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Title
City Council appointments stir new controversy
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
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
1963
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
Photograph article dated January 29, 1963 partially reads, "Newly appointed Valley Councilman Louis Nowell assumed his seat today along with the first Negro ever to serve on the Los Angeles City Council amid a mounting swirl of controversy. In a surprise move Monday, the council appointed Nowell, 47, a Fire Department captain, and Gilbert Lindsay, 62, a Negro who once was a Water and Power Department janitor, to the vacant 1st and 9th councilmanic posts. Both men, to serve until June 30, are candidates on the April 2 primary ballot for the unexpired two-year terms left open by the resignations of Congressmen Everett Burkhalter and Edward Roybal." Louis W. Nowell is pictured at left, holding a phone to his ear.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00121916
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d026_f10_i26
CARL0005406013
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/55389
Subject
Nowell, Louis R
City council members--California--San Fernando Valley
City councils--California--San Fernando Valley
Politicians--California--San Fernando Valley
Men--California--San Fernando Valley
Telephones
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs

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