Republican presidential nominee Herbert Hoover undertook a day-long trip throughout southern California on August 17, 1928. He visited Santa Barbara, Glendale, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pasadena, and San Bernardino. This photo was him leaving Long Beach with men following behind him in hats. Onlookers watch him leave from the shore.
A similar photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the headline, "Thousands Greet Herbert Hoover During One-Day's Visit to Southland,” Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug 1928: 8.
Herbert Hoover looks down at a crowd of admirers from the end of a train. The sign fixed onto the rail reads, "Southern Lark Pacific." Los Angeles mayor George E. Cryer, in the white suit, has his back to the camera.
Herbert Hoover, left, waves his hat to the crowd as Lou Henry Hoover, standing beside him, waves a gloved hand. They are aboard a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train.