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Title: Posters at Upton Sinclair’s campaign headquarters, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: 1934
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
In 1934, Upton Sinclair, noted journalist and socialist, won the Democratic primary for governor of California. He was defeated by Frank Merriam. He established headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles.
A series of posters criticizing government spending are on display in the lobby of Sinclair’s downtown headquarters. A man is seated in a chair and appears to be reading a newspaper.
Text from negative sleeve: Sinclair, Upton Campaign Hdqs.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9844
ark:/21198/zz002dj09w
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Socialists--California--Los Angeles
Political elections--California
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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