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. Los Angeles City Council Executive Secretary Flossie Burnley (center, white dress), sits with secretary Louise Meehan (right) at her desk, as another secretary identified as Louise Horst (pictured at rear) looks on from her own desk. A small photo of Abraham Lincoln is visible on Ms. Meehan's desk in the foreground, several stacks of paper, vertical files, and books appear to surround Ms. Horst in the background, and a portrait of Councilman Mills hangs on the wall at right. All three women are members of Councilman Billy Mills' clerical staff, and they are pictured in their office at Los Angeles City Hall. Photograph circa 1968. See images 00128599 through 00128620, and 00143624 through 00143636 for additional photos in this series.
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1 negative : safety ; 10 x 13 cm. Photographic safety negatives
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) African American women Women African American women employees Women employees Executives Secretaries City halls Office buildings Offices Desks Paperwork (Office practice) Typewriters Nameplates (Plaques) Files (Records) Portrait photographs Smiling Los Angeles (Calif.)
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