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Postmaster General James A. Farley speaks at a convention for the California Federation of Democratic Women's Clubs, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Postmaster General of the United States James A. Farley attends the first annual convention of California Federation of Democratic Women's Clubs at the Ambassador Hotel as the guest speaker. To his right is Mrs. Mattison Boyd Jones, president of the federation.
Date:
August 23, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Postmaster General James A. Farley speaks at a convention for the California Federation of Democratic Women's Clubs, Los Angeles, 1935

Portrait of Joseph Scott, circa 1935

Description:
British-born, Scott was a prominent lawyer in Los Angeles with significant dealings with national government, local business, the Los Angeles Times, the Catholic Church, and Charlie Chaplin, amongst other topics. At one time Scott was referred to as “Mr. Los Angeles”.
Date:
[1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Portrait of Joseph Scott, circa 1935

Joseph Scott and Christy Walsh, circa 1935

Description:
British-born, Scott was a prominent lawyer in Los Angeles with significant dealings with national government, local business, the Los Angeles Times, the Catholic Church, and Charlie Chaplin, amongst other topics. At one time Scott was referred to as “Mr. Los Angeles”. Walsh represented former baseball players like Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig through a press syndicate he ran.
Date:
[1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Joseph Scott and Christy Walsh, circa 1935

J.L. Van Norman, James L. Beebe and Dr. Thomas Nixon Carver at a banquet at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, February 22, 1940

Description:
New Chamber of Commerce President J.L. Van Norman (left) shakes hands with economist Dr. Thomas Nixon Carver and retiring Chamber President James L. Beebe stands center at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce’s 49th annual banquet in the Ambassador Hotel’s fiesta room. Over 1,000 business, civic and social leaders attended the banquet which is held every year on George Washington’s birthday. The event celebrates the achievements of the Chamber of Commerce over the past year and lays out programs for the coming year.
Date:
February 22, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
J.L. Van Norman, James L. Beebe and Dr. Thomas Nixon Carver at a banquet at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, February 22, 1940

W.C. Mullendore and Walter Haas at the 49th annual banquet for the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce held at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, February 22, 1940

Description:
Executive vice president of the Southern California Edison Co., W.C. Mullendore, and president of Levi Strauss & Co., Walter Haas, at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce’s 49th annual banquet in the Ambassador Hotel’s fiesta room. Over 1,000 business, civic and social leaders attended the banquet which is held every year on George Washington’s birthday. The event celebrates the achievements of the Chamber of Commerce over the past year and lays out programs for the coming year.
Date:
February 22, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
W.C. Mullendore and Walter Haas at the 49th annual banquet for the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce held at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, February 22, 1940

Meeting of civic leaders to discuss relief issues at the Hall of Records, Los Angeles, June 30, 1937

Description:
Meeting of various civic leaders at the Hall of Records (220 N. Broadway) called by Supervisor McDonough to discuss the relief problem in Los Angeles county. The meeting will address how to handle relief and employment issues for people who have no interest in becoming permanent residents of the county.
Date:
June 30, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Meeting of civic leaders to discuss relief issues at the Hall of Records, Los Angeles, June 30, 1937

George H. Coffin presents Arthur S. Bent with a Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce service watch, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Arthur S. Bent receives a Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Realty Board service watch from George H. Coffin at a banquet held at the Biltmore Hotel. Reported in "Realty Men Reward Bent: Former Chamber Head Honored at Board Banquet; Culver Installed President," Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 1927: 1. Bent was a Los Angeles contractor and civic worker who build dams in Southern California and Oregon in the first phase of his career, then went into public service as the Director of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, the president of the Associated General Contractors of America, and was the president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in 1926.
Date:
January 29, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
George H. Coffin presents Arthur S. Bent with a Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce service watch, Los Angeles, 1927

Arthur S. Bent shakes hands with Charles C. Teague at a train station, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Description:
Arthur S. Bent shakes hands with Charles C. Teague at a train station platform. Teague wears a straw hat with a ribbon band, as do the two men behind him. Teague was involved in the development of agriculture in Southern California. Bent was a Los Angeles contractor and civic worker who built dams in Southern California and Oregon, and went into public service as the Director of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, the president of the Associated General Contractors of America, and president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in 1926.
Date:
[between 1920-1939
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Arthur S. Bent shakes hands with Charles C. Teague at a train station, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Agnes Fredericks and Queen Walker Boardman, officials of a luncheon sponsored by the Civic Beautification Committee, along with John D. Fredericks, W.W. Orcutt, and Pearl Chase, Van Nuys, 1936

Description:
This photograph appears with the article, "'Make Gateways to Los Angeles Beautiful!': Civic Beauty Drive Urged: More Than 100 Leaders Go to Van Nuys Conference and Hear Plans Outlined," Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 1936: 6.
Date:
January 22, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Agnes Fredericks and Queen Walker Boardman, officials of a luncheon sponsored by the Civic Beautification Committee, along with John D. Fredericks, W.W. Orcutt, and Pearl Chase, Van Nuys, 1936

Burt Edwards, Walter Allen, Governor James Rolph and Fred Warner pose on a wharf, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
From left to right, Burt Edwards, Walter B. Allen and Governor James Rolph stand in a row along a wharf in Los Angeles Harbor at left. The wharf enters frame along the left half of the bottom edge and stretches back to the left. At right, a boat is moored to the wharf. On the boat, Fred Warner stands on the deck and leans against the boat's cabin. Behind him, the American flag and other nautical flags wave. The harbor's waters extend across the background.
Date:
[circa March 7, 1932]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Burt Edwards, Walter Allen, Governor James Rolph and Fred Warner pose on a wharf, Los Angeles, 1932

Ruth McClintock, Mrs. E. J. Wightman, Helen Lucille Holt, Ida Koverman, Mrs. Lou La Blonge Whitcomb, Aletha Gilbert, Annie C. Burton, William May Garland, Alma Whitaker, and Mrs. G. Edward Winn gather on behalf of the California Development Association, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Prominent women met at the invitation of the California Development Association in order to lay plans for the annual State conference to be conducted on the 27th and 28th.
Date:
October 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ruth McClintock, Mrs. E. J. Wightman, Helen Lucille Holt, Ida Koverman, Mrs. Lou La Blonge Whitcomb, Aletha Gilbert, Annie C. Burton, William May Garland, Alma Whitaker, and Mrs. G. Edward Winn gather on behalf of the California Development Association, Los Angeles, 1927

Notable guests at the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Photograph of 5 notable attendees of the annual Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce banquet: Frederick Warde (Shakespearean actor), Arthur S. Bent (incoming chamber president), R. W. Pridham (outgoing chamber president), Joseph Scott (attorney, civic leader, Catholic lay leader), and Cyrus H. K. Curtis (publisher).
Date:
February 24, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notable guests at the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, 1926