People listening to Congressman and poet laureate John Steven McGroarty at Brookside Park, Pasadena, 1935

Title: People listening to Congressman and poet laureate John Steven McGroarty at Brookside Park, Pasadena, 1935
Date Created: August 18, 1935
Date: 1935-08-18
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Photograph of a crowd of people at Brookside Park attending an all-day homecoming picnic for John Steven McGroarty, poet laureate of California and member of Congress. The people are seated as they listen to McGroarty, who also talked about the Townsend old-age pension plan.
Event reported in "M'Groarty Paid Honor: Friends Gather at Pasadena," Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 1935: A1. A very similar photograph was published with the title, "Park Thronged at Home-coming Reception," Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 1935: A1.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 1695. John Stevens [sic] McGroarty. Congressman. 8/18/35. [stamped:] Aug 22 1935.

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