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Title
Speakers at George Washington bicentennial program, Westlake Park, Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued
September 18, 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 “Washington Program to Be At Park, Signing of Constitution and John Marshall Tribute Also to Be Featured.” Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 1932: A16. The article states: … Former United States District Judge Bledsoe will deliver the oration … Norbert Savay, executive chairman of the local bicentennial commission, will read Washington’sfarewell address, and Superior Judge Schmidt will speak … William H. Anderson, junior vice-president of the Los Angeles Bar Association, will be master of ceremonies …
Westlake Park renamed MacArthur Park, 1942
Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe, William Henry Anderson, Norbert Savay, and Ruben Schmidt, all in suits and ties, some holding hats, Anderson holding a book, all standing on lakeshore, Westlake Park (later, MacArthur Park), with lake, ducks, and palm trees at left, colonnade at right, trees in background
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Bledsoe, Benjamin Judge
Handwritten at edge of negative: Benjamin Bledsoe, Wm. H. Anderson, Norbert Savay, Judge Ruden Schmidt
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
1045
uclamss_1429_1045
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Language
No linguistic content
Subject
MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Bledsoe, Benjamin F., 1874-1938
Schmidt, Ruben Stephen, 1881-1947
Anderson, William Henry, 1866-1954
Savay, Norbert, 1873-1950
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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