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Order Number	00137923
Title	Front and center is Congressional District Representative Thomas Rees
Photographer	Curtis, Rolland J.
Collection ID	Rolland J. Curtis Collection
Location/Accession	RC 0004.20
Date	Circa 1965
Physical Description	1 negative : safety ; 10 x 13 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	Rolland Joseph 'Speedy' Curtis was born in Louisiana in 1922. After serving three years in the Marines during World War II, he and his wife, Gloria, relocated from New Orleans to Los Angeles in 1946. Curtis served four years with the Los Angeles Police Department, but resigned from the force in order to pursue both a Bachelor's and Master's degree from USC. He later became involved in city politics, as an associate of Sam Yorty, and later a field deputy to City Council members Billy Mills and Tom Bradley. He was briefly director of the Model Cities program in 1973. Rolland J. Curtis died in his home in 1979, the victim of a homicide. An affordable housing complex on Exposition Blvd. near Vermont Ave. was named in his honor in 1981, along with a nearby street and park.; Thomas Mankell Rees was born on March 26, 1925. He served in the California State Assembly and Senate. Rees introduced the bill in the state legislature which created the Southern California Rapid Transit District. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1965. Rees died in 2003.
Description	Seated in the center is 26th Congressional District Representative Thomas Rees in his Congressional Office, flipping through pages of a binder while looking up for his picture to be taken. On his desk are common office supplies in addition to a cigar and ashtray and a copy of The Spectator newspaper. On either side of him are two unidentified men. Photograph circa 1965. See images 00119143 through 00119145 and 00137907 through 00137941 for additional photos in this series.
Subject	Rees, Thomas M.,--1925- Legislators. Office buildings. Men--Political activity. Men. Cigars. Office equipment and supplies. Office furniture. Telephone. Washington (D.C.).
Coverage	1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969
Format	Photographic safety negatives
Credits	Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Rights	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Internal Notes	See Folder Record PH-RC-0001_01-0004_38 for upload information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection