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Title
Mystic Meher Baba, Hollywood, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued
1932
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 the article “Indian Mystic Arrives for Visit in Hollywood.” Los Angeles Times, 30 May 1932: 14. The article states: Conversing only through indicated letters on a small alphabet board, as the result of a self-imposed seven-year “silence,” Shri Meher Baba … arrived yesterday … will break his silence … July 13 in Hollywood … he chose Hollywood as the scene of his revelation … because a proper balance of material and spiritual forces exists …
Meher Baba, in light suit, seated, hand to face, with lamp, curtains, and briefcase in background
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Baba, Shri Meher, Indianmystic [Indian mystic]
Handwritten at edge of negative: Shri Meher Baba
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0914
0914
ark:/21198/zz002db8n7
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Mystics
Meher Baba, 1894-1969
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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