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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. Members of the American Legion Auxillary pose with Los Angeles's City Council president. In the front row of the photo are City Councilman Howard Davis, Auxillary members Marie Gore, and Mary Repp. Behind them are Auxillary members Julia Van Sky and Mrs. Tom Rice.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
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Front - Howard Davis - Marie Gore - Mary Repp. Back - Julia Van Sky, Mrs. Tom Rice.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0025462w
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Events
Memorial rites & ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Lifestyle
Davis, Howard W
Van Sky, Julia
Gore, Marie
Repp, Mary
Wolfegang, Emma
Rice, Mrs. Tom
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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