Mayor Frank L. Shaw at the Fort Moore hill excavation, Los Angeles, 1934

Title: Mayor Frank L. Shaw at the Fort Moore hill excavation, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created: [circa April, 1934]
Date: 1934-04
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: There are no dates on the negative or negative sleeve. A billboard advertising the film "Tarzan and His Mate" places the events in the photograph in 1934. This was likely taken during the Fort Moore hill excavation in April.
Mayor Shaw, sitting on a horse-drawn plow, holds the reins in his hand. An unidentified man sits next to him and a crowd surrounds the path. Los Angeles City Hall can be seen in the background.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: [labelled incorrectly] LA City Hall Groundbreaking

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Mayors--California--Los Angeles
Excavation--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_9839
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dj049
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Rights statement: copyrighted
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Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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