Two U.S. Marshals escort Los Angeles mobster Mickey Cohen to a court hearing in 1951.
Cohen is a leading character in the upcoming Warner Bros. film Gangster Squad, based on a book of the same name by investigative journalist Paul Lieberman. On Thursday, Jan. 10, Lieberman discusses his book at a Friends of the USC Libraries Literary Evening in Doheny Memorial Library. Admission to the reception and lecture costs $15 for Friends members and $25 for the general public. RSVP online.
(Photo part of the Los Angeles Examiner Collection in the USC Digital Library.)
“Merry Xmas” greetings from Venice Beach in 1951.
Part of the Los Angeles Examiner Collection in the USC Digital Library.
A rainy day in Los Angeles, 1952.
A Los Angeles Examiner photographer captured this scene in Sherman Oaks, at the intersection of Ventura Blvd. and Woodman Ave. Part of the Los Angeles Examiner Collection in the USC Digital Library.
With Thanksgiving just two days away, here’s a 1951 view of a Northridge turkey farm from the USC Digital Library.
Caption contest. What’s going on in this 1957 photo from the USC Digital Library?
Another vintage USC Homecoming scene, this one ca. 1959.
Part of the USC University Archives Image Collection in the USC Digital Library.
USC Homecoming, 1954: a Trojan rider delivers a message to Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson at City Hall.
Part of the Los Angeles Examiner Collection in the USC Digital Library.
Have you voted today?
Stanley Mosk and his wife Kaygey voting in 1958. Mosk served L.A. County as a Superior Court judge from 1943-59. He was elected state attorney general in 1958, and in 1964 Governor Pat Brown appointed him to the California Supreme Court, where he served until his death in 2001.
Part of the Los Angeles Examiner Collection in the USC Digital Library.
1915 or 1951? Antique horseless carriages parade through downtown L.A. at 8th and Flower on May 4, 1951.
Part of the Los Angeles Examiner Collection in the USC Digital Library.
An 80,000-barrel Union Oil storage tank decorated for Halloween in 1952.
Part of the Los Angeles Examiner Collection in the USC Digital Library.
