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Title: Playground Superintendent Charles B. Raitt writes at his desk, Los Angeles, 1925
Date Created and/or Issued: 1925
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: Playground Superintendent Charles B. Raitt sits at his desk with pen in hand. Superintendent Raitt resigned from the position in November of 1925 after political pressure from the mayor and members of the Playground Department. A similar photograph appears with the article "RAITT RESIGNS IN CLASH: Playground Superintendent Says Proposed Hearing on Removal Would be Futile Mockery RAITT RESIGNS IN CONTROVERSY," Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 1925: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: Raitt, Charles B.
Handwritten on negative: Charles B. Raitt
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3725_G4135
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Sports & recreation facilities--California--Los Angeles
Municipal officials--California--Los Angeles
Resignations
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Recreation and Parks
Raitt, Charles B., 1880-1931
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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