A group of people gathered around a platform beside a Myers & Co. steam shovel look up towards men on a platform. On the platform, cordoned off with a stars and stripes fabric, Mayor Frank L. Shaw speaks into a microphone as other men on the platform listen.
Harry Baine in suit and tie, standing near table with other Board of Supervisors members seated, with crowd near open door in background, flowers in foreground. They are in the new quarters of the County Supervisors on the 5th floor of the Hall of Records, located at 220 N. Broadway. The walls of the room are decorated with laurel panel molding above marble panels.
Mayor Frank Shaw and Admiral Thomas Senn shake hands an an official event. They appear to be standing on an outdoor platform, a microphone and American flag are on the right.
This photograph appears with the article, “As Stockman: FARM YOUTH ON WAY HERE Young Exhibitors Arriving for Live Stock Show to Open Saturday,” Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 1935: A1.
Photograph of Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw and World War veteran members of the American Legion City Hall Post No. 387, Clifford K. Steele, A. D. Endsley and city hall engineering department accountant Harry Whittington in front of City Hall before the members of the American Legion Post went to Fresno for a convention. The Summer of 1935 faced a heat wave in the San Joaquin Valley, due to which the veterans took their own water wagon. A mountain pump was rigged which was to be used as a shower bath. Photograph shows the wagon hitched to a car. Ross Olney stands next to the water pump. The wagon has a banner reading, "Showed Baths Given Here, And How," and the barrel of water has a sign reading, "A Los Angeles Rain Storm, The Climate of Los Angeles is Cool, Have Some,". The Wagon itself has a sign painted to the side reading, "Keep Cool with Los Angeles City Hall Post, A Los Angeles Rain Storm, our weather is unique, warm up with Fresno." C. K. Steele is standing in the back row, holding a small box reading, "Los Angeles City Hall Post No. 387, California." The veterans and the Mayor protect themselved from the water shower with umbrellas.
Roger Jessup and mayor Frank Shaw shaking hands, with supervisors Harry Baine, John Quinn, and Hugh Thatcher behind them, standing near table with blotter and pen, with flowers on another table nearby and crowd of people in room. They are in the new quarters of the County Supervisors on the 5th floor of the Hall of Records, located at 220 N. Broadway. The upper walls are decorated with laurel panel molding.
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.
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.
This photograph may be associated with the article, “Goal Achieved: CONSUL AIDE TAKES POST Alejandro Gomez Maganda Arrives From Mexico to Serve With Hill,” Los Angeles Times, 1 March 1936: A2.
This photograph may be associated with the article, “As Stockman: FARM YOUTH ON WAY HERE Young Exhibitors Arriving for Live Stock Show to Open Saturday,” Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 1935: A1.
Pictured from left to right: Studebaker Corporation executive Paul G. Hoffman, Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw, and Bank of America executive Walter J. Braunschweiger stand surrounding a cake that reads, "47th Anniversary." In the background, a large chandaliered room can be seen, with suited men seated at white-clothed tables. Photograph was taken at the Chamber of Commerce's 47th anniversary event in the Biltmore Hotel's Biltmore Bowl, the hotel's ballroom. S.E. Gates (not pictured), as president of the Rotary Club, co-organized the luncheon.
(L to R) Albert J. Southwick (conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir), Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw, and David A. Smith (President of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir) standing on the steps of the Los Angeles City Hall. Smith is shaking hands with Mayor Shaw. In the background, there are unidentified people watching the scene from the top of the steps.
This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, June 7, 1935, One Way to Spread Good Will. Miss Emily White, winner of [popularity] contest sponsored by Hotel Greeters of San Francisco, calls on Mayor Shaw with letter from Mayor Rossi. The group shows, left to right, in foreground, Mayor Shaw, Miss White and Harvey Toy; rear, William Jacobs and Frank F. Royston.
Connected to Los Angeles Times article, February 4, 1933, R.F.C. Loan Assures Jobs for Army of Workers, Total of 25,000 Must Be Provided With Employment Under Terms of Relief Granted County. Jobs will be found for 25,000 men on public work in Los Angeles county … announcement yesterday by Chairman Shaw of the Board of Supervisors … notification came from Mrs. Rheba Crawford Splivalo, head of the State Department of Social Welfare … the first allotment of $250,000 will be available in Los Angeles Monday … they then named George F. Cuthbert to serve as co-ordinator …