Rexford Guy Tugwell, U.S. Undersecretary of Agriculture, speaks at Olympic Auditorium, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Rexford Guy Tugwell, U.S. Undersecretary of Agriculture, speaks at Olympic Auditorium, 1935

Date Created

October 28, 1935

Date

1935-10-28

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Related to article, "Tugman Goes to Palm Springs for Day's Rest." Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 1935
Pictured: a wide overview of the Grand Olympic Auditorium, full of seated men and women listening intently to the speaker, Rexford Guy Tugwell, who stands on a platform on the center stage. Patriotic decor is common, with the American and California flags in prominence, in addition to red-, white-, and blue-colored banners. Large speakers are placed on the stage, directed toward the audience. Tugwell was the Undersecretary of Agriculture and an agricultural economist who served under the Franklin Delano Roosevelt presidential administration. He was invited by the Democratic State Central Committee to speak at the Olympic Auditorium, on 1801 S. Grand Avenue. He was resting in Palm Springs before his speech to fellow Democrats.

Caption

Handwritten on nitrate negative: Rexford Tugwell, (?), 10-28-35
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2603-- Rexford Guy Tugwell, Byron Scott, Speaks here, 10-28-35, [stamped:] OCT 29 1935

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Grand Olympic Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Tugwell, Rexford G. (Rexford Guy), 1891-1979
Democratic Party (Calif.). State Central Committee

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.033687

Latitude

-118.268393

Resource type

still image