Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Names: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: President Roosevelt was given the honorary degree on the steps of USC’s administration building during a short stop on his motorcade through the city, his first visit to Los Angeles as president. After the stop he traveled to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to give a speech.
Date:: October 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Roosevelt, along with other dignitaries, toured the city by motorcade during his first visit as President. Roosevelt spoke to the crowd from his car.
Date:: October 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Mayor Frank L. Shaw ride in a motorcade. 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:: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt greet crowd from a train as they arrive into the city. 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:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, “U.S.C. Confers Degree on Leader of Nation," Los Angeles Times,” 1 Oct. 1935: 4.
Date:: October 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Card certifying the bearer as an "original California Roosevelt Nominator," and guaranteeing admission to a campaign rally at the Hollywood Bowl on June 27, 1936 at which Roosevelt would give an address accepting the nomination.
Date:: [August 21, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Letter encourages recipients to support the Democratic campaign to elect Franklin D. Roosevelt by becoming nominators, donating money, and attending a rally at the Hollywood Bowl.
Date:: [August 21, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: A man and woman hold a ticket for the Birthday Ball for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as another woman watches. There is a stack of tickets on the table and a photograph of the president behind them.
Date:: circa January 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt waving from the back of his train at Central Station (Central Ave. and 5th St.) with Eleanor Roosevelt next to him holding a bouquet of roses. A man stands next to Mrs. Roosevelt and 2 men stand in front of the train car. A circular sign on the train ca reads "Union Pacific Special Train."
Date:: October 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the headline, "Pictures Give Graphic Story of President Roosevelt's Day in Los Angeles," Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct 1935: 8.
Date:: October 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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