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Title
Italian General Italo Balbo greeted by Angeleno military leaders, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued
December 21, 1928
1928-12-21
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
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
Ten men stand outside a train car at a train station. These men are, left to right: two unidentified men, Consul Count Caesar Pierre Albert Buzzi Gradenigo, National Guard Major General Walter P. Story, and General Italo Balbo. A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "Italy's Air Minister in Southland: Gen. Italo Balbo and Party Make Brief Stop in City on Way to San Diego," Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 1928: A2.
Text from negative sleeve: Balbo, Italo Gen.
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3692_G266
ark:/21198/z1s8182c
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Arrivals & departures--Italian--California--Los Angeles
Air pilots--Italian--California--Los Angeles
Visits of state--Italian--California--Los Angeles
Fascists--Italian--California--Los Angeles
Generals--American--California--Los Angeles
Gradenigo, Cesare Pier Alberto Buzzi, Count, b. 1886
Story, Walter P. (Walter Perry), 1882-1957
Balbo, Italo, 1896-1940
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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