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Governor James Rolph plants tree at Olympic Park dedication ceremony, Los Angeles, 1932

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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
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.
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; William M. Bowen; William May Garland; Rufus B. von KleinSmid; Governor James Rolph, with a shovel in hand. The University of Southern California campus can be seen in the background.
A similar photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “Throng Drawn By Dedication,” Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug 1932: A1.
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_6055
ark:/21198/zz002cw6dd
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Parks--California--Los Angeles
Dedications--California--Los Angeles
Governors--American--California--Los Angeles
Bowen, William M. (William Miller), 1862-1937
Baillet-Latour, Henri de, 1876-1942
Kleinsmid, Rufus Bernhard von, 1875-1964
Garland, William May, 1866-1948
Rolph, James, 1869-1934
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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