Names: Porter, John C. (John Clinton), 1871-1959 / Subject: Mayors--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: John C. (Clinton) Porter (1871-1959) served as Mayor (33rd) of the City of Los Angeles from 1929 until 1933.
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: John C. (Clinton) Porter (1871-1959) served as the Mayor (33rd) of the City of Los Angeles from 1929 until 1933.
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: 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.
Date:: October 19, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: John C. Porter seated at table with judge sitting at table to his left with gavel in his hand. The commission might of been established to look into the troublesome noise that railroads were causing during a study in 1931.
Date:: [circa 1931]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Reported in the article "Mayor Heard In Harbor Quiz: Francis and Simon Brothers Also Give Testimony: Los Angeles Times, 12 May 1933: 1.
Date:: May 11, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: This photograph was likely taken on September 4, 1931, during the Parade of Four Flags. 200,000 spectators gathered to watch the Parade on opening day of La Fiesta de Los Angeles. The parade route was along Figueroa St, between Olympic Blvd and Washington Blvd.
Date:: [circa September 4, 1931]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: 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."
Date:: July 29, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: John C. Porter speaking in front of microphone to the right of the American flag. Male spectators are on both sides. There are a couple of large books on a table to his right.
Date:: [circa 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Photo appears with the article "Hopis make chief of mayor: Circus Performers Go to City hall," Los Angeles Times, 05 Feb. 1930: A2.
Date:: February 4, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Los Angeles Mayor John C. Porter speaking at a microphone at an outdoor event.
Date:: [between 1929-1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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