Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt waving from the back of the presidential train at Central Station (Central Ave. and 5th St.) with secretaries Mayris Chaney (later Martin) and Malvina Thompson standing behind her on the platform during a visit to Los Angeles. An unidentified man stands on the right. Text from newspaper caption: America's First Lady Pleads for Relief of Human Suffering Before Throngs in Bowl: "The government can give a man a job but that does not always boister up his morale," said Mrs. Roosevelt. "Family social service work is very distant from what the government can do." [Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 1935: 5] Text from negative sleeve: President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at S. P. Station. 10/1/35. 2349. [stamped:] Oct 3 1935.
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_8788 ark:/21198/zz002dgqwx
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Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles Presidents' spouses--United States Thompson, Malvina, 1893-1953 Martin, Mayris Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
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