Notes promising payment made to Normand Chandler from Lee de Forest for 3 separate payments of $100, $100, and $300. Lee de Forest called himself "the father of radio" and did a lot of work on audio recording used in motion pictures. Norman Chandler was a publisher for LA Times.
Nelson Rounsevell sits at a luncheon table at the Automobile Club of Southern California where he is discussing the potential for a new highway with Los Angeles leaders.
Notes promising payment made to Normand Chandler from Lee de Forest for 3 separate payments of $100, $100, and $200. Lee de Forest called himself "the father of radio" and did a lot of work on audio recording used in motion pictures. Norman Chandler was a publisher for LA Times.
Robert L. McCormick (2nd from left), former officer in World War I and publisher/owner of the Chicago Tribune, sitting with several other gentleman at a banquet tables. Everybody is wearing a tuxedo.
William Allen White arrived in Los Angeles from his trip to the Orient, stopping in Southern California before he returns to Emporia, Kansas, and talks about the Republican party.
Notes promising payment made to Normand Chandler from Lee de Forest for a payment of $100. On the back of some other notes is witten: "2-26-34, pay to the order of Eldon Bisbee. Lee de Forest called himself "the father of radio" and did a lot of work on audio recording used in motion pictures. Norman Chandler was a publisher for LA Times.
Col. Frnak Knox was a publisher for the Chicago Daily News and previously a publisher for Hearst Newspapers. On this same day, he addressed LA County GOP as a republican party leader.
Promissory note that entitles Norman Chandler to 1% of the treasure hunting venture of C. F. Degner for Pancho Villa's lost fortune. Norman Chandler was a publisher for the Los Angeles Times.
Ira Clifton Copley was an American newspaper publisher and politician. Between 1911 and 1923, he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives.
This photograph appears with the article, “Feathered, Friend Greeted: CANARY-BREEDING HOBBY AIDS AMERICAN PURSES,” Los Angeles Times, 28 Jul. 1935: 16.
Roy W. Howard in jacket and tie. Roy Howard was a journalist, editor, and eventually became co-director of Scripps-Howard newspapers. He wrote a letter to President Roosevelt on August 26, 1935, asking the President to clarify certain aspects of New Deal policies. This letter was published in the Los Angeles Times on September 7, 1935.
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).
Photograph of Mrs. Oscar Rosbach, Mrs. F.W. Collins, and Mr. F.W. Collins standing right outside the threshold of the new San Marino Tribune newspaper plant. Mrs. Rosbach holds flowers.
Phtotograph of James W. Brown of New York, publisher and controlling owner since 1911 of Editor & Publisher Co., the leading trade publication for the newspaper field. Mr. Brown was also a member of the Legion of Honor and ex-president of the Advertising Club of New York. He was a vocal supporter of the Freedom of Speech movement. This photograph was taken while he was in Los Angeles with his wife after an ocean voyage.
George H. Doran retired in 1930 after publishing books at Doubleday-Doran Company since 1883. He wrote under a pseudonym and spoke about subjects such as Charles Dickens, Sinclair Lewis and libraries.