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14-year-old Mildred Douglas, reported missing, Los Angeles, January 1940

Description:
14-year-old Mildred Douglas, who, along with friend Donna (or Zelia K.) Thompson, was reported missing. A young girl reported seeing them get into a car with 31-year-old H. B. Millard. When called in for questioning Millard testified that he did pick up Douglas and Thompson but dropped them off when he realized how young they were. Millard reported that the girls told him they were running away from home. Girls fitting the description of Douglas and Thompson were seen in an Ontario auto camp one day later.
Date:
January 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
14-year-old Mildred Douglas, reported missing, Los Angeles, January 1940

Typewritten note about the possible kidnapping of two teenage girls, Los Angeles, January 1940

Description:
Typewritten note that reads: "Ramlow Myers REWA 10-year-old Mexican girl turned detective last night and caused the arrest of Harold B. Millard, 31-year-old oil operator, on a charge of child-stealing.She said her suspicions were aroused when she saw Millard take the girls--- both playmates of hers--- into his car at Seventh and Valencia streets and drive away. As he did so she jotted down the license number and gave it to police who traced it and arrested Millard a few hours later.Neither of the girls, one of whom is 13 and the other 14, had returned home early today, according to Det. Lt. A. M. Strand and Policewoman Mary Rose who are investigating the case.Millard gave his address as 3129 Josephine street, Lynwood.1.35 a.m."The note refers to Mildred Douglas and Donna (or Zelia K.) Thompson, who were reported missing. When called in for questioning Millard testified that he did pick up Douglas and Thompson but dropped them off when he realized how young they were. Millard reported that the girls told him they were running away from home. Girls fitting the description of Douglas and Thompson were seen in an Ontario auto camp one day later.
Date:
January 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Typewritten note about the possible kidnapping of two teenage girls, Los Angeles, January 1940

Portrait of 14-year-old Mildred Douglas, reported missing, Los Angeles, January 1940

Description:
14-year-old Mildred Douglas, who, along with friend Donna (or Zelia K.) Thompson, was reported missing. A young girl reported seeing them get into a car with 31-year-old H. B. Millard. When called in for questioning Millard testified that he did pick up Douglas and Thompson but dropped them off when he realized how young they were. Millard reported that the girls told him they were running away from home. Girls fitting the description of Douglas and Thompson were seen in an Ontario auto camp one day later.
Date:
January 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Portrait of 14-year-old Mildred Douglas, reported missing, Los Angeles, January 1940

14-year-old Mildred Douglas, reported missing, Los Angeles, January 1940

Description:
14-year-old Mildred Douglas, who, along with friend Donna (or Zelia K.) Thompson, was reported missing. A young girl reported seeing them get into a car with 31-year-old H. B. Millard. When called in for questioning Millard testified that he did pick up Douglas and Thompson but dropped them off when he realized how young they were. Millard reported that the girls told him they were running away from home. Girls fitting the description of Douglas and Thompson were seen in an Ontario auto camp one day later.
Date:
January 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
14-year-old Mildred Douglas, reported missing, Los Angeles, January 1940

Large crowd gathers on Venice Beach during a search for the missing Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
This photograph is similar to images appearing with the articles, "DETECTIVES INQUIRE INTO EVANGELIST'S DROWNING: Burns Operatives Enter Case While Searchers Vainly Seek Body of Aimee Semple McPherson," Los Angeles Times, 20 May 1926: 1, and “FAITHFUL CLING TO WANING HOPE: Men and Women Followers of Mrs. McPherson Grouped on Sands at Venice Pray That Leader Will Return to Them,” Los Angeles Times, 20 May 1926: 2
Date:
[circa May 19, 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Large crowd gathers on Venice Beach during a search for the missing Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles, 1926

Rodman Robeson and Helen A. Hamilton Robeson meet at City Hall after a 22-year separation, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Rodman Robeson and Helen A. Hamilton Robeson meet at City Hall after a 22-year separation. Married in 1909, Rodman Robeson left his wife two months later, and joined the Army, and later remarried. Helen A. Hamilton believed Rodman to have died in a mudslide a few years after their estrangement. Photograph of Mrs. Helen A. Hamilton Robeson appears with the article "STRANGE TRIANGLE FORMED BY FATE: WOMAN FINDS 'DEAD' HUSBAND Police Bring Meeting After Twenty-two Years Soldier of Fortune Admits He's Rewed Former Mate Also Marries Again as 'Widow,'" Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 1931: A1.
Date:
October 13, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Rodman Robeson and Helen A. Hamilton Robeson meet at City Hall after a 22-year separation, Los Angeles, 1931

Rodman Robeson and Helen A. Hamilton Robeson meet at City Hall after a 22-year separation, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Rodman Robeson and Helen A. Hamilton Robeson meet at City Hall after a 22-year separation. Married in 1909, Rodman Robeson left his wife two months later, and joined the Army, and later remarried. Helen A. Hamilton believed Rodman to have died in a mudslide a few years after their estrangement. Photograph of Rodman Robeson appears with the article "STRANGE TRIANGLE FORMED BY FATE: WOMAN FINDS 'DEAD' HUSBAND Police Bring Meeting After Twenty-two Years Soldier of Fortune Admits He's Rewed Former Mate Also Marries Again as 'Widow,'" Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 1931: A1.
Date:
October 13, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Rodman Robeson and Helen A. Hamilton Robeson meet at City Hall after a 22-year separation, Los Angeles, 1931

Rodman Robeson and Helen A. Hamilton Robeson meet at City Hall after a 22-year separation, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Rodman Robeson and Helen A. Hamilton Robeson meet at City Hall after a 22-year separation. Married in 1909, Rodman Robeson left his wife two months later, and joined the Army, and later remarried. Helen A. Hamilton believed Rodman to have died in a mudslide a few years after their estrangement. Similar photographs appear with the article "STRANGE TRIANGLE FORMED BY FATE: WOMAN FINDS 'DEAD' HUSBAND Police Bring Meeting After Twenty-two Years Soldier of Fortune Admits He's Rewed Former Mate Also Marries Again as 'Widow,'" Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 1931: A1.
Date:
October 13, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Rodman Robeson and Helen A. Hamilton Robeson meet at City Hall after a 22-year separation, Los Angeles, 1931