Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw and World War veteran members of the American Legion City Hall Post No. 387, Clifford K. Steele, A. D. Endsley and city hall engineering department accountant Harry Whittington in front of City Hall before the members of the American Legion Post went to Fresno for a convention. The Summer of 1935 faced a heat wave in the San Joaquin Valley, due to which the veterans took their own water wagon. A mountain pump was rigged which was to be used as a shower bath. Photograph shows the wagon hitched to a car. Ross Olney stands next to the water pump. The wagon has a banner reading, "Showed Baths Given Here, And How," and the barrel of water has a sign reading, "A Los Angeles Rain Storm, The Climate of Los Angeles is Cool, Have Some,". The Wagon itself has a sign painted to the side reading, "Keep Cool with Los Angeles City Hall Post, A Los Angeles Rain Storm, our weather is unique, warm up with Fresno." C. K. Steele is standing in the back row, holding a small box reading, "Los Angeles City Hall Post No. 387, California." The veterans and the Mayor protect themselved from the water shower with umbrellas. Refer to: Photograph published under caption, "Veterans Take Water Wagon to Fresno." Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 1935: 6. Text on negative sleeve: 1584 - A. D. Endsley, Mayor Shaw, C. K. Steele, Harry Whittington; 8/9/35; In front of City Hall when the City Hall Post of the American Legion went to their convention at Fresno. Handwritten on negative: Ross Olney; L to R - Under umbrellas, A. D. Endsley - Harry Whittington - Mayor Shaw - 8-9-35
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_9927 ark:/21198/zz002dj358
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Veterans--American Mayors--California--Los Angeles City & town halls--California--Los Angeles Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958 Whittington, Harry Cameron, 1894-1959 Olney, Howard Russell "Ross", 1886-1975 Steele, Clifford K., 1892-1955 American Legion City Hall Post 387 Endsley, Avery D., 1895-1974
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