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Title
Americanism award
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Kravitz, Tom
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1965
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Ben Reddick was the publisher of several small California newspapers and a former Orange County supervisor. He was largely credited with coining the term "Okies" for a story he did on the immigration of Dust Bowl refugees into California in the 1930s. Reddick was named an "Honorary Okie" by the Oklahoma governor in 1968. He was a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors in the 1950s, served on the state Water Quality Control Board, and worked for several newspapers, including the Los Angeles Examiner. He bought his first newspaper, the Newport Balboa Press, in 1944, which he developed into the Newport Harbor News Press. Reddick later published the San Fernando Valley Times and the Paso Robles Daily Press, which he owned until 1996. He died in 1997.
Photograph caption dated April 10, 1965 reads "Valley Times publisher Ben Reddick received a citation for outstanding service from the Americanism Educational League. Here, from left, A. J. Miller, president of the league, Reddick, and Los Angeles County Counsel Harold W. Kennedy."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00119976
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d023_f29_i25
CARL0005384687
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/52891
Subject
Reddick, Ben
Kennedy, Harold W
Valley Times (Firm)
Valley Times (Firm)--Employees
Americanism Educational League
Americanism Educational League--Presidents
Publishers and publishing--California--San Fernando Valley
Newspaper employees--California--San Fernando Valley
Awards--California--San Fernando Valley
Lawyers--California--San Fernando Valley
Men--California--San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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