Postmaster-General Farley, Mayor Shaw, Senator McAdoo and others at Breakfast Club meeting, the Ambassador, Los Angeles, 1934

Item Overview

Title

Postmaster-General Farley, Mayor Shaw, Senator McAdoo and others at Breakfast Club meeting, the Ambassador, Los Angeles, 1934

Date Created

July 19, 1934

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Postmaster-General James A. Farley sits on the Los Angeles Breakfast Club's sawhorse mascot, which is marked "HAM." Mayor Shaw stands to his left and Senator McAdoo to his right. Others stand around for photo. Gigantic bouquet stands in the foreground.
Related to article, "Postmaster-General to Speak. Farley Thrice on Dial Today. Breakfast Club, Luncheon and Dinner Talks Listed. Second Address Comes From Warner Brothers' Studio. Third Message to Be Given at Biltmore Banquet." Los Angeles Times, 19 Jul. 1934:16.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Farley, James A. Postmaster.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Clubs--California--Los Angeles
Postmasters--United States
Mayors--California--Los Angeles
Initiation rites--California--Los Angeles
Sawhorses
Legislators--United States

Names

Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976
McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941
Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958
Los Angeles Breakfast Club
Ambassador Hotel

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.06025

Latitude

-118.297005

Resource type

still image