John Marshall High School principal Joseph M. Sniffen and student body president Ford S. Dixon, acting as principal, Los Angeles, 1933

Item Overview

Title

John Marshall High School principal Joseph M. Sniffen and student body president Ford S. Dixon, acting as principal, Los Angeles, 1933

Date Created

1933

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Principal Joseph M. Sniffen, standing, and student body president Ford S. Dixon, seated behind desk with pen, both in suits and ties, in principal's office, John Marshall High School, with map at left, flowers on desk, and window in background
This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, May 3, 1933, Youth in School Leadership, Second Day of Boys’ Week Observed Here. … At John Marshall High School, where Principal Joseph M. Sniffen was in charge of the entire celebration for the day, the student body president, Ford S. Dixon, was chosen to take over his office.

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Sniffen, Joseph M., teacher, 1929
Handwritten at edge of negative: LtoR, Joseph M. Sniffen, Ford S. Dixon

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Education

Names

Dixon, Ford S., 1914-1995
Sniffen, Joseph Madison, 1875-1965
John Marshall High School (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.10804701212990

Latitude

-118.2776015996930

Resource type

still image