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Title
Groundbreaking ceremony for Watts City Hall, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
January 16, 1936
1936-01-16
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.
A crowd is gathered around a digger at the ground breaking ceremony for a new municipal building in Watts. From left to right: Councilman Franklin P. Buyer, with his hand on his hip; Emily Vincent; Paul G. Ritter, president of Board of Public Works; Mayor Frank Shaw; Otto B. Frank, with shovel in hand.
Groundbreaking ceremonies took place at the future site of a new civic building in Watts, on 1519 One Hundred and Third street, on January 16, 1936.
Text from negative sleeve: 3259 --- Councilman Buyers [sic], Emily Vincent, Paul G. Ritter, Mayor Shaw, Otto B. Frank, Ground Breaking Watts City Hall 1-16-36 [stamped:] JAN 19 1936 JAN 21 1936
Handwritten on negative: Councilman Buyer, Emily Vincent, Paul G. Ritter, Mayor Shaw, Otto B. Frank 1-16-36
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12133
ark:/21198/zz002h84b0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
City council members--California--Los Angeles
Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Mayors--California--Los Angeles
Vincent, Emily Marguerite, 1901-1949
Ritter, Paul
Buyer, Franklin Pierce, 1878-1963
Frank, Otto Bismark, 1880-1952
Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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