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Tom Bradley presenting diploma to comedian George Burns in Los Angeles, Calif., 1977

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Title: Tom Bradley presenting diploma to comedian George Burns in Los Angeles, Calif., 1977
Contributor: Varie, Bill
Date Created and/or Issued: November 24, 1977
1977-11-24
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: AFTER 75 YEARS--Comedian George Burns, who quit school in 1902 to sell newspapers, receives elementary school diploma from Mayor Bradley at a City Hall ceremony. The diploma had been forwarded to Bradley from New York, where school officials decided Burns had racked up enough "life" credits to qualify. Burns, 81, said:" Now I'll be able to go out and make something of myself."
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b894_286600-3
ark:/21198/zz0002r52g
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: African American mayors--California--Los Angeles
People
Government
Comedians--United States
Academic decorations of honor
Entertainment
Mayors--California--Los Angeles
Burns, George, 1896-
Bradley, Tom, 1917-1998 (Los Angeles Mayor : 1973-1993)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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