Abstract Scrapbook covers the period of Lindley’s nomination to candidacy by the Republican Party for mayor of Los Angeles. Dr. Lindley was also a candidate for mayor two years prior, but stepped out of the race before the Republican convention to nominate a candidate. The scrapbook includes local newspaper clippings that chronicle the fight for the Republican Party nomination between Lee C. Gates and Dr. Walter Lindley. Gates had already been named as the mayoral candidate by the non- partisan City...

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Contents include: list of disbursements and receipts; front page of Il Fil Di Fer with feature article on Walter Lindley, December 1, 1906; article “Stimson issues appeal to voters,” August 1910; “Great demonstration for good government given by citizens,” December 1909; “Results on other days: vote on mayor at the primaries recall and at the city election three years ago,” December 1909; and front page of the Los Angeles Times “Unionist bombs wreck the times; many seriously injured.”