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Junior Chamber of Commerce members at a meeting probably at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1934

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Title: Junior Chamber of Commerce members at a meeting probably at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: 1934
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: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
E. Richard West, president of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, speaks at a meeting. Judge Clarence L. Kincaid is seated 3rd from the left (behind another man) and Leroy D. Owen is seated at the foreground table (2nd from left).
As president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles, E. Richard Smith guided their efforts to curb communism in 1934, assisted by other organization members, including Leroy D. Owen (realtor of industrial properties) and Judge Kincaid. These members are identified as participants in the "American Crusade" effort in the article "Many Back Red Attack: Junior Chamber Drive Aided," Los Angeles Times, 15 Jul. 1934: A1.
Handwritten on negative: E. Richard West
Text from negative sleeve: West, E. R. J. C. C., 1934
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4323
ark:/21198/zz002cq3f7
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Public speaking--California--Los Angeles
Anti-communism--California--Los Angeles
Meetings--California--Los Angeles
Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Owen, LeRoy D. (LeRoy David), 1897-1973
Kincaid, Clarence L
Junior Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles
West, E. Richard (Erling Richard), 1901-1970
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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