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Rexford Tugwell and Byron Scott seated onstage at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Rexford Tugwell and Byron Scott seated onstage at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: October 28, 1935
1935-10-28
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.
Forefront: Close-up of Rexford Guy Tugwell sitting next to Byron Nicholson Scott in the center stage of the Grand Olympic Auditorium. Background: the auditorium is full of seated men and women. Patriotic decor is common, with the American and California flags in prominence, in addition to red-, white-, and blue-colored banners. Large speakers are placed on the stage, directed toward the audience. Tugwell was the Undersecretary of Agriculture and an agricultural economist who served under the Franklin Delano Roosevelt presidential administration. According to the article, he was invited by the Democratic State Central Committee to speak at the Olympic Auditorium, on 1801 S. Grand Avenue. He was resting in Palm Springs before his speech to fellow Democrats. Scott was a Democrat and the U.S. Representative for the 18th Congressional District, of which Los Angeles County was part of during this time period. (It no longer is included in this district.)
Handwritten on nitrate negative: L2R, Rexford Tugwell, Byron Scott, 10-28-35
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2603-- Rexford Guy Tugwell, Byron Scott, Speaks here, 10-28-35, [stamped:] OCT 29 1935
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9103
ark:/21198/zz002dh3rm
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Grand Olympic Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Scott, Byron N., (Byron Nicholson), 1903-1991
Tugwell, Rexford G. (Rexford Guy), 1891-1979
Democratic Party (Calif.). State Central Committee
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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