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Title: Funeral of Will Rogers at Forest Lawn, Glendale, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: August 22, 1935
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Funeral of Will Rogers at Forest Lawn with an honor guard of 8 enlisted men from the Seventeenth Attack Group, of General Headquarters, First Wing, March Field, attending the casket, which is draped with a floral American flag. The guard was changed every half hour. A column of mourners behind a rope barrier passes the casket.
Text from negative sleeve: Will Rogers Funeral, 8/22/35. 1619 NITRATE, 1 of 2. Aug. 27, 1935, 9 negs.
Handwritten on negative: Will Rogers Funeral ...35
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_0015
ark:/21198/zz002d96j8
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Events
Culture
Funeral rites & ceremonies--California--Glendale
People
Forest Lawn--Glendale (Cemetery : Glendale, Calif.)
Rogers, Will, 1879-1935
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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