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Title: Al Cohn's Presidential Medal of Freedom, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: March 30, 1935
1935-03-30
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.
Similar photograph appears under the headline, "High Commands of United States Fleet Change Hands in Colorful Ceremony," Los Angeles Times, 02 Apr 1935: 18.
A close-up photograph of the back of the medal. It shows a depiction of a ship at sea with a winged person beneath the waves. The words encircle the ship: O Union Strong And Great Thou Too Sail On O Ship Of State Sail On.
Handwritten on negative: Medal given Al Cohn Collector of Customes 3- 30-35
Text from negative sleeve: COHN, AL 1935 CUSTOMS COLLECTOR
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1680
ark:/21198/zz002dc62x
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Medals
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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