E. Richard West, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, speaks at a meeting, probably at the Biltmore Los Angeles, 1934

Item Overview

Title

E. Richard West, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, speaks at a meeting, probably at the Biltmore Los Angeles, 1934

Date Created

1934

Date

1934

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

E. Richard West, president of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, speaks at a meeting.
As president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles, E. Richard Smith guided their efforts to curb communism in 1934. His activity is called the "American Crusade" effort in the article "Many Back Red Attack: Junior Chamber Drive Aided," Los Angeles Times, 15 Jul. 1934: A1.
E. Richard West was the president of the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1933, and then headed the national organization in 1934. During his time as president of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce he lead a effort to generate a national anti-communist campaign.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: West, E. R. J. C. C., 1934
Handwritten on negative: E. Richard West, Pres. Jr. C. of C.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
West, E. Richard (Erling Richard), 1901-1970
Junior Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Meetings--California--Los Angeles
Chambers of commerce--California--Los Angeles
Anti-communism--California--Los Angeles
Public speaking