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Civil War veterans sitting in crowd during Memorial Day celebration at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1928

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Title: Civil War veterans sitting in crowd during Memorial Day celebration at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: May 31, 1928
1928-05-31
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 Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Description: Photo appears with article "SOUTHLAND IN REVERENCE OBSERVES DAY OF DEAD: Thousands Attend Memorial Rites in Honor of Fallen Brave; Martial Note Rules," Los Angeles Times, 31 May 1928: A1.
Text from newspaper caption: A section of seats at the Coliseum, reserved for veterans of the Civil War, presented a colorful sight. Old in years but young in spirit those who fought in the War of the Rebellion again paid tribute to the hero dead of the nation.
Text from negative sleeve: Memorial Day.
Handwritten on negative: Veterans of Civil War at L.A. Coliseum-Memorial Day, 1928
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3717_G3225
ark:/21198/zz0002pjhm
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Veterans--American--California--Los Angeles
Memorial Day
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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