football Coach, Orin E. "Babe" Hollingberry during a football match along with his team, watching the progress of the game. In the foreground is a 40-yard sign, while in the background, large crowds of spectators can be seen in the stands. Hollingberry was a celebrated coach of the Washington State Cougars from 1926-1942.
Date:: [Between 1926 and 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Washington State Cougars coach "Babe" Hollingberry during a football match

Description:: This is a picture of Washington State's Fotoball Coach, Orin E. "Babe" Hollingberry during a football match along with his team, watching the progress of the game. In the foreground is a 40-yard sign, while in the background, large crowds of spectators can be seen in the stands. Hollingberry was a celebrated coach of the Washington State Cougars from 1926-1942.
Date:: [Between 1926 and 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Washington State Cougars coach "Babe" Hollingberry during a football match

Description:: This is a picture of Washington State's Football Coach, Orin E. "Babe" Hollingberry during a football match along with his team, watching the progress of the game. In the foreground is a 40-yard sign, while in the background, large crowds of spectators can be seen in the stands. Hollingberry was a celebrated coach of the Washington State Cougars from 1926-1942.
Date:: [Between 1926 and 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Washington State Cougars coach "Babe" Hollingberry during a football match

Description:: This is a picture of Washington State's Football Coach, Orin E. "Babe" Hollingberry during a football match along with his team, watching the progress of the game. In the foreground is a 40-yard sign, while in the background, large crowds of spectators can be seen in the stands. Hollingberry was a celebrated coach of the Washington State Cougars from 1926-1942.
Date:: [Between 1926 and 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Washington Blvd. closed, Los Angeles, [1920-1939]

Description:: Three men with a shovel on the closed street of Washington Blvd. A car is seen coming and another one leaves. The signs say "street closed City of L.A. ENGR. BR.--D.P.W. [Department of Public Works]
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Washington Blvd. closed, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Description:: Three men with a shovel on the closed street of Washington Blvd. The signs say "street closed City of L.A. ENGR.BR.--D.P.W. (Department of Public Works)
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Warren Atherton, Commander of the American Legion, standing at a podium, California, 1930s

Description:: Warren Atherton, Commander of the American Legion, standing at a podium and holding an oversized gavel.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Walter P. Storey Building on Broadway, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Description:: View of the Storey Building at 610 S. Broadway, at 6th Street.
Date:: [1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Walter L. Gordon Co. Real Estate office, Los Angeles, March 1939

Description:: L to R: George Duncan, an unidentified woman, Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Vertner Gordon, Walter L. Gordon, Sr. and Mr. Bruce (first name unknown). Taken in front of the family's real estate office, located at 4065 Central Avenue.
Date:: March, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter Connolly, actor, wearing a graduation hat and gown, circa 1932-1939

Description:: Walter Connolly appeared in Columbia Pictures films from 1932 to 1939.
Date:: [circa 1932-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Columbia Pictures stills and key books

Walter Connolly, actor, sitting on a couch with his wife, Nedda Harrigan, actress, as another woman who may be their daughter, sits on the arm of the couch behind them, circa 1932-1939

Description:: Walter Connolly appeared in Columbia Pictures films from 1932 to 1939. His wife, Nedda Harrigan, appeared in two Columbia Pictures films: I'll Fix It (1934) and Scandal Sheet (1939).
Date:: [circa 1932-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Columbia Pictures stills and key books

Walter Connolly, actor, circa 1932-1939

Description:: Walter Connolly appeared in Columbia Pictures films from 1932 to 1939.
Date:: [circa 1932-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Columbia Pictures stills and key books

Walter Connolly, actor, circa 1932-1939

Description:: Walter Connolly appeared in Columbia Pictures films from 1932 to 1939.
Date:: [circa 1932-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Columbia Pictures stills and key books

Search

Browse items

Search Constraints

6862 Catalog Results

Search Results