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Members of the American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies on Memorial Day, May 26, 1934

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Title: Members of the American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies on Memorial Day, May 26, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: May 26, 1934
1934-05-26
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Memorial Day, also known as "Poppy Day", May 26, 1934. Pearl Lathrop, Marie Gore, and Emma Wolfegang, members of the Los Angeles American Legion Auxillary, hold bouquets of artificial poppies, made by veterans of the First World War. The poppies were sold by members of the American Legion Auxillary in order to raise money for disabled veterans and their families.Poppies were chosen as representative of Memorial Day due to their presence in the iconic World War I memorial poem, "In Flanders Fields". The poem was written by Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Van Sky, Julia; Repp, Mary; Davis, Howard; Woef, Emma; Lathrop, Pearl
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz002545zv
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Memorial rites & ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Lifestyle
Culture
Lathrop, Pearl
Gore, Marie
Wolfegang, Emma
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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