Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. John C. Porter was mayor of Los Angeles from 1929-1933. He ran twice more for re-election but lost both times. He was also a member of the California State Park Commission. Portrait photograph of former mayor of Los Angeles, John C. Porter. He is posing, sitting at his desk, ready to sign a document. He is wearing a suit jacket and bow tie. Possibly related to the article, "Beach Group Meets Today: National Conference on Preserving Shores Draws Many Experts," Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep 1936: A3. Handwritten on negative: John C. Porter Handwritten on negative envelope: 6666. John C. Porter, former mayor. [stamped:] Sep 30 1936.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14573 ark:/21198/zz002j8627
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Mayors--California--Los Angeles Porter, John C. (John Clinton), 1871-1959
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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