Title supplied by cataloger. Rolland Joseph 'Speedy' Curtis was born in Louisiana in 1922. After serving three years in the Marines during World War II, he and his wife, Gloria, relocated from New Orleans to Los Angeles in 1946. Curtis served four years with the Los Angeles Police Department, but resigned from the force in order to pursue both a Bachelor's and Master's degree from USC. He later became involved in city politics, as an associate of Sam Yorty, and later a field deputy to City Council members Billy Mills and Tom Bradley. He was briefly director of the Model Cities program in 1973. Rolland J. Curtis died in his home in 1979, the victim of a homicide. An affordable housing complex on Exposition Blvd. near Vermont Ave. was named in his honor in 1981, along with a nearby street and park. An unidentified man poses next to a poster of his likeness with wording that reads, 'America - Develop and use our talent', behind him another poster reads, 'Artist, Painter, Designer, Inventor, Mechanic, Welder, Plastics, Woodwork, Sheet metal' and adjacent to that, another that reads, 'Silver Spur Records' showing four vinyl records below. Although his name is not known, he wears an 'Exhibitor' ribbon pinned to his sweater and took part at the second annual All American Indian Week show, which featured many arts and crafts demonstrations, Indian lore displays, war dance contests, a horse show and an authentic teepee village, to name a few. The festival was slated for the week of November 22nd and was held at Wrigley Field located on 4th St. and Avalon Blvd. All proceeds from the show were given to various Indian social and educational programs. Photograph dated November 22, 1968. See images 00119207 through 00119223 and 00138006 through 00138012 for additional photos in this series.
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1 negative : safety ; 10 x 13 cm. Photographic safety negatives
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