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Salvation Army parade float outside the old State Building on Spring Street, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Salvation Army parade float outside the old State Building on Spring Street, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: October 26, 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.
A Salvation Army float procedes along Spring Street. The signage on the float reads "The Salvation Army," "A Man May Be Down But Never Out," and "Mens Social Service." A large beach umbrella also reads, "Salvation Army" and on the float men dressed in various costumes stand or sit. The costumes represent various professions or experiences attributed to men in need of help, such as that of a prisoner or working-class laborer. (The Mens Social Service was possibly an agency of Los Angeles City, but more likely existed as a unit within the Salvation Army; unconfirmed.) The ground-level of the old State Building on Spring (now demolished) can be seen. Pedestrians and spectators line the sidewalks. The vantage point is taken from outside City Hall. Salvation Army General Evangeline Booth and her Army membership were in Los Angeles for the parade, and met in congress to discuss their World for God campaign in which they hoped to add a million more members. Mayor Frank Shaw and many Los Angeles citizens welcomed them to the city.
Related to article, "Booth Army Has Parade: General Lauded by Mayor" Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 1935
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2617-- Salvation Army Parade, General Booth, Mayor Shaw, 10-26-35, [stamped:] OCT 26 1935
Handwritten on nitrate negative: Salvation Army Parade, 10-26-35
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9125
ark:/21198/zz002dh4hg
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Floats (Parades)--California--Los Angeles
Charitable organizations--California--Los Angeles
Parades & processions--California--Los Angeles
State Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Salvation Army
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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