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. Councilwoman Pat Russell is pictured with an unidentified high school student in City Hall council chambers during the annual Boys Day in Government event. They are smiling at each other as the young man jots down some notes on paperwork that is spread out in front of him. Many students participated in the Annual Boys' Week observance, where they learned how local government is conducted. Photograph circa 1971. See images 00127921 through 00127924; 00141954 through 00141962; and 00141968 for additional photos in this series.
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1 negative : safety ; 10 x 13 cm. Photographic safety negatives
Russell, Pat Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles (Calif.).--City Council Women Politicians City council members High school students Student government Teenage boys Young men Students City councils City halls Paperwork Desks Smiling Los Angeles (Calif.)
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