Meeting of the Citizens' Committee on Governmental Reorganization: Frank L. Shaw, Max Strasburg, Helen W. Yankwich, John A. Rush, Harry Lee Martin, Edward Adams, Ella Estelle Clark, John McDonald Pfiffner, Jack Hardy, Louis J. Euler, Walter Mendenhall, E. J. Fleming, Robert W. Kenny, Reverend Willsie Martin, and John Shirley Ward, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Meeting of the Citizens' Committee on Governmental Reorganization: Frank L. Shaw, Max Strasburg, Helen W. Yankwich, John A. Rush, Harry Lee Martin, Edward Adams, Ella Estelle Clark, John McDonald Pfiffner, Jack Hardy, Louis J. Euler, Walter Mendenhall, E. J. Fleming, Robert W. Kenny, Reverend Willsie Martin, and John Shirley Ward, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

October 15, 1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

The Citizens' Committee on Governmental Reorganization formed by Mayor Shaw to make community recommendations for consolidations, simplification, and economy in the local government, met and discussed issues.
The men and women form a half circle around Mayor Shaw, seated at his desk.
Photograph appears with the article, "Group Seeks Better Rule," Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct 1935: A2.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2530 - Citizens Committee on Consolidation L to R - Edward Adams Harry Lee Martin John A. Rush Dr. John Pfiffner Max Strasburg Jack Hardy Mrs Leon Yankwich Mrs Oliver P. Clark E . J. Fleming John Shirley Ward Louis J. Euler Rev. Dr. Willsie Martin Walter Mendenhall Judge Robert Kinney Mayor Frank Shaw (seated [stamped:] Oct 28 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Mayor Shaw, seated, is shown with members of the Citizens' Committee on Governmental Reorganization which held its organization meeting yesterday. Members of the committee, left to right, are Edward Adams, Harry Lee Martin, John A. Rush, Dr. John Pfiffner, Max Strasburg, Jack Hardy, Mrs. Leon Yankwhich, Mrs. Oliver P. Clark, E. J. Fleming, John Shirley Ward, Louis J. Euler, Rev. Willsie Martin, Walter Mendenhall and Judge Robert Kenny.
Handwritten on negative: LtoR - Edward Adams - Harry Lee Martin - John A Rush - Dr. John Pfiffner - Max Strasburg - Jack Hardy - Mrs. Leon Yankwich- Mrs Oliver P. Clark - E. J. Fleming - John Shirely Ward - Louis J. Euler - Rev. Dr. Willsie Martin- Walter Mendenhall - Judge Robert Kenny - Mayor Shaw (seated) 10-15-35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Politics & government--California--Los Angeles
Committees--American--California--Los Angeles
Mayors--California--Los Angeles

Names

Rush, John A. (John Andrew), 1865-
Ward, John Shirley, 1895-1962
Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958
Strasburg, Max
Hardy, Jack, 1904-1955
Adams, Edward A.
Pfiffner, John McDonald, 1893-
Mendenhall, Walter
Martin, Willsie, (Rev.), 1876-1953
Clark, Ella Estelle, 1864-1943
Euler, Louis J., 1890-1960
Martin, Harry Lee, 1875-1961
Fleming, E. J.
Kenny, Robert W. (Robert Walker), 1901-1976
Yankwich, Helen W., 1888 or 89-1971

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image