Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Francis Read "Speed" Kendall, a reporter for The Times. He began his career as the youngest police beat reporter for the Los Angeles Record. After working for some other newspapers briefly, he returned to The Times in 1928, where he worked until 1942. He was noted primarily for his coverage of Hollywood both as a feature writer and in his column "Around and About Hollywood." Handwritten on negative: Speed Kendall Text from negative sleeve: Kendall, Speed; Times Reporter (mostly on movies)
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_9803 ark:/21198/zz002dhxw8
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Newspaper employees--California--Los Angeles Reporters--American--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Times (Firm) Employees Kendall, Francis Read, 1901-1952
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