United States Maritime Service boot camp for United States Merchant Marine, Section 26-3, From back: Graduating class Dec. 21, 1942. Back Row (left to right): Longly, Russell, Honeycutt, Mathis, Delong, Knowles, Spafford, Drapue, two unknown;...
Brothers and sisters--California--Topanga; Families--California--Topanga;
Rose Wiley (photo donor), Cornelia Trujillo (donor's mother), and Del Trujillo (donor's brother) in sheepskin chaps standing on the Trujillo Ranch facing Pine Tree Circle in Spring 1942. Picture was taken by a school teacher.
Home visits (Education)--California--Topanga; Families--California--Topanga; Lambs--California--Topanga;
Family of Rose Wiley (photo donor) posing during one of school teacher Ms. Erickson's family visits on Trujillo Ranch in spring 1942. Pictured from the right: Cornelia (donor's mother), Dolores (donor's father), Del (donor's brother), Rose Wiley...
Hood, Darla, 1931-1979; Switzer, Carl, 1927-1959; Swickard, Donald R.; Swickard, Ross; Motion picture actors and actresses--California--East Los Angeles; Motion picture theaters--California--East Los Angeles.
"Our Gang" cast members at the Strand Theatre. From left, Darla Hood, Ross Swickard, Donald Swickard and Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, at a safety plaque signing in 1942. Safety plaque signings were public relations events and the plaques were later...
Piers--California--Avalon; Beaches--California--Avalon; Children--California--Avalon; Fourth of July--California--Avalon;
Three children sunbathing next to the Green Pleasure Pier, Avalon, California, July 4th, 1942. A palm tree is in the foreground, with Avalon Bay in the background.
Baby Nancy Swenson Williams (photo donor) sitting on the laps of her great-grantmother Prestine with her mother Harriet Swenson (right) and grandmother Lillian Hill standing in the garden of their house in Kankakee, Illinois, circa 1942.
Rivera, Evangelina; Arroya, Consuelo; Mercado, Hortencia; Mercado, Margaret; Cemeteries--California--East Los Angeles; Funeral rites and ceremonies--California--East Los Angeles; Burial--California--East Los Angeles; Coffins--California--East Los...
A funeral for infant Gomez (first name unknown) buried at Calvary Cemetery in 1942. The five chosen pallbearer girls were the sisters of Ofelia Esparza (photo donor), cousins and a neighbor. They are all dressed in white dresses and three of them...
**Rivera, Evangelina; Mercado, Hortencia; Mercado, Margaret; Funeral rites and ceremonies--California--East Los Angeles; Funeral service--East Los Angeles; Coffins--California--East Los Angeles;
Funeral services for infant Gomez (first name unknown) held at Church of Our Lady of Solitude (la Soledad) circa 1942. The five chosen pallbearer girls were the sisters of Ofelia Esparza (photo donor), cousins and a neighbor. Four out of the five...
Martinez, Ernestina; Girls--California--East Los Angeles;
Photo of Ernestina Martinez taken at a friend's house on Marianna Avenue between Michigan Avenue and First Street when she was about eleven years old. The property later became part of Obregon Park. "Ernestina Gomez" in photo border. Circa 1942.
Hetzler, David; Hetzler, Carlos Jr.; Hetzler, Louis; Families--California--Los Angeles
Posing for a photo on the lawn where Theodore Roosevelt High School was later built. From left: young girl (unidentified), Carlos Hetzler Jr., Louis Hetzler, and David Hetzler (Louis and Carlos Jr.'s uncle). Circa 1942-1943.
World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans--California--Los Angeles; Evergreen Hostel (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Jun Oyama (left, at 12 years old), with two others (unidentified), at the Evergreen Hostel (later called [Fellowship House?]) in Boyle Heights. Jun and his family were living in the hostel after they were released from the Granada Relocation Center...
Aparicio, Elias Rodriguez; Aparicio, Isabel Luna; Aparicio, Mike; Aparicio, Concha; Families--California--Los Angeles River; Rivers--California--Los Angeles;
The Aparicio family standing in a grassy area of the L.A. River. Pictured from left: Isabel Luna Aparicio (photo donor's mother) holding Mike Aparicio (photo donor's brother), Elais Rodriguez Aparicio (photo donor's father) and Concha Aparicio...
Motion picture theaters--California--East Los Angeles; Theaters--California--East Los Angeles; Buck Jones Ranger Band (Musical Group);
Four Buck Jones Ranger Band members in front of the Strand Theatre standing under the sign. The sign reads: "Buck Jones in Person, 5 Acts Vodvil". Back of photo: "Circa 1937".
Aparicio-Chamberlin, Vibiana; Portraits--California--East Los Angeles; Girls--California--East Los Angeles; Clothing and dress--California--East Los Angeles;
A formal portrait of Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin (photo donor). She is wearing an eyelet embroidered pinafore over a dress. She has her hair in bob style, with very short bangs. Photo taken the late 1940s in City Terrace, an area of East Los...
Aparicio, Elias Rodriguez; Aparicio, Isabel Luna; Automobiles--California--Los Angeles; Husband and wife--California--Los Angeles;
Sitting on the running board of an old car are Isabel Luna Aparicio (photo donor's mother), Elias Rodriguez Aparicio (photo donor's father) and an unidentified male. There are two other unidentified males sitting inside the car. The location of...
Granville, Bonita, 1923-1988; Motion picture actors and actresses--California--East Los Angeles; Motion picture theaters--California--East Los Angeles;
Screen actress Bonita Granville at a safety plaque signing at the Strand Theatre, circa 1938. The plaque reads: "Watch and wait." Bonita Granville was a contemporary of Natalie Wood and Shirley Temple. Back of photo: "Please credit Bud Fraker photo...
