Image / Dr. F.E. Townsend arrives to discuss the "Townsend Plan," Los Angeles, 1934

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Title: Dr. F.E. Townsend arrives to discuss the "Townsend Plan," Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa September 28, 1934]
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: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Dr. F.E. Townsend, disembarks from an American Airlines plane. Townsend was likely arriving to deliver a speech at the Hollywood Bowl about the "Townsend Plan", an old-age pension proposal that influenced the establishment of the Social Security System.
Related to Los Angeles Times articles; "Townsend Tells Plan To Pension; Audience of 9000 at Bowl Hears Exposition of Old Age Retirement Scheme." 29 Sep 1934; A1.
Handwritten on negative: Dr. F.E. Townsend
Text from negative sleeve: Townsend, F.E. Dr. 1934
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4021
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Social security--United States
Townsend, Francis E. (Francis Everett), 1867-1960
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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