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William P. Armstrong, paperboy for fifty years, smiles for the camera, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: William P. Armstrong, paperboy for fifty years, smiles for the camera, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: November 14, 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.
This photograph appears with the article, “Returns After Fifty Years,” Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 1935: 10.
Photograph of William P. Armstrong, a newspaper carrier for 50 years, holding copies of the Los Angeles Times.
Handwritten on negative: Wm. P. Armstrong, 11-12-35.
Text from newspaper caption: Back in Los Angeles after fifty years. William P. Armstrong, former newsboy, told yesterday how he saved aviation by getting action on a patent for the Write Brothers.
Text from negative sleeve: 2797-, Wm. P. Armstrong. 121 No Bunker Hill. Was LA newsboy fifty years earlies. Rd Newsboy. 11-12-35. [Stamped:] Nov 15 1935.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9316
ark:/21198/zz002dhc3n
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Newspaper carriers--California--Los Angeles
Armstrong, William P
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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