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U.S. Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma sits for a portrait photograph, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: U.S. Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma sits for a portrait photograph, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: October 25, 1935
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.
Possibly related to article, "Chatterbox." Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 1935
United States Senator Elmer Thomas, of Oklahoma, and Mrs. Thomas were visiting the Los Angeles area and stayed at the Desert Inn. (John William) Elmer Thomas served Oklahoma as a Representative and Senator in Congress from the 1920s to the 1950s. During the 1930s, he was most known for his influence on the New Deal's silver-buying policy.
Handwritten on nitrate negative: Senator Elmer Thomas of Oaklahoma, 10-25-35
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2652-- Senator Elmer Thomas of Oaklahoma [sic], 10-25-35, [stamped:] OCT 20 [or 28] 1935
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9169
ark:/21198/zz002dh616
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Legislators
Thomas, Elmer, 1876-1965
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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