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Title
Anne Bennett receives 35 year award
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Curtis, Rolland J
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1967
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.
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Description
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.
Pictured left to right are Senior Stenographer, Jane Mitchell; Los Angeles City Councilman for the 10th District, Tom Bradley; Executive Secretary, Anne Bennett and Clerk Stenographer, Kitty Anderson. In this photograph Ms. Bennett can be seen receiving her 35 year award from Mr. Bradley. All three women work for the City Councilman. Photograph dated October 2, 1964. See images 00119340 through 00119342 for additional photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 negative : safety ; 10 x 13 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00119342
Rolland J. Curtis Collection
RC_0037.03
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/136395
Subject
Bradley, Tom,--1917-1998
City council members
Stenographers
Secretaries
Employees
Award presentations
Awards
African American Women
African American Men
Women
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Time Period
1960-1969

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