President Roosevelt was given the honorary degree on the steps of USC’s administration building during a short stop on his motorcade through the city, his first visit to Los Angeles as president. After the stop he traveled to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to give a speech.
Eleanor Roosevelt spoke to a mostly female audience about the need to engage in charitable work during a trip to Los Angeles with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1934, Prince and Princess Kaya embarked on a 5-day visit to Los Angeles and a seven-month world tour in 1934, visiting the United States, Great Britain, France, and Germany. Frank Lawrence Shaw (February 1, 1877 – January 24, 1958) was an American politician. In 1933, he successfully ran for mayor of Los Angeles. He was re-elected in 1937 but was recalled from office on September 16, 1938.
Prince and Princess Kaya of Japan are greeted by a crowd and escorted by Mayor Frank L. Shaw. Unidentified Japanese and American officials accompany the couple in the background. In 1934, Prince and Princess Kaya embarked on a 5-day visit to Los Angeles and a seven-month world tour in 1934, visiting the United States, Great Britain, France, and Germany. Frank Lawrence Shaw (February 1, 1877 – January 24, 1958) was an American politician. In 1933, he successfully ran for mayor of Los Angeles. He was re-elected in 1937 but was recalled from office on September 16, 1938.
A bobcat entered the backyard of Mrs. Anna M. Kistner of 3514 Somerset Drive, who called police. Officer Harry Reeve, who shot the bobcat, is pictured holding it.
E. V. (Edgar Vincent) Durling was a columnist for the LA Times in the 1930s. His nationally syndicated column "On the Side" (in some papers "Life With Salt On The Side") was published by King Features Syndicate from 1939 to 1957 in approximately 100 papers nationally and a number abroad.
Handwriting on negative states "L to R Earl & Mrs Cooper Mr. & Mrs Barney Oldfield" This is Oldfield's second wife, Hulda Rae Braden. The name of Cooper's wife is unknown.