Mayor George E. Cryer with a group of British editors on the steps of City Hall, Los Angeles, 1928

Item Overview

Title

Mayor George E. Cryer with a group of British editors on the steps of City Hall, Los Angeles, 1928

Date Created

November 1, 1928

Date

1928-11-01

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

A group portrait of eighteen men stands on the steps of City Hall. In the front row, the identifiable men are: second to left, Sir George Armstrong; third to left, R. D. Blumenfeld; second to right, a laughing Mayor George E. Cryer, and right, Sir. Charles Igglesden. Reported on in "English Editors Due Soon: Press Men of British Isles Touring Country Pay Compliment of Longest Stay Here," Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 1928: A1 and "Nation Amazes British Editors: Fourteen Visitors Arrive on Tour of America, Nine Days Will Be Spent in Los Angeles, Vastness of Country Makes Deep Impression," Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 1928: A1.

Caption

Text from typescript note in negative sleeve: Mayor Cryer & English Editors
Text from negative sleeve: Armstrong, George Sir. English Editor.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs
glass plate negatives
news photographs

Names

Armstrong, George, Sir
Igglesden, Charles, Sir, 1861-1949
Blumenfeld, Ralph D. (Ralph David), 1864-1948
Cryer, George E., 1875-1961

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.053995

Latitude

-118.243222

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Journalists--British--California
Mayors--California--Los Angeles