Subject: Rolph, James, 1869-1934 / Subject: Governors--American--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: At the Tenth Olympiad banquet at the Biltmore, John C. Porter (Mayor of Los Angeles), Frank Merriam (Lieutenant Governor 1932-1934), Harry Chandler, James Rolph (Governor of California 1931-1934), 1 unidentified man, Adolph Schleicher (President of the Chamber of Commerce), Charles Curtis (Vice President 1929-1933) and others seated on one side of a banquet table in the Biltmore Hotel ballroom.
Date:: [July 29, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: View of crowd at dedication ceremony and tree planting at Olympic Park (Exposition Park). From left to right: Count Henri de Baillet-Latour, president of the International Olympic Committee; William M. Bowen; William May Garland; Rufus B. von KleinSmid; Governor James Rolph, with a shovel in hand. The University of Southern California campus can be seen in the background.
Date:: August 3, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Rolph, dressed in some sort of Spanish costume, stands before a microphone to deliver a speech, likely at the City Hall steps, where the parade began and ended. The celebration marks the anniversary of Spanish settlers' "founding" of Los Angeles.
Date:: September 5, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: From left to right, Burt Edwards, Walter B. Allen and Governor James Rolph stand in a row along a wharf in Los Angeles Harbor at left. The wharf enters frame along the left half of the bottom edge and stretches back to the left. At right, a boat is moored to the wharf. On the boat, Fred Warner stands on the deck and leans against the boat's cabin. Behind him, the American flag and other nautical flags wave. The harbor's waters extend across the background.
Date:: [circa March 7, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: In the near distance at center, Governor James Rolph stands up behind a banner and faces camera as he speaks during the dedication of Kerckhoff Hall at UCLA. The banner in front of him is decorated with the UCLA crest and text, which reads, "UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES." Several people sit behind Governor Rolph and look towards him as he speaks. To the left, a portion of the building enters frame. Behind the other attendees, the east-facing facade of Kerckhoff Hall stretches across the background.
Date:: [circa January 20, 1931]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: View of crowd at dedication ceremony and tree planting at Olympic Park (Exposition Park). From left to right: Count Henri de Baillet-Latour, president of the International Olympic Committee; William M. Bowen, with his grandson Ralph O. Chick; William May Garland; Rufus B. von KleinSmid; Governor James Rolph. An unidentified man stands beside Gov. Rolph. The University of Southern California campus can be seen in the background.
Date:: August 3, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A similar photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “Throng Drawn By Dedication,” Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug 1932: A1.
Date:: August 3, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph is related to the article, "State's Admission to Union Feted in Historic Parade: All California United in Colorful Procession Quarter of Million Persons Thrilled as Floats and Flags Fill Downtown Streets," Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep 1931: A1
Date:: [circa September 9, 1931]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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