Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This is a photograph taken in 1933 of (L to R): A. W. Hoch, John Quinn, Mayor Shaw, and William Simpson, members of the committee representing the Los Angeles county unit in President Hoover's national unemployment relief organization during the 1930s Depression. Adolph W. Hoch was also the President of the California State Federation of Labor, William A. Simpson was the 1933 President of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, and John R. Quinn was elected the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors after Frank L. Shaw resigned upon being elected as Mayor. The location is the Chamber of Commerce at 12tth St. and Broadway. Text on nitrate sleeve: Hoch, A. W., [Handwritten below] Pres. of State Fed. of labor, & on, Committee of unemployment - industrial section, during depression Handwritten on negative: [at bottom left] A. W. Hoch, John Quinn, Mayor Shaw, W m A. Simpson
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9516 ark:/21198/zz002dhm0g
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No linguistic content
Subject
Committees--American--California--Los Angeles Mayors--California--Los Angeles Luncheons--California--Los Angeles Quinn, John R., 1889-1979 Simpson, William A., 1887-1972 Hoch, Adolph W., 1886-1952 Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958
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