Names: Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958 / Subject: Mayors--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Mayor Shaw with Dwight Long who sailed the globe for four years on a 32-foot sailboat. Frank Lawrence Shaw (February 1, 1877 – January 24, 1958) was an American politician. In 1933, he successfully ran for mayor of Los Angeles. He was re-elected in 1937 but was recalled from office on September 16, 1938. Dwight Long sailed a 32-foot sailboat around the world from 1934-1938.
Date:: between 1933-1938?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Frank Lawrence Shaw (February 1, 1877 – January 24, 1958) was an American politician. In 1933, he successfully ran for mayor of Los Angeles. He was re-elected in 1937 but was recalled from office on September 16, 1938 by the citizens of Los Angeles.
Date:: Between 1937-1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Mayor Frank L. Shaw ride in a motorcade. Eleanor and her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Los Angeles for a day before visiting San Diego. During their time in Los Angeles, the President gave a speech at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Mrs. Roosevelt gave a speech at the Hollywood Bowl.
Date:: October 01, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A different photograph shows the location as Fort Moore Hill near the Broadway Tunnel. A billboard ad for the movie Tarzan and his Mate dates the photograph to 1934. (uclamss_1429_5558)
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: From left to right: Frank H. Brumby; Mayor Frank Shaw; Harry L. Harper, president of Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce; Frederick P. Woellner; W. A. Simpson. They are seated at a banquet table at the Ambassador Hotel with a mural depicting a Spanish dancer and musicians is on the wall behind them.
Date:: [circa February 23, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Gov. Rolph, left, and Frank Shaw, right, mayor of Los Angeles. Shaw is holding a large broom upright in his hands.
Date:: [between 1933 and 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: John M. Larronde was president of the fire commission. James Cairns was chairman of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Fire Prevention Committee. Bert M. Blake was Deputy Chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department. William O. Harris was also the head of Kiwanis International.
Date:: [circa March 12, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: A similar photograph appears with the caption, "Diagnosing Mayor Shaw's Personality," Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 1935: 16
Date:: [circa January 23, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: The men and women form a half circle around Mayor Shaw, seated at his desk.
Date:: October 15, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Aimee Semple McPherson, Mayor Frank Shaw, and Rheba Crawford smiling as they watch the Four Square Gospel Parade from the reviewing stand on the steps of City Hall.
Date:: January 4, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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