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World War I veterans gather at a Bonus Army temporary headquarters, Los Angeles, circa 1932

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Title: World War I veterans gather at a Bonus Army temporary headquarters, Los Angeles, circa 1932
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1932
1932/1933
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.
The Bonus Army, also known as the Bonus Expeditionary Force, was a grassroots movement of veterans who marched on Washington D.C. in the summer of 1932 demanding the government give them cash for certificates they had been given in 1924, but which could not be redeemed until 1945.
Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, "California Contingent Starts on Trip to Capital; 'Bonus Army' Heads East; California Unit of 1400 Camps at San Bernardino After Parade and Collection Downtown." 11 Jun, 1932: A1.
World War I veterans gather at a Bonus Army temporary headquarters at Washington and Hill streets.
Text from negative sleeve: Veterans, Bonus Army Hdgs. Washington & Hill Sts.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4127
ark:/21198/zz002cpvp1
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Veterans--American
Bonus Expeditionary Forces
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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