Photograph of Affidavit of Registration, John D. Shaw, father of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Frank Shaw, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Photograph of Affidavit of Registration, John D. Shaw, father of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Frank Shaw, 1932

Date Created

January 18, 1932

Date

1932-01-18

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Text reads in part: Los Angeles City Precinct No. 867. State of California, County of Los Angeles, SS Affidavit of Registration. John D. Shaw, 4630 Melbourne Ave, Architect, 5 feet 9 1/2 inches, Republican. I was born in Canada. I acquired citizenship by a. Decree of Court, December 23 1914, Los Angeles California. [signed] John D. Shaw, 18th day of January, 1932
John D. Shaw was born in Canada, emigrated to the United States with his family in about 1882, and died in about 1891.
Connected to Los Angeles Times article, June 1, 1933, and similar stories: Pleas Sent to Capitol, Shaw Citizenship at Crisis, Congressmen Urged to Get a Clearance From Miss Perkins, Counter-Suggestion Made of Quick Naturalization at Los Angeles. …Frank L.Shaw, candidate for mayor of Los Angeles … Lacking proof of citizenship and consequent ability to hold office, Shaw, a native of Canada, has apparently abandoned as hopeless the effort to establish that his father was naturalized as an American citizen and thereby naturalized his then minor son. …

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Shaw, Frank, Historical, Ex. Mayor L.A.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958
Shaw, John D., d. 1891 or 2

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Naturalization--United States
Citizenship--United States
Political campaigns--California--Los Angeles
Government