Dr. John Matthews, First Radio Church of the World minister, in portrait photo, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Dr. John Matthews, First Radio Church of the World minister, in portrait photo, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

October 25, 1935

Date

1935-10-25

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Dr. John Matthews sits for a portrait photograph. He wears a suit jacket and tie. Matthews, a minister from the First Radio Church of the World, returned from a world tour which included a sit-down interview with Benito Mussolini, prime minister of Italy. Mussolini evidently spoke primarily about his interest in the movie industry during the interview. Matthews sermonized from the radio station, KNX, in Los Angeles. The First Radio Church of the World may be possibly linked to the Radio Church of God, which was founded during the 1930s. This is unconfirmed however. The Radio Church of God eventually became the Worldwide Church of God, which is today known as Grace Communion International.
Related to article, "Duce Talks About Films: Dr. John Matthews Relates Interview With Leader of Italians." Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 1935

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Dr John Matthews, 10-25-35
Text from negative sleeve: 2561--, Dr John Matthews of KNX, 10-25-35, [stamped:] OCT 20[?] 1935

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Matthews, John

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Clergy--California--Los Angeles