Count Henri de Baillet-Latour, William M. Bowen, William May Garland, Rufus B. von KleinSmid, and Gov. James Rolph at Olympic Park dedication ceremony, Los Angeles, 1932
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
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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, with his grandson Ralph O. Chick; William May Garland; Rufus B. von KleinSmid; Governor James Rolph. An unidentified man stands beside Gov. Rolph. The University of Southern California campus can be seen in the background. Text from newspaper caption: Notable Participate in Impressive Ceremonies – Three [sic] Planting Included in Public Exercises – At top, left to right—Count Henri de Baillet-Latour, William M. Bowen, William May Garland, R. B. von KleinSmid and Gov. Rolph. Boy standing before Bowen is his grandson, Ralph O. Chick, who presented shovel to Count Baillet-Latour for placing tree in honor of William May Garland at Olympic Park ceremonies. Below—Entrance to Olympic Park, dedicated by Gov. Rolph, and, in background, State Exposition Building. Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles Parks, Exposition, Dedication (Olympic Park Originally) Handwritten on negative: Count de Latour planting tree
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6056 ark:/21198/zz002cw6fx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Dedications--California--Los Angeles Parks--California--Los Angeles Governors--American--California--Los Angeles Chick, Ralph O., b. 1925 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
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