Rear-Admiral Wat Tyler Cluverius speaks at City Hall on Navy Day, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Rear-Admiral Wat Tyler Cluverius speaks at City Hall on Navy Day, Los Angeles, 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

Rear-Admiral Wat Tyler Cluverius, in his officer's uniform, speaks at the podium at the City Hall steps on the 200 North Spring Street entrance. Patriotic decor frame the surrounding stage. Other naval officers sit behind him on the stage. Also in view, the column and arches which make up the facade to the Spring Street entrance of City Hall. Cluverius spoke of the brewing conflict in Europe and how strengthening the navy strengthened the nation. The event celebrated the importance of American naval forces on Navy Day, October 27th, a day which commemorated the establishment of the American Navy in 1775. (Navy Day is no longer observed as it was absorbed into Armed Forces Day.)The 2000 spectators listened not only to notable speeches extolling the navy at City Hall, but also witnessed a band concert and the aerial feats of naval airplanes flying overhead. Commemorations also occured in Los Angeles Harbor, Long Beach Naval Reserve Airport, and elsewhere in the Southland.
Related to article, "All Southland Joins Navy Day Celebration: America's Sea Force Needs Stressed in Program on City Hall Steps; Fleet Holds Open House" Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 1935

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Nation Joins Sea Fighters in Celebrating Birthday of United States Navy: Speaker, Rear-Admiral W.T. Cluverius, commander of Base Force, is shown here as he addressed crowd on steps at City Hall yesterday in Los Angeles' observance of Navy's anniversary. ["All Southland Joins Navy Day Celebration: America's Sea Force Needs Stressed in Program on City Hall Steps; Fleet Holds Open House," Los Angeles Times, October 29, 1935]
Handwritten on nitrate negative: Admiral W.T. Cluverius, 10-28-35
Text from negative sleeve: 2620-- Mayor Frank L. Shaw, Judge Marshall McComb, Admiral W.T. Cluverius, Donald W. Douglas, Navy Day Celebration on steps of City Hall, 10-28-35, [STAMPED:] OCT 29 1935

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Cluverius, Wat Tyler
United States. Navy
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.0536

Latitude

-118.243

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Commemorations--California--Los Angeles
Military officers--American--California--Los Angeles
Celebrations--California--Los Angeles