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Are they:
- Early L.A. stage actors
- Elected officials
- Caltech scientists
- Reporters at the L.A. Record, circa 1905
Answer follows.
Meet the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for 1887:
(top) T.E. Rowan, Jacob Moss, J.W. Venable (bottom) W.T. Martin, Charles Dunsmoor, Oscar Macy
Compare them to the straight-laced group from 1958.
Photo: L.A. County Online