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Title
Legion founders reminisce
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Hyde, Alan
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1963
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 caption dated May 6, 1963 reads, "John Black, right, of North Hollywood, one of the founders of the American Legion, talks over the birth of the organization with another founder, E. Burt Greuel, during a Legion celebration this weekend at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Black was a member of the 1919 St. Louis Caucus, while Greuel was part of the 1919 Paris Caucus."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00132481
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d038_f32_i38
CARL0005564340
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/62997
Subject
Black, John
American Legion.--North Hollywood Post No. 307 (Los Angeles, Calif.)
American Legion
Ambassador Hotel
Celebrations--California--Los Angeles
Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Los Angeles
Uniforms--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Hotels--California--Los Angeles
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1961-1970

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