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Title
Governor James Rolph plants tree at Olympic Park dedication ceremony, Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued
August 3, 1932
1932-08-03
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A similar photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “Throng Drawn By Dedication,” Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug 1932: A1.
View of crowd at dedication ceremony and tree planting at Olympic Park (Exposition Park). From left to right: Count Henri de Baillet-Latour, president of the International Olympic Committee, at the far left; Governor James Rolph, planting tree; William M. Bowen, behind Gov. rolph; William May Garland; Rufus B. von KleinSmid. An unidentified man stands beside von KleinSmid. The University of Southern California campus can be seen in the background.
Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles Parks, Exposition, Dedication (Olympic Park Originally)
Handwritten on negative: Gov Rolph planting tree
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6054
ark:/21198/zz002cw6cw
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Dedications--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Governors--American--California--Los Angeles
Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Bowen, William M. (William Miller), 1862-1937
Garland, William May, 1866-1948
Kleinsmid, Rufus Bernhard von, 1875-1964
Baillet-Latour, Henri de, 1876-1942
Rolph, James, 1869-1934
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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