Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photographic portrait of Mayor George E. Cryer signing one of the first airmail letters and gags, April 17, 1926. Cryer is seated behind a large, dark-colored desk at left. He is wearing a light-colored suit and is signing with a large metal marker. A woman, possibly his secretary, is holding the massive letter at right. The woman has short, dark hair and is wearing a light-colored suit. There are curtains over the windows in the background at left, lamps on the wall at center, and the edges of two pictures at right. The letter reads as follows: "Executive Office City of Los Angeles California April 17, 1926 George E. Cryer Mayor Hon. James A. Walker, Mayor. New York, N.Y. Dear Mayor Walker: In behalf of the City of Los Angeles, I extend greetings to you and the people of New York, now but thirty hours [?]".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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