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

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Related to the article, "Tugman Goes to Palm Springs for Day's Rest." Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 1935
Close-up of Rexford Guy Tugwell speaking into a microphone in the center stage of the Grand Olympic Auditorium. A design on his microphone appears to spell out "FLIX." In the background, the auditorium is full of seated men and women. Patriotic decor is common, with red-white-and-blue-colored banners.Tugwell was the Undersecretary of Agriculture and an agricultural economist who served under the Franklin Delano Roosevelt presidential administration. According to the article, 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

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

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