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Title
Dressed in traditional Scandinavian clothing, 14-year-old Anita Roos sells Mayor Bowron the first ticket to the Finnish Relief bazaar, Los Angeles, 1940
Date Created and/or Issued
February 6, 1940
1940-02-06
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.
Dressed in traditional Scandinavian clothing from her native Finland, 14-year-old Anita Roos sells Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron the first ticket to the Finnish Relief Fund bazaar, held in S.A.E. Auditorium. Looking on are secretary-treasurer of the bazaar committee, Victor Kallio, and acting bazaar chairman, Peter Williams.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: l to r; Bowron, Fletcher - Mayor; Roos, Anita; Williams, Peter; Kallio, Victor
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Mayor Bowron - Anita Roos - Peter Williams - Victor Kallio
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0027zmjh
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Economy
Mayors--California--Los Angeles
Government
Lifestyle
Costumes--Finnish
Tickets
Fund raising--California--Los Angeles
Bazaars--California--Los Angeles
Kallio, Victor
Williams, Peter
Bowron, Fletcher, 1887-1968
Roos, Anita
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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