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Order Number
00034092
Title
Portrait
of
Mayor
George
Edward
Cryer
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
S-004-115
4x5
;
Portraits-Cryer
,
Mayor
George
.
Physical Description
1
photograph
:b&w
Historical Data
George
Edward
Cryer
(1875-1961)
moved
from
Nebraska
to
Southern
California
with his
family
in
1885
; he was
educated
in the
Redlands
and
Pasadena
public
schools
, and
graduated
from
Los
Angeles
High
School
.
Enrolling
at the
University
of
Michigan
Law
School
,
Cryer
graduated
with
honors
and
began
practicing
law
in
Los
Angeles
in
1903
. He was
first
assistant
United
States
Attorney
(1910-1912)
;
served
as the
chief
assistant
Los
Angeles
City
Attorney
(1912-1913)
,
chief
deputy
Los
Angeles
County
District
Attorney
(1915-1919)
, and was the
prosecutor
in the
corruption
case
brought
against
Los
Angeles
County
Supervisor
,
Richard
H
.
Norton
.
Cryer
was
elected
mayor
of the
City
of
Los
Angeles
in
1921
in a
close
election
against
the
incumbent
Meredith
P
.
Snyder
, and was
re-elected
to
office
in
1923
, and
again
in
1925
.
During
his
eight-year
administration
,
large
public
works
projects
were
launched
,
including
the
construction
of
Los
Angeles
City
Hall
, the
Central
Library
, the
Los
Angeles
Memorial
Coliseum
, and the
Mulholland
Highway
. He was also
instrumental
in
bringing
the
1932
Summer
Olympic
Games
to
Los
Angeles
.
After
leaving
office
in
1929
Cryer
went
into
private
practice
, but
between
1929
and
1931
, he
became
engaged
in a
widely
publicized
court
battle
with
radio
evangelist
Rev
.
Robert
P
.
Shuler
.
Cryer
died
in
1961
at the
age
of
87
,
following
surgery
for a
broken
hip
,
which
he
suffered
when
he
tripped
over
a
garden
hose
at his
house
in
Los
Angeles
.
Following
his
death
, as
part
of the
city’s
memorial
service
,
Cryer’s
coffin
was
placed
in the
City
Hall
rotunda
,
where
his
body
lay
in
state
.
George
E
.
Cryer
was
entombed
at
Forest
Lawn
Mausoleum
.
Description
Portrait
of
George
Edward
Cryer
,
Mayor
of
Los
Angeles
from
1921-1929
.
Under
Cryer
, a
former
police
officer
, the
present
city
hall
and
library
, the
Coliseum
and
Olympic
Auditorium
were
erected
. The
population
had
reached
one
million
, and
passenger
service
and
airmail
routes
opened
between
Los
Angeles
and
New
York
.
Subject
Cryer, George E.
Mayors--California--Los Angeles.
Portrait photographs.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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