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Title
Serious comedian assumes poses as he addresses newsmen
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
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
1961
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.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Original photograph cropped.
Photograph article dated January 14, 1961 partially reads, "Steve Allen, the television comedian who frequently played a professorial-type who made up zany questions for sensible answers given him, was deadly serious in countering charges made by board member J. C. Chambers. Chambers had said Thursday that Allen 'is not competent' to speak on 'Education, Morality and Nuclear Warfare' before an assembly of teachers today. Allen, co-chairman of the Hollywood chapter of the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, said he has intensely studied the issue for the past two years so his 'public statements might be based on factual information.'" See image 00163182 for additional photo in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 17 x 13 cm.
Identifier
00163182
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d069_f12_i21
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/133775
Subject
Allen, Steve,--1921-2000
CBS Television Network--Employees
Nuclear weapons information
Press conferences
Television personalities
Radio personalities
Actors
Composers
Comedians
Men
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Time Period
1961-1970

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