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Eleanor Roosevelt with R. F. Sparks of the WPA at Central Station during a visit, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Eleanor Roosevelt with R. F. Sparks of the WPA at Central Station during a visit, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: October 1, 1935
1935-10-01
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt and R. F. Sparks of the W.P.A. state staff looking down at a folder that she is holding in front of a railroad car at the Central Station. Mrs. Roosevelt also holds a bouquet of flowers. Secretary Mayris Chaney (later Mayris Martin) looks on with 2 reporters in the background (right).
Text from negative sleeve: 2349. R. F. Sparks. Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. W.P.A. state staff. 10/1/35. [stamped:] Oct 3 1935
Handwritten on negative: Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. R. F. Sparks (W.P.A.) state staff.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8775
ark:/21198/zz002dgqf6
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Presidents' spouses--United States
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
Martin, Mayris
Sparks, R. F
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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