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Title
Bette Davis delivers welcome speech
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1942
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Bette Davis, who with actor John Garfield, originated the idea of establishing the Hollywood Canteen, is shown delivering the welcome speech. Kay Kyser, whose band played at the opening, holds the microphone. Photo dated: October 5, 1942.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00059760
Herald Examiner Collection
HE Box 9799.
CARL0000063809
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/22891
Subject
Davis, Bette,--1908-1989
Kyser, Kay
Hollywood Canteen
Actresses--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Armed Forces
Canteens (Establishments)--California--Los Angeles
Conductors (Music)
World War, 1939-1945
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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