Sam Yorty
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Samuel William Yorty was an American politician, attorney, and radio host from Los Angeles, California. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the California State Ass
Yorty in 1968
Yorty as a California State Assemblyman in 1940
Yorty, left, and newspaper publisher Chester L. Washington debate charges of police brutality during a panel discussion in Los Angeles on August 22, 1965.
Yorty during his campaign for re-election, 1973
Tom Bradley (mayor)
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Thomas Bradley was an American politician, athlete, police officer, and lawyer who served as the 38th mayor of Los Angeles from 1973 to 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, he was Los Angeles' firs
Sam Yorty
…Yorty responded with an unsuccessful lawsuit. In the 1969 mayoral primary, Yorty's popularity slipped well below that of Los Angeles City Council member Tom Bradley. The ensuing campaign between Yorty and Bradley, directed for Yorty by Henry Salvatori, proved one of the most bitter in the city's history. Yorty…
Official portrait, 1986
Bradley with his wife and daughter, 1977.
Bradley with his wife after being elected to the City Council, 1963.
Bradley in an Elks Order publication, 1966