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Dr. Townsend advocates old age pension proposal to crowd at La Crescenta picnic, 1935

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Title: Dr. Townsend advocates old age pension proposal to crowd at La Crescenta picnic, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: August 1935
1935-08
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.
Similar to theimage of Dr. Townsend captioned: "Pension advocate addresses 20,000: Dr. Townsend, unperturbed by the plane crash which delayed his arrival at the La Crescenta picnic, addressed a crowd estimated at 20,000 on the old age pension plan which he originated." With the article "Dr. Townsend's Plane Crashes on Way to Picnic - Bowl Debater Heckled" Los Angeles Times 19 Aug. 1935.
Side view of Dr. Townsend wearing jacket, tie, and glasses, speaking into a microphone while addressing a crowd. Dr. Townsend was known for his old age pension proposal which was known as the "Townsend Plan."
Text from negative sleeve: 2121, Dr. Townsend, [stamped:] Sep 18 1935
Handwritten on negative: Townsend
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8531
ark:/21198/zz002dgf14
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Pensions
Activists--American--California--Los Angeles
Economy
Physicians--American--California--Los Angeles
Lifestyle
Townsend, Francis E., 1867-1960
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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