Edward Craig, speaker of Assembly, addressing convention luncheon attendees at the Clark Hotel, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Edward Craig, speaker of Assembly, addressing convention luncheon attendees at the Clark Hotel, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

February 9, 1935

Date

1935-02-09

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Edward Craig, speaker of the lower house of the State Legislature, addressing luncheon attendees at the first annual convention of Southern California members of the California Republican Assembly. Attendees, L to R are: Mark Requa (Republican National Committeeman for California), Leo Anderson (incoming president, who presided over the luncheon), Craig, Sherrill Halbert (chairman of the State organization) and Catherine Venn (chairman of the women's division of the organization). The luncheon took place at the convention held at the Clark Hotel (426 South Hill Street).

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Assembly Chief Addresses Republicans: Edward Craig, speaker of Assembly, shown addressing California Republican Assembly. Left to right, Mark Requa, Leo Anderson, Craig, Sherrill Halbert and Catherine Venn [Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 1935: 2]
Text from negative sleeve: Requa, Mark. GOP, 1935
Handwritten on negative: L 2 R Mark Requa, Leo Anderson, Edward Craig, Sherrill Halbert, Mrs. Catherine Venn. 2-9-35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

California Republican Assembly
Venn, Catherine
Craig, Edward, 1896-1979
Requa, M. L. (Mark Lawrence), 1865-1937
Anderson, Leo E., 1902-1993
Halbert, Sherrill, 1901-

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.049388

Latitude

-118.250549

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Luncheons--California--Los Angeles
Meetings--California--Los Angeles