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Lillie Langtry (The Jersey Lily) plants a rosebush in front of Hotel Oakland on June 18, 1914 [picture]

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Title: Lillie Langtry (The Jersey Lily) plants a rosebush in front of Hotel Oakland on June 18, 1914 [picture]
Creator: Rogers, Edward A. "Doc," 1873-1960
Date Created and/or Issued: 1914 June 18
Publication Information: Oakland Public Library
Oakland Tribune, Inc
Contributing Institution: Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Center
Collection: Selections from the Collections of the Oakland History Center
Rights Information: Public domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Title from index card. From the Joseph R. Knowland collection at the Oakland History Room, Oakland Public Library. Depicts actress Lily Langtry with Bill Bercovich "who declared himself to be an official representative of the Governor of Colorado" and A. A. Dennison, [former] Secretary of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce. The actress led a procession to Hotel Oakland and is planting a rose bush on the grounds. Number in collection : 184.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt658025rp
copl_037
Knowland Neg. 184
Subject: Actresses - Travel - Pictorial works
Parades - California - Oakland - Pictorial works
Langtry, Lillie, 1852-1929 - Portraits
Bercovich, Bill - Portraits
Dennison, A. A. - Portraits
Hotel Oakland (Oakland, Calif.) - History - Pictorial works
Place: Oakland (Calif.) - History - Pictorial works.

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