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Identifier
Catholic_00005
Title
[Dockweiler
for
Congress
matchbook]
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
[1938]
Description
A
match
book
cover
promoting
John
F
.
Dockweiler's
1932
campaign
for
Congress
. The
cover
reads
"
DOCKWEILER
For
Congress
" with a
black-and-white
portrait
of the
politician
. A
subsequent
owner
has
written
by
hand
in
ink
, "
Don't
they
all
look
alike?
"
along
one
edge
of the
cover
.
Historical Background
The
Dockweiler
family
has been
closely
intertwined
with
Los
Angeles
religious
,
political
, and
civic
life
.
John
Francis
Dockweiler
(d
.
1943)
was
one
of
thirteen
children
born
to
Isidore
Dockweiler
(1867-1947)
and
Gertrude
Reeve
Dockweiler
(1871-1937)
,
eleven
of
whom
survived
infancy
.
John
Francis
followed
in his
father's
political
footsteps
,
serving
as a
Democratic
U.S
.
Congressman
(1933-1939)
,
District
Attorney
of
Los
Angeles
County
(1940-1943)
, and
running
unsuccessfully
for
governor
of
California
in the
1938
Democratic
primary
.
Type
Text
Physical Description
1
match
book
cover
;
4
x
6
cm
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Collection Identifier
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6v19r77t
Project note
LHDRP
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
Public
Domain
Copyright Statement
Materials in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Language
eng
Subject (Name)
Dockweiler
,
John
Francis
,
1895-1943
;
Subject (Place)
Los
Angeles
(Calif.)
;
Subject (Topic)
Political
campaigns--California--Los
Angeles
;
Legislators--United
States
;
Form/Genre
Ephemera
;
Matchbooks
;
Metacollection Identifier
http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/
Item/Call Number
Dockweiler
Family
Collection
,
1827-1996
CSLA-12
,
Series
2
:
Political
Activities
,
Box
6
,
Folder
5
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