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Mr. L. A. Downs, president of the Illinois Central Railroad, and his wife at a railroad station, 1926-1938

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Title: Mr. L. A. Downs, president of the Illinois Central Railroad, and his wife at a railroad station, 1926-1938
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1926-1938]
1926/1938
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.
Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, " Rail Rocket Sets Mark. Fifty-seven-Hour Journey to New York Indicated for Streamline Train." 25, Oct. 1934: 1.
Mr. Lawrence Aloysius Downs and Mrs. Ida M. Downs stand at a railroad station in front of two trains and the tracks. Mr. Downs was the president of the Illinois Central Railroad from 1926-1938. He holds citrus fruits and a branch in his left hand, his hat in his right. Possibly in Los Angeles.
Text from negative sleeve: Downs, L.A. Ill. Central R.R. Pres..
Handwritten on negative: Mr. & Mrs. L. A. Downs.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_2031
ark:/21198/zz002dcz0h
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Arrivals & departures--American--California
Downs, L. A. (Lawrence Aloysius), 1872-1940
Downs, Ida May 1875-1939
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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