Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The American Legation is advising Southern California citizens and their families, medical missionaries of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, to leave Ethiopia because of the threat of war. Dr. Nicola of Montebello left for Abyssinia in 1933 and lives in Addis Ababa with his wife and their three sons. A family portrait of the Nicola against a gray backdrop. Photograph appears with the article, "Angelenos Face Peril," Los Angeles Times, 07 July 1935: 8. Text from negative sleeve: 1140 - Dr. Tesla C. Nicola + wife + sons Bruce. left + Darrell (in Ethiopia) 7-10-35 [stamped:] Jul 17 1935 Handwritten on negative: Dr Tesla C. Nicola + wife + children Bruce, left + Darrell 1-10-35 in Ethiopia Text from newspaper caption: Among Southern Californians in the Ethiopian danger zone, who have been advised by the American government to evacuate the country, are Dr. Tesla C. Nicola, former Montebello physician. He is shown here with Mrs. Nicola and their two children, Bruce, left, and Darrell.
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