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Veterans of the American Legion City Hall Post 387 with Mayor Shaw outside City Hall, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw and World War veteran members of the American Legion City Hall Post No. 387, Clifford K. Steele, A. D. Endsley and city hall engineering department accountant Harry Whittington in front of City Hall before the members of the American Legion Post went to Fresno for a convention. The Summer of 1935 faced a heat wave in the San Joaquin Valley, due to which the veterans took their own water wagon. A mountain pump was rigged which was to be used as a shower bath. Photograph shows the wagon hitched to a car. Ross Olney stands next to the water pump. The wagon has a banner reading, "Showed Baths Given Here, And How," and the barrel of water has a sign reading, "A Los Angeles Rain Storm, The Climate of Los Angeles is Cool, Have Some,". The Wagon itself has a sign painted to the side reading, "Keep Cool with Los Angeles City Hall Post, A Los Angeles Rain Storm, our weather is unique, warm up with Fresno." C. K. Steele is standing in the back row, holding a small box reading, "Los Angeles City Hall Post No. 387, California." The veterans and the Mayor protect themselved from the water shower with umbrellas.
Date:
Aug 9, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Veterans of the American Legion City Hall Post 387 with Mayor Shaw outside City Hall, Los Angeles, 1935

Los Angeles County Unit of Unemployment Relief Committee, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:
This is a photograph taken in 1933 of (L to R): A. W. Hoch, John Quinn, Mayor Shaw, and William Simpson, members of the committee representing the Los Angeles county unit in President Hoover's national unemployment relief organization during the 1930s Depression. Adolph W. Hoch was also the President of the California State Federation of Labor, William A. Simpson was the 1933 President of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, and John R. Quinn was elected the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors after Frank L. Shaw resigned upon being elected as Mayor. The location is the Chamber of Commerce at 12tth St. and Broadway.
Date:
1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Los Angeles County Unit of Unemployment Relief Committee, Los Angeles, 1933

Paul Hoffman, Mayor Frank Shaw, and W.J. Braunschweiger at luncheon, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Pictured from left to right: Studebaker Corporation executive Paul G. Hoffman, Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw, and Bank of America executive Walter J. Braunschweiger stand surrounding a cake that reads, "47th Anniversary." In the background, a large chandaliered room can be seen, with suited men seated at white-clothed tables. Photograph was taken at the Chamber of Commerce's 47th anniversary event in the Biltmore Hotel's Biltmore Bowl, the hotel's ballroom. S.E. Gates (not pictured), as president of the Rotary Club, co-organized the luncheon.
Date:
October 11, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Paul Hoffman, Mayor Frank Shaw, and W.J. Braunschweiger at luncheon, Los Angeles, 1935

Albert S. Southwick, Mayor Shaw, and David A. Smith at City Hall, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
(L to R) Albert J. Southwick (conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir), Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw, and David A. Smith (President of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir) standing on the steps of the Los Angeles City Hall. Smith is shaking hands with Mayor Shaw. In the background, there are unidentified people watching the scene from the top of the steps.
Date:
July 26, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Albert S. Southwick, Mayor Shaw, and David A. Smith at City Hall, Los Angeles, 1935