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Description:: Mrs. Elaine Anderson Dudley, the secretary of the Women's Auxiliary to the Goodwill Industries of Southern California, dons a traditional spanish costume and sits next to a telephone switchboard.
Date:: [between 1934-1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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

Description:: Members of the Wilshire Women's Club Mrs. L.E. Oates (left) and Mrs. Charles Laraway (right) don sun bonnets for a benefit garden party at the home of their chairman, Mrs. John Witty.
Date:: [circa July 8, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Mrs. John Witty, chairman of the Wilshire Women's Club, hosts a benefit garden sun bonnet party at her home. From left to right, Mrs. John Witty, Margaret Herroder in their sun bonnets.
Date:: [circa July 8, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Members of the Wilshire Women's Club don sun bonnets for a benefit garden party hosted at chairman Mrs. John Witty's home. From left to right,
Date:: [circa July 8, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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

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

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

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

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

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