Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A Los Angeles Breakfast Club meeting in honor of Postmaster-General James A. Farley held at the Ambassador Hotel on July 19, 1934. Mayor Shaw and Senator McAdoo sit to his right. The Breakfast Club postponed their usual meeting time to fit Farley's travel schedule and moved from their usual location at the East Village to the Ambassador to accommodate the size of this event. Related to article, "Postmaster-General to Speak. Farley Thrice on Dial Today. Breakfast Club, Luncheon and Dinner Talks Listed. Second Address Comes From Warner Brothers' Studio. Third Message to Be Given at Biltmore Banquet." Los Angeles Times, 19 July 1934:16. This photograph appears in the article, "Postmaster-General Farley Feted on Visit in City." Los Angeles Times, 20 Jul. 1934: 5. Text from negative sleeve: Farley, James A. Postmaster. Caption from newspaper article: Cabinet Member Also Honored by Breakfast Club Shown at Ambassador, are, left to right - Mayor Shaw, Senator McAdoo and Postmaster-General Farley. [Los Angeles Times, 20 July 1934: 5.]
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_2266 ark:/21198/zz002dd73c
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Postmasters--United States Clubs--California--Los Angeles Banquets--California--Los Angeles Mayors--California--Los Angeles Legislators--United States Ambassador Hotel McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941 Los Angeles Breakfast Club Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976 Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958
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