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L. A. Downs, president of the Illinois Central Railroad, at railroad station wih citrus fruit, 1926-1938

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Title: L. A. Downs, president of the Illinois Central Railroad, at railroad station wih citrus fruit, 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. L. A. Downs stands in front of a train at a railroad station, possibly Los Angeles. He holds citrus fruit in his left hand, his hat in his right. Mr. Downs was the president of the Illinois Central Railroad from 1926-1938.
Text from negative sleeve: Downs, L.A. Ill. Central R.R. Pres..
Handwritten on negative: L. A. Downs.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_2032
ark:/21198/zz002dcz11
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Arrivals & departures
Downs, L. A. (Lawrence Aloysius), 1872-1940
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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