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Actress Anna Q. Nilsson greets explorer Roald Amundsen with an ice pole, Union Station, Los Angeles, 1926

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Title: Actress Anna Q. Nilsson greets explorer Roald Amundsen with an ice pole, Union Station, Los Angeles, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued: February 3, 1926
1926-02-03
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: Swedish actress Anna Q. Nilsson greets the Roald Amudsen at the train station and presents him with a miniature white "frosted" pole to represent the North and South poles. 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: L to R - Anna Q Neilson [sic] & Roald Amundsen
Text from negative sleeve: Amundson [sic] Roald, Explorer.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3690_G094
ark:/21198/z1vt7jx9
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
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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