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Title
Jolson home from Korea tour
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1950
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated September 28, 1950 reads, "Al Jolson, wearing G. I. uniform and air force patch, returned from the Korean war front via Pan-American Airways today. He was the first entertainer to go to Korea. Jolson was greeted at airport by his wife."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00128056
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 448
CARL0005501052
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/34383
Subject
Jolson, Al,--1886-1950
Jolson, Al,--1886-1950--Family
Pan American Airways Corporation
United Service Organizations (U.S.)
Korean War, 1950-1953--War work
Entertainers--United States
Singers--United States
Actors--United States
Comedians--United States
Couples--California--Los Angeles
Airports--California--Los Angeles
Military uniforms
Women--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Smoking--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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