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Photos from the Documentary

September 29, 2022
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Take a closer look at some of the photos featured in the documentary "The First Attack Ads: Hollywood vs. Upton Sinclair."

black and white photo of President FDR speaking in front of microphones
With water at the ready and microphones arrayed before him, the President prepares for a radio address, 1934. | FDR Presidential Library
Los Angeles, Ca.: Billboards "knocking" Upton Sinclair who is running for Governor. Street scene with cars and pedestrians.
Anti-Sinclair billboard in Los Angeles 1934. | Getty
black and white photo of elegantly-dressed man, woman and older man in 1930s clothing
Irving Thalberg, Norma Shearer and Louis B. Mayer. | Los Angeles Public Library/Examiner Collection
black and white photo of people in poverty standing in line waiting for relief.
San Leandro, California. Youth on Relief. Relief clients stand in line to get their allotment of surplus commodities. | Library of Congress
black and white photo of around 100 people in 1930s garb posing together for the camera in front of the state democratic headquarters with a photo of a white politician held up.
Sinclair EPIC supporters at State Democratic Headquarters | Lilly Library
black and white photo of an older white man in a suit speaking into a 1930s CBS microphone
Upton Sinclair broadcasting a radio address during his 1934 campaign for governor of California. | Getty

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