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Title: Presidential Medal of Freedom given to Al Cohn, 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.
A close-up photograph of the medal. It bears a profile outline of Roosevelt and two rows of words encircling his depiction. The outermost description is: Franklin Delano Roosevelt 31st President of the United States, and the innermost is: 1933 1937 John Nance Garner Vice President
Similar photograph appears under the headline, "High Commands of United States Fleet Change Hands in Colorful Ceremony," Los Angeles Times, 02 Apr 1935: 18.
Handwritten on negative: Al Cohn, medal given, 3-30-35
Text from negative sleeve: COHN, AL 1935 CUSTOMS COLLECTOR
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1681
ark:/21198/zz002dc63f
Language: No linguistic content
English
Subject: Medals
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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