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Physician and pension advocate Francis Townsend speaking at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, 1936

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Title: Physician and pension advocate Francis Townsend speaking at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: July 5, 1936
1936-07-05
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 Arcadia funds.
Francis Townsend, in light checked suit, hands raised, standing at microphone, on platform with man seated on one of several wooden chairs, with interior of Rose Bowl in background, seats partially filled
This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times photo spread, July 6, 1936, "Townsend Club Members Gather 18,000 Strong to Hear Talk by Pension Plan Promoter."
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 6277, Gerald K. Smith, Dr Francis Townsend, Rose Bowl - July 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Here is Dr. Francis E. Townsend, old age pension plan promoter, before the microphone at the Pasadena Rose Bowl yesterday as he addressed 18,000 of his followers from all parts of the Southland.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_0205
ark:/21198/zz002d9f6g
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Events
Townsend, Francis E. (Francis Everett), 1867-1960
Rose Bowl Stadium (Pasadena, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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