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Title
Medal winners hold bond
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
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.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated May 9, 1963 reads "Four Valley men who are winners of the Medal of Honor--the highest United States award for bravery--are shown holding an oversize $100 U.S. Savings Bond. The four men have been chosen as honorary chairmen of the General Motors, Chevrolet Division-sponsored breakfast Tuesday, which will kick off a Valley-wide community Freedom Bond Drive. Holding the 'big' bond are, from left, George B. Turner, 17838 Burbank Blvd., Encino, World War II winner; John L. Smith, 5167 Comercio Ave., Woodland Hills, World War II Winner; Murray Cochrane, bond drive chairman; Thomas A. Pope, 8406 Oakdale Ave., Canoga Park, World War I winner, and C. P. Tiitus, 4832 Ben Ave., North Hollywood, winner in 1900 in China during the Boxer Rebellion."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier
00154140
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d058_f4_i26
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/127335
Subject
Veterans--United States
Award winners--California--San Fernando Valley
Men--California--San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1961-1970

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