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Title
"Soapy" on soapbox
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1960
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated July 19, 1960 reads, "Valley Times reporter Jack Langguth, center, questions colorful Michigan Gov. G. Mennen 'Soapy' Williams on his ideas of Democratic convention progress. Photographer George Brich, left, records scene on film. Michigan governor led anti-Lyndon Johnson movement."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00109137
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d009_f1_i11
CARL0005234631
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/44451
Subject
Williams, G. Mennen,--1911-1988
Valley Times (Firm)--Employees
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Democratic National Convention--(1960 :--Los Angeles, Calif.)
Journalists--United States
Governors--Michigan
Political conventions--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
University Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs

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