Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, 1932

Date Created

1932

Date

1932

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Roger Jessup and mayor Frank Shaw shaking hands, with supervisors Harry Baine, John Quinn, and Hugh Thatcher behind them, standing near table with blotter and pen, with flowers on another table nearby and crowd of people in room. They are in the new quarters of the County Supervisors on the 5th floor of the Hall of Records, located at 220 N. Broadway. The upper walls are decorated with laurel panel molding.
This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, December 6, 1932, "New Governmental Group Effects Organization, County Given Set-Up Change, Supervisors Alter Course for Two of Departments, Whole Body to Direct Flood and Welfare Activities, Shaw Elected Chairman and Jessup Begins Duties"

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Thatcher, Hugh A., [1924?] [1934?]
Text from newspaper caption: Board Roster Includes One Change. Left to right--Supervisors Jessup, Baine, Quinn, Shaw and Thatcher. Jessup takes place of Henry W. Wright, who retires after twelve years of service as county official.
Handwritten at edge of negative: RtoL, Hugh Thatcher, Frank Shaw, John Quinn, Harry Baine, Roger Jessup

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Hall of Records (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958
Quinn, John R., 1889-1979
Baine, Harry M., 1886-1945
Thatcher, Hugh A., 1876-1957
Jessup, Roger W., 1889-1971
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors

Longitude

34.054474

Latitude

-118.244007

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Government