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Description:: Mayor Shaw greets a group of men belonging to the Elks fraternal organization. Frank Lawrence Shaw (February 1, 1877 – January 24, 1958) was an American politician. In 1933, he successfully ran for mayor of Los Angeles. He was re-elected in 1937 but was recalled from office on September 16, 1938.
Date:: between 1935-1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Related to article, "Shrine's Arabian Nights Show Fills Coliseum." Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 1935
Date:: October 20, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Mr. Steuart holds the transmitter of the telephone to his face and the receiver to his ear while Mr. Caldwell wraps an arm around the man's shoulder while also holding a newspaper.
Date:: January 6, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Gettle sitting on stairs smiling points to woman standing on his right and has other woman sitting close to him on his left. Women are in matching outfits.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: This photograph was related to Samuel Dunkerley's obituary, who passed away from pneumonia at 64 in 1935. he was "pioneer High Secretary" of the Independent Order of Foresters.
Date:: October 4, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: A woman waves from a palanquin carried by several men. She wears a bikini outfit made of gleaming material. Her palanquin bearers are in what appears to be African-dress. A shriner in a fez and jacket walks beside the procession. The Al Malaikah Shrine Temple of Los Angeles hosted a pageant, of which the theme was One Thousand and One Nights, or Arabian Nights. The event was hosted at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Date:: October 20, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Peirson Mitchell Hall was an attorney in the Los Angeles County who once served as a city councilman, U.S. attorney, and eventually a Los Angeles Superior Court judge.
Date:: May 11, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Shriners sit around a carpeted floor, dressed in stylized costumes of ancient Arabia. Five men appear to be part of the fraternal organization, dressed in the ostentatious wear of the nobility, while one man is dressed the part of a servant. The Al Malaikah Shrine Temple of Los Angeles hosted a pageant, of which the theme was One Thousand and One Nights, or Arabian Nights. The event was hosted at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Date:: October 20, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Mmes. Harlan Striff, Lester Wasserburger, Misses Virginia Nowlin, Maryellen Kirk and Mrs. Pingree of Alpha Omicron Pi lean smiling over a balcony.
Date:: February 27, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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