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Title
Funeral services for school chief
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
1956
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 October 27, 1956 reads, 'School administrators carry casket of Claude L. Reeves, 62, superintendent of Los Angeles city schools, from Church of Recessional, Forest Lawn, during funeral services for administrator who died Monday. Nearly 400 paid final respects. From left are William Lopez, supervisor; Schuler Joyner, business manager; two mortuary attendants; Paul Shafer, associate superintendent; G. Millage Montgomery, retired associate superintendent, and Robert E. Kelly, associated superintendent. In foreground are Dr. J. I. Trotter, minister, left, and L. R. Rice, funeral director and longtime friend of Mr. Reeves."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00108551
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d007_f36_i6
CARL0005218017
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/43912
Subject
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries (Glendale, Calif.)
Funeral rites and ceremonies--California--Glendale
Funeral service--California--Glendale
Coffins--California--Glendale
Men--California--Glendale
Flower arrangements
Glendale (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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