Group portrait of former mayors George E. Cryer, John C. Porter, W.D. Stephens, Meredith P. Snyder, and F.T. Woodman, gathered to support Republican gubernatorial candidate Frank F. Merriam. George Edward Cryer served as mayor from 1921-1929. John Clinton Porter served as mayor from 1929-1933. William Dennison Stephens served as mayor from 1909 and Governor of California from 1917-1923. Meredith Pinxton Snyder served as mayor in 1897-1898, 1900-1904, and 1919-1921. Frederick Thomas Woodman served as mayor from 1916-1919.
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker meets with Los Angeles Mayor George E. Cryer to discuss the city providing a 1000-acre landing field for commercial airplanes. Reported in "COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE FIELD URGED: Rickenbacker Tells Need of Huge Landing Place for Transcontinentals," Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 1925: 7.
A group portrait of eighteen men stands on the steps of City Hall. In the front row, the identifiable men are: second to left, Sir George Armstrong; third to left, R. D. Blumenfeld; second to right, a laughing Mayor George E. Cryer, and right, Sir. Charles Igglesden. Reported on in "English Editors Due Soon: Press Men of British Isles Touring Country Pay Compliment of Longest Stay Here," Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 1928: A1 and "Nation Amazes British Editors: Fourteen Visitors Arrive on Tour of America, Nine Days Will Be Spent in Los Angeles, Vastness of Country Makes Deep Impression," Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 1928: A1.
Reported in the article, "New University Site Dedicated; Dr. Wilbur Speaks at Del Rey Hills Ceremony; Lutheran Institution Will Cost $5,000,000," Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 1928: A1.
Ralph D. Blumenfeld (front, left, holding a hat) with Los Angeles Mayor George E. Cryer (front, right) on the steps of city hall (200 N. Spring St.), with a group of men behind them. Mr. Blumenfeld was the chairman and editor of The London Express and president of the Institute of Journalists. In 1928, Mr. Blumenfeld along with fourteen British journalists went on a two month tour of the United States. The photograph may have been taken during their visit to Los Angeles, California during the two month tour of the United States in 1928.
Mayor George E. Cryer standing behind microphones gives a speech at the dedication of the new City Hall located at 1st and Spring St., Los Angeles. In the background is a Baldwin grand piano with trophies on it and the new building.