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President Roosevelt at the C. C. C. camp holding a model of the "Spirit of the C. C. C." statue presented by Capt. Lyston S. Black, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: President Roosevelt at the C. C. C. camp holding a model of the "Spirit of the C. C. C." statue presented by Capt. Lyston S. Black, Los Angeles, 1935
Contributor: Palo-Kangas, John, $d 1904-1957
Date Created and/or Issued: October 1, 1935
1935-10-01
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 of President Franklin D. Roosevelt seated in an automobile at the Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Griffith Park on the occasion of the unveiling of the "Spirit of the C. C. C" sculpture by sculptor John Palo-Kangas. He holds a model of the statue that had just been handed to him by Captain Lyston S. Black, commander of the C. C. C. Camp, who stands outside the car. Eleanor Roosevelt is visible on the right.
Text from negative sleeve: Capt Black. Franklin D. Roosevelt. 2349. 11/26/35.
Handwritten on negative: Capt. Black & Franklin D. Roosevelt
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8774
ark:/21198/zz002dgqdp
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Presidents--United States
Sculpture--California--Los Angeles
Black, Lyston S., 1889-1966
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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