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Ground-level view of Navy Day commemoration at City Hall steps, Los Angeles, 1935

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
Ground-level view of Navy Day commemoration at City Hall steps, Los Angeles, 1935