L to R: John J. Beck, candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress in the Fifteenth District., with his supporters A. Ronald Button and Edward S. Shattuck. They study a paper titled "Official Primary Election Ballot."
Possibly related to the article, "Injunction Plea Denied Gallagher; Supreme Court Justice Candidate Fails to Bar Police From Meetings," Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 1934: A3
In 1934, Upton Sinclair, noted journalist and socialist, won the Democratic primary for governor of California. He was defeated by Frank Merriam. He established headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles.
L to R: John J. Beck, candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress in the Fifteenth District., with his supporters Edward S. Shattuck and A. Ronald Button. They study paper titled "Official Primary Election Ballot."
In the foreground, a street stretches across the bottom edge. On the far side of the street, buildings line the street. Identical political posters stretch across a marquee at center. They advertise for a political meeting featuring candidates Leo Gallagher, attorney, and Sam Darcy, Communist candidate for the governor's office. Two more posters are plastered onto signboards that stand on the sidewalk at far left and far right. The poster at far left advertises for the Communist political meeting. The sign at right advocates for the reelection of Frank Merriam.