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
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uclamss_1429_12133 ark:/21198/zz002h84b0
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Mayors--California--Los Angeles City council members--California--Los Angeles Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Los Angeles Vincent, Emily Marguerite, 1901-1949 Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958 Ritter, Paul Buyer, Franklin Pierce, 1878-1963 Frank, Otto Bismark, 1880-1952
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