Junior Chamber of Commerce members at a meeting probably at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1934

Item Overview

Title

Junior Chamber of Commerce members at a meeting probably at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1934

Date Created

1934

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Notes

Description

E. Richard West, president of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, speaks at a meeting. Judge Clarence L. Kincaid is seated 3rd from the left (behind another man) and Leroy D. Owen is seated at the foreground table (2nd from left).
As president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles, E. Richard Smith guided their efforts to curb communism in 1934, assisted by other organization members, including Leroy D. Owen (realtor of industrial properties) and Judge Kincaid. These members are identified as participants in the "American Crusade" effort in the article "Many Back Red Attack: Junior Chamber Drive Aided," Los Angeles Times, 15 Jul. 1934: A1.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: West, E. R. J. C. C., 1934
Handwritten on negative: E. Richard West

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Subjects

Meetings--California--Los Angeles
Public speaking--California--Los Angeles
Anti-communism--California--Los Angeles

Names

West, E. Richard (Erling Richard), 1901-1970
Junior Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles
Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Kincaid, Clarence L.
Owen, LeRoy D. (LeRoy David), 1897-1973

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.04928

Latitude

-118.253774

Resource type

still image