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Title
Mayor Charles Pearson Welcoming Jack Benny to Anaheim. [graphic]
Alternative Title
Digital Anaheim.
Date Created and/or Issued
April 21, 1947 (issued)
Contributing Institution
Anaheim Public Library
Collection
Anaheim Public Library photograph collection on Anaheim local history
Rights Information
Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description
Accession number: P16526
See also P1070 and P12722
View of Mayor Charles Pearson making a presentation to Jack Benny, who made his first visit to the city for Anaheim's "Civic Progress Week" celebration; presentation ceremony took place during the Chamber of Commerce banquet, held in the Elks Lodge; upon being presented the inscribed gavel as Honorary Mayor of Anaheim by Mayor Pearson, Jack promised to try it out by driving 80 miles per hour out of town.
Type
image
Format
1 Photographic print: b&w; 10 x 8 in.
Form/Genre
Photographic print
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt0d5nc4fv
Subject
Pearson, Charles A--1898-1972
Benny, Jack--1894-1974
Anaheim Chamber of Commerce
Mayors--California--Anaheim
Municipal officials and employees
Recreation--1900-Present
Time Period
Recreation -- 1900-Present
Place
Mayors
California
Anaheim.

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