Heads of National and State Federal Transient Service gather for conference, Los Angeles, 1934

Item Overview

Title

Heads of National and State Federal Transient Service gather for conference, Los Angeles, 1934

Date Created

July 10, 1934

Date

1934-07-10

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Heads of National and State Transient Services as they gather for a conference to discuss the ways to reduce vagrancy. F. H. Holcomb, assistant director of Maryland, Marshall B. Thompson, director of Texas, William J. Plunkert, national director and Harold A. R. Carleton, director of California. California, in that year, had the most transients registered with the Federal Transient Service than any state in the Union.
Photograph published with the article, "California Has Lead in Transients, Federal Service Director Discusses Situation as He Arrives for Conferences," Los Angeles Times, 11 July, 1934: A5.

Caption

Text on negative sleeve: Holcomb, F. H.; Former director of Texas & then asst. dir. of Maryland Transient Service; Transient Service Conference @ S. E. R. A. HQ.
Text from newspaper caption: Transient Bureau Leaders Confer on Vagrancy Issue
Handwritten on negative: F. H. Holcomb; Marshall B. Thompson, Wm. J. Plunkert, H. A. R. Carleton

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

United States. Federal Transient Service
Holcomb, F. H.
Thompson, Marshall B.
Carleton, Harold A. R., 1893-1976
Plunkert, William J., 1900-1972

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Meetings--California--Los Angeles
Government officials--American--California--Los Angeles