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Column of mourners lined up behind a rope guideline to pay tribute to Will Rogers at Forest Lawn, Glendale, 1935

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Title: Column of mourners lined up behind a rope guideline to pay tribute to Will Rogers at Forest Lawn, Glendale, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: August 22, 1935
1935-08-22
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.
A similar photograph appears in the Los Angeles Times, 8/23/1935, with the caption: "World Pays Solemn Homage to Will Rogers in Final Rites at Forest Lawn; As dawn broke thousands had gathered to do homage. Scene shows a long line of mourners assembled at 5:30."
A long column of mourners lined up behind a rope guideline to pay tribute to Will Rogers at Forest Lawn.
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 8-22-35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_0018
ark:/21198/zz002d96nt
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Events
Funeral rites & ceremonies--California--Glendale
Culture
Rogers, Will, 1879-1935
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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