Sierra Madre City Council seated at table, Sierra Madre, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Sierra Madre City Council seated at table, Sierra Madre, 1935

Date Created

[December 11, 1935]

Date

1935-12-11

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Seated at a table from left to right, an unidentified man, Sierra Madre city business manager Al Myers, Councilman William Lees, Acting Mayor Preston Schwartz, Councilman John Froelich, city attorney Phil Dodson, Dodson's assistant Dan Lewis, and an another unidentified man. On the table are a ledger, documents, and ashtrays. Four paintings and the American flag hang on the wall behind the men. This photograph was possibly taken on December 11, 1935 when the Sierra Madre City Council decided to invite a Los Angeles County survey to help the city of Sierra Madre consolidate government functions that overlapped between the city and the county.
Possibly related to the article, "Sweeping City-County 'Merger' Plan in Sierra Madre Launched by Council," Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec 1935: 10.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 4258. L. to R. John Froelich. William Lees. Preston Schwartz. Phil Dodson. Dan Lewis. Al Myers. 12-12-35. Sierra Madre City Council. [Stamped:] DEC 31 1935.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Lees, William
Froelich, John
Myers, Albert S., 1879-1963
Schwartz, Preston, (Mayor)
Lewis, Dan
Dodson, Phil, 1889-1975

Location

Sierra Madre (Calif.)

Longitude

34.162299

Latitude

-118.054054

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lawyers--California--Sierra Madre
City council members--California--Sierra Madre