US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Sweedish actress Anna Q. Nilsson greets Roald Amudsen at the train station and presents him with a miniature white pole of ice to represent the North and South poles. A small crowd surrounds the two. A similar photo appears with article "Amundsen Guest of City: South Pole Discoverer Arrives to Lecture Tonight; Describes Coming Polar Flight Plans," Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 1926. Handwritten on negative: Roald Amundsen Text from negative sleeve: Amundson [sic] Roald, Explorer.
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3690_G095 ark:/21198/z1r26t4d
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Arrivals & departures--Norwegian--California--Los Angeles Actresses--Swedish--California--Los Angeles Explorers--Norwegian Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928 Nilsson, Anna Q
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