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.
Supervisor Herb Prince (right) hands Supervisor McDonough (left) a stack of documents. Similar documents appear to be wrapped in a gift basket, placed on the table between them.
From left to right: Jimmy McDonough, Supervisor Gordon L. McDonough, Lucille McDonough, and Ella Atchley. The two children sit on a desk and hold onto a basket of documents, wrapped in ribbon.
Supervisor Grodon L. McDonough (left) receives documents from Mrs. Ella Achley (right). A basket filled with documents is set on a table between them with a ribbon tied around it.
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.
The photograph depicts Harry L. Harper (right) surrendering his gavel to new president of the Chamber of Commerce, Walter J. Braunschweiger, at a banquet at the Ambassador Hotel.