Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Hundreds of World War veterans filed applications for their bonus payments on February 1, 1936, at the bureau opened by The Evening Herald and Express, in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Council of the American Legion. The photo shows lines of veterans in the lobby of the Herald-Express building, 1243 Trenton Street, where a skilled staff of workers aided the veterans in filling out their applications. The official forms were furnished by the U. S. Veterans' Bureau. Eventually 100,000 veterans in Southern California received nearly $60,000,000.
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express (Firm) Herald-Express Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Newspaper buildings--California--Los Angeles Interiors--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Veterans--United States Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
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