This photograph appears with the article, "State's Works Relief Army Going on Dole: Works Relief Families of State Going on Dole," Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 1935: 1.
Photograph of a crowd of people at Brookside Park attending an all-day homecoming picnic for John Steven McGroarty, poet laureate of California and member of Congress. The people are seated as they listen to McGroarty, who also talked about the Townsend old-age pension plan.
John Steven McGroarty, poet laureate of California and a member of Congress, tells a crown of more than 10,000 admirers at a home-coming picnic at Brookside Park that he is thankful for his friends.
The camera pans up slightly towards John Steven McGroatry, who stands behind a microphone at center. He stands facing towards the left as he delivers a speech during his and Burr McIntosh's joint birthday party in Norco. Attendees sit in a loose row behind him and face towards camera. Trees occupy the background.
John S. McGroarty (front row, 3rd from right) in a group portrait actors and musicians in Spanish style costumes. The performers are probably cast member of the Mission Play, a historical pageant written by McGroarty.