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Title
1966 California gubernatorial primary
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator
Stewart, Lucille
Date Created and/or Issued
1966
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
Title supplied by cataloger.
In the 1966 gubernatorial primary, Sam Yorty challenged incumbent Democratic Governor Edmund G. (Pat) Brown. Yorty received 981,088 votes (37.6 percent) to Brown's 1,355,262 ballots (51.9 percent); Brown ultimately lost to opponent Ronald W. Reagan.
California gubernatorial candidate and Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty (right of center, in front of his portrait) is surrounded by supporters at his election headquarters in Los Angeles. Photograph dated June 7, 1966.
Type
image
Format
1 negative :35 mm ;4 x 4 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00091679
Lucille Stewart Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
GPC_b15_f11_i6_N
CARL0005008748
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/123671
Subject
Yorty, Sam,--1909-1998
Yorty, Sam,--1909-1998--Portraits
Primaries--California
Elections--California--Los Angeles--Headquarters
Governors--California--Elections
Mayors--California--Los Angeles
Crowds--California--Los Angeles

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