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Portrait of Dr. Alfred L. Wilkes, taken before he drowned while sailing to Catalina Island in 1935

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Title: Portrait of Dr. Alfred L. Wilkes, taken before he drowned while sailing to Catalina Island in 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1932 and 1935]
1932/1935
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Portrait of Alfred L. Wilkes, dentist, who drowned when his boat overturned while he was sailing with his son, Huston (Barney) Wilkes, from San Pedro to Santa Catalina Island. Huston was rescued the next morning after clinging to both the boat and his father's body for many hours.
Text from negative sleeve: Dr. Alfred L. Wilkes, dentist drowned, 7-26-35
Caption on photograph: Alfred L. Wilkes, '19. President Alumni Association, '32
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7936
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Drowning victims--California--Los Angeles
Physicians--American--California--Los Angeles
Wilkes, Alfred L., 1889-1935
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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