Image / Framed portrait painting of George Alexander, Los Angeles, circa 1928

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Title: Framed portrait painting of George Alexander, Los Angeles, circa 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1928]
1928
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Mayoral portrait paintings were reported on in "Whiskers Face Eclipsing: Commission Sees No Art in Mayors' Mustaches, and Council May Fix Their Fate This Week," Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 1928: A2.
George Alexander became the 28th mayor of Los Angeles in 1909 and served until 1913, as per the ornate inscription on the portrait frame.
Text from negative sleeve: Alexander, George.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3690_G036
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Portrait paintings--California--Los Angeles
Mayors--California--Los Angeles
Alexander, George, 1839-1923
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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