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Title
Al Jolson funeral
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1950
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated October 26, 1950 reads, "Hundreds who were unable to get inside the temple battled police at the entrance in an attempt to enter the temple. Most of the rioters were elderly women. Police estimated that there were more than 20,000 persons in the streets."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00128062
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 448
CARL0005500435
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/34368
Subject
Jolson, Al,--1886-1950--Death and burial
Temple Israel of Hollywood
Funeral rites and ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Synagogues--California--Los Angeles
Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Spectators--California--Los Angeles
Fans (Persons)--United States
Women--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Hollywood Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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