Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Language: No linguistic content / Names: Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) / Date: 1935 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Donald Wills Douglas, aircraft industrialist and founder of Douglas Aircraft Company, speaks at the podium at the City Hall steps on the 200 North Spring Street entrance. Patriotic decor frame the surrounding stage. Also in view, the column and arches which make up the facade to the Spring Street entrance of City Hall. Douglas spoke on the needed focus of naval aircraft technology. The event celebrated the importance of American naval forces on Navy Day, October 27th, a day which commemorated the establishment of the American Navy in 1775. (Navy Day is no longer observed as it was absorbed into Armed Forces Day.) The 2000 spectators listened not only to notable speeches extolling the navy at City Hall, but also witnessed a band concert and the aerial feats of naval airplanes flying overhead. Commemorations also occured in Los Angeles Harbor, Long Beach Naval Reserve Airport, and elsewhere in the Southland.
Date:: October 28, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Throngs of people march by in front of spectators crowding the edges of the sidewalks. The side of City Hall can be seen on the other side of the street.
Date:: November 11, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The main facade of Los Angeles City Hall decorated for Christmas with Christmas trees flanking the entrance and garlands wrapped around the columns. A crowd stands in front.
Date:: 1928-1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: View of City Hall steps with crowd gathered for unemployed meeting during the depression, Los Angeles. Sign at center podium appears to read "Los Angeles Unemployed Workers Assn." Street signs read "N. Spring St." and "New High St." Sing on post also reads "... Sacrifice."
Date:: [between 1929-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Crowd of men and women for unemployed meeting on City Hall steps, Los Angeles. Man stands on podium, towards which crowd faces.
Date:: [between 1929-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to article, "All Southland Joins Navy Day Celebration: America's Sea Force Needs Stressed in Program on City Hall Steps; Fleet Holds Open House" Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 1935
Date:: October 28, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of the flag flown at half-mast in front of Los Angeles City Hall following the death of Will Rogers and Wiley Post.
Date:: August 16, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Ground-level view of Navy Day commemoration at City Hall steps outside 200 North Spring Street entrance. A stage and podium, built for speakers (such as Mayor Frank L. Shaw) and honored naval officials, can be seen. Patriotic decor frame the podium and surrounding exterior. Also in view, the column and arches which make up the facade to the Spring Street entrance of City Hall. Thousands of spectators surround the steps. The event celebrated the importance of American naval forces on Navy Day, October 27th, a day which commemorated the establishment of the American Navy in 1775. (Navy Day is no longer celebrated as it was absorbed into Armed Forces Day.)The 2000 spectators listened not only to notable speeches extolling the navy at City Hall, but also witnessed a band concert and the aerial feats of naval airplanes flying overhead. Commemorations also occured in Los Angeles Harbor, Long Beach Naval Reserve Airport, and elsewhere in the Southland.
Date:: October 28, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph is related to the article, “Mulholland Laid to Rest,” Los Angeles Times, 26 Jul 1935: A1.
Date:: July 25, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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