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Description:: The 1933 Griffith Park Fire was a brush fire that occurred on 3 October 1933 in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, resulting in the deaths of at least 29 civilians who were trying to fight the fire. It was one of the deadliest firefighter disasters in United States history.
Date:: October 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Benjamin H. Brown (left) and Frank A. Nance sit behind a desk. Ben H. Brown holds a several sheets of paper in his right hand. His watch is also on his right hand. Frank Nance holds a pen in his right hand and is looking at the papers Brown is holding. A desk pad, a file folder, more papers, and a letter opener are on the desk. In the background, a mounted butterfly display sits on a sideboard.
Date:: [circa February 14, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Related to "Death of Ascot Racers Pronounced Accidental," Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan 1936: A10.
Date:: [January 29, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: H. A. Van Norman, assistant chief engineer of the water bureau, testifying before Los Angeles Coroner Frank Nance at the Coroner's inquest following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam. Three men are visible in the jury box on the right and one man is seated behind a table in the foreground.
Date:: March 22, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Frank F. Smith was arrested for the robbery of the El Monte bank that killed his two accomplices, Clarence Henry Smith and Emory Carl Yates, and blew off the finger of Officer Joseph Fritsch.
Date:: February 4, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Fay Le Gault seated, holding a cigarette in one hand and touching her face with the other, while an unidentified man smoking a cigarette hovers over her and an unidentified woman sits beside her. They appear to be in a courtroom. In the background are people seated in the gallery. In the foreground is a chalkboard. This photograph was probably taken on February 27, 1935 at a coroner's inquest into the murder of Le Gault's husband. The jury recommended that Le Gault be held for trial.
Date:: [February 27, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Bank Bandit Fight Told," Los Angeles Times, 05 Feb 1936: A8.
Date:: February 4, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Jacob C. Denton was murdered in 1920. Louise Peete was convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob C. Denton.
Date:: [circa 1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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