Names: Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958 and Quinn, John R., 1889-1979 / Date: 1933 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Description:: This photograph appears with the article "Action of Supervisors Makes More Construction Jobs, Work on Dam Starts Today, Supervisors Sign Contract for San Gabriel No. 1, Rock-Fill Structure Will Cost $8,600,527, Job Will Employ 400 of Workmen in County." Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 1933.
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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