Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Ground-level view of Navy Day commemoration at City Hall steps outside 200 North Spring Street entrance. A stage and podium, built for speakers (such as Mayor Frank L. Shaw) and honored naval officials, can be seen. Patriotic decor frame the podium and surrounding exterior. Also in view, the column and arches which make up the facade to the Spring Street entrance of City Hall. Thousands of spectators surround the steps. The event celebrated the importance of American naval forces on Navy Day, October 27th, a day which commemorated the establishment of the American Navy in 1775. (Navy Day is no longer celebrated as it was absorbed into Armed Forces Day.)The 2000 spectators listened not only to notable speeches extolling the navy at City Hall, but also witnessed a band concert and the aerial feats of naval airplanes flying overhead. Commemorations also occured in Los Angeles Harbor, Long Beach Naval Reserve Airport, and elsewhere in the Southland. Related to the article, "All Southland Joins Navy Day Celebration: America's Sea Force Needs Stressed in Program on City Hall Steps; Fleet Holds Open House" Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 1935 Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2620-- Mayor Frank L. Shaw, Judge Marshall McComb, Admiral W.T. Cluverius, Donald W. Douglas, Navy Day Celebration on steps of City Hall, 10-28-35, [STAMPED:] OCT 29 1935 Handwritten on nitrate negative: Navy Day - City Hall - 10-28-35 Text from newspaper caption: Nation Joins Sea Fighters in Celebrating Birthday of the United States Navy: Crowds Massed On City Hall Steps, Flags and colors formed the setting for the speaker's dais on the steps of the City Hall where Los Angeles main Navy Day observance program was conducted. Hundreds of citizens gathered in the street and on the steps of the City Hall to take part in the observance and to hear the speakers. ["All Southland Joins Navy Day Celebration: America's Sea Force Needs Stressed in Program on City Hall Steps; Fleet Holds Open House," Los Angeles Times, October 29, 1935]
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_9129 ark:/21198/zz002dh4nj
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Armed Forces Day--United States Military officers--American--California--Los Angeles Commemorations--California--Los Angeles Celebrations--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) United States. Navy
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