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Title
Dedication of American Green Cross conservation monument, Glendale, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued
April 23, 1928
1928-04-23
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.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, April 24, 1928, "Forest Statue Unveiled, Thousands of School Pupils Take Part in Dedication of Green Cross Monument to Trees"
The American Green Cross conservation monument was restored in Brand Park, Glendale, in 1992.
American Green Cross tree conservation monument with a statue of a standing woman with arms outstretched in front of a cross, on broken trees, on pedestal reading, in part, Help Save Our Trees, with model Verlyn Sumner, American Green Cross president George Barnes, and sculptor Frederick Willard Potter standing at base, surrounded by crowd, with buildings in background
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, Glendale, Green Cross
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
0416
uclamss_1429_0416
ark:/21198/zz002d9pg0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Sculpture--California--Glendale
Events
Culture
Landmarks
Dedications--California--Glendale
American Green Cross
Barnes, George H
Potter, Frederick Willard
Sumner, Verlyn
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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