Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a man next to graves at the Los Angeles Pet Cemetery, 1937. The man can be seen wearing a suit and bowtie at left and is looking at graves at right. The headstones appear as plaques on the side of a wall. Flower holders can be seen to the right of most of the plaques. The headstones read, from top to bottom, "1923-193[...]. Our Lost Treasure", "Jiggs Fa[...]. My Dear Little Pa[...]. 1925-1934", "Nina. 1927-19[...] 'Boucicault'", "Fritz. July 6th, 1936. Jan. 14th, 1937", "[...] Margie. Our 'Little Baby' Pet", "Sammy. 1919-1935. 'My Boy'", "Oct 1930. May 1936. Rex. Our Pride and Joy. The Dearly Loved Little Pet of Anne Nat Arthur Shilkret", "Suie. 1927-1936. Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Cozzens", "John Schulte. Sleep Now, My Precious Jackie, S[...] In God's [...]", and "1924. Sh[...]".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. photographic prints photographs
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