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sportsman's paradise, a showcase for hospitality and tourism, a
social facilitator and an opportunity to promote the city of Los
Angeles... these are just a few of the ideas which formulated the
vision of the Junior Chamber of Commerce's founders Howard Miller,
A.R. Anderson, Jr., Harry Lamport and Paul Samuelson. Setting out
to place Los Angeles on the map as a premiere travel destination,
the founders fostered a relationship with the Los Angeles Area Chamber
of Commerce and presented a plan to form a Junior Chamber of Commerce
as an extension of the Junior Chamber. In January 1924, the Los
Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce received its articles of incorporation
and support from the Area Chamber and was on its way to 75 years
of rewarding community service.
Benchmarking the first decade of the Los Angeles Junior Chamber
of Commerce was the L.A. Open golf tournament as well as other sports
events and activities such as tennis and yachting. Offering an unheard
of purse of $10,000, the L.A. Open set a precedent for other golf
tournaments around the nation and became the largest tournament
in the West. This historic tournament is still owned and managed by the Junior Chamber.
The
Junior Chamber also took flight during this decade with its support
of the aviation industry. Approached as a means to publicize and
promote travel to Los Angeles, the Junior Chamber produced aerial
shows and supported the development of Los Angeles International
Airport. The span of this ten-year period afforded the city of Los
Angeles to become recognized as a desirable, year-round tourism
and hospitality destination.
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