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

Description:: Audience gathered at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt speak. Eleanor and her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Los Angeles for a day before visiting San Diego. During their time in Los Angeles, the President gave a speech at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Mrs. Roosevelt gave a speech at the Hollywood Bowl.
Date:: October 01, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Howard Jones was the celebrated head coach for USC's football team from 1925 to 1940.
Date:: [between 1925-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: USC head football coach Howard Jones, instructing his team at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Date:: [between 1925-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: USC head football coach Howard Jones, instructing his team at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Date:: [between 1925-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A stage with a white tent is lit by stadium lights. The stage is set at an end of the arena field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Dozens of people in stylized costumes of ancient Arabia sit upon the stage and in front of the stage. Hundreds or possibly thousands of spectators can be seen sitting in the stadium. The photograph was taken at night. The Al Malaikah Shrine Temple of Los Angeles hosted a pageant, of which the theme was One Thousand and One Nights, or Arabian Nights.
Date:: October 20, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Seven women, in ancient Arabian-style wear, pose against a similarly-styled backdrop with a vase. The women were part of a pageant hosted by shriners of the Al Malaikah Shrine Temple in Los Angeles. The pageant's theme was One Thousand and One Nights. The photo was most likely taken at the Coliseum.
Date:: October 20, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: President Roosevelt speaks to the crowd from his car at the end of his motorcade through the city. during his one day visit. Tens of thousands of people greeted Roosevelt along with other dignitaries, including his wife Eleanor Roosevelt and Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw, during the motorcade.
Date:: October 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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