Sailors, military officials and wives on the deck of a military ship, with a canvas awning visible on the right. They are there to greet Vice-President Charles Curtis.
Photograph of United States Vice-President Charles Curtis and Assistant Secretary of the United States Navy from 1929-1933 Ernest Lee Jahncke being received by the Reception Committee at Los Angeles for the 10th Olympic Games. The committee consisted of [not limited to] Col. William May Garland, Los Angeles Mayor John C. Porter and Motion Picture producer Louis B. Mayer. They all wear badges on their lapels that read, "Reception."
Vice-President Charles Curtis seated on the far side of a banquet table between two women on the deck of a military ship. They are shaded by a canvas awning. Above the table is a gun turret holding three guns.
Vice-president Charles Curtis seated at the end of a banquet table at the Biltmore holding a piece of paper. Seated next to him partially obscured is Senator Samuel Shortridge and an unidentified woman. Men are standing in the back. Reported in,"Award Dinner To Set Mark: Motion-Picture Banquet Attracting Thousands Vice-President Curtis to Be Guest of Honor Gov. Rolph to Come to Greet National Official," Los Angeles Times, 08 Nov. 1931: A2.
Vice-President Charles Curtis speaking into a microphone at the Coliseum to declare the Tenth Olympic Games open. The stands behind him are packed with spectators.