President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks to reporters from car with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Mayor Frank Shaw at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, October 1, 1935
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. President Roosevelt gave a speech at the Coliseum at the end of a motorcade through the city. The trip was Roosevelt’s first as President. Newspapers estimated the crowd at the Coliseum in the tens of thousands. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Roosevelt, Franklin D. and Mrs.; Western Trip (L.A.) Handwritten annotation from negative: 11850
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
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ark:/21198/zz00254skv
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No linguistic content
Subject
Mayors--California--Los Angeles Presidents’ spouses--United States Presidents--United States Stadiums--California--Los Angeles Media Crowds--California--Los Angeles Reporters--American--California--Los Angeles People Government Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958
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