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Title
Mayor John C. Porter poses next to a car, Glendale, 1932
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
1932
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
John C. (Clinton) Porter (1871-1959) served as the Mayor (33rd) of the City of Los Angeles from 1929 until 1933.
A blurry photograph of the Mayor of Los Angeles, John C. Porter, standing next to a car at the Western Union Reunion at J. C. Sherer's home in Glendale. He wears a white suit and stands at center. He holds a hat in one hand and grips a car door handle with his right hand. A car (partial view) is parked at left with only its side visible. A woman (partial view) walks out of frame in the near distance at right and a house stands behind Porter in the background.
Text from negative sleeve: 509. Glendale, Calif. 1932. Western Union reunion at Sherer's. J. C. Sherer. Mrs Walthers - nee Pearl Randolph. Mayor John C. Porter - 3 negatives. Photo of Miss Helen Porter, daughter of Mayor J.C.Porter 5 negatives
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0509_001
ark:/21198/zz002hqp70
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Reunions--California--Glendale
Automobiles--American--California--Glendale
Estates--California--Glendale
Porter, John C. (John Clinton), 1871-1959
Western Union Telegraph Company Reunion (1932 : Glendale, Calif.)
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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