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Title
Major Oliver J. Todd recounts his time in China, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
July-August 1935
1935-07-08
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.
Photograph appears with the article, "China Wilds Given Roads," Los Angeles Times, 06 July 1935: A3.
Major Todd recounts his travels and the and the developments under his authority as chief engineer of the China-International Famine Relief Commission.
Major Todd points at a spot on a paper map that he holds as he looks into the camera.
Text from newspaper caption: With his finger pointing to the Mongolia region on the map of his travels, Maj. Oliver J. Todd is shown reviewing sixteen years of civil engineering in North China.
Handwritten on negative: Major Oliver J. Todd
Text from negative sleeve: 1413 - Major Oliver J. Todd Engineer - China 9/26/35 [stamped:] Aug 1- 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7930
ark:/21198/zz002dfq9p
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Maps
Engineers
Todd, O. J. (Oliver Julian)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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