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Title
Reunited half-siblings Beatrice Humes Luhmann and Herbert Lowndes, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
November 03, 1935
1935-11-03
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Related to "Family Pair in Meeting: Brother Greets Half Sister He'd Never Seen Before; She Lives in Napa," Los Angeles Times, 04 Nov 1935: 7.
Half siblings Beatrice Luhmann and Herbert Lowndes. She stands with her left arm around his neck, right arm on his chest, hands held. He has his right arm around her shoulders. They both stand facing the camera. She is smiling.
Similar photograph appears with the title, "Fate Brings Pair Together," Los Angeles Times, 04 Nov 1935: 7.
Text accompanying photograph: Mrs. Beatrice Luhmann of Napa and her half brother, Herbert Lowndes, met yesterday for the first time in their lives. He had been believed killed in the Boer War. Times photo.
Text from negative sleeve: 2814 - Beatrice Humes Luhmann Napa, Herbert Lowndes LA, Bro finds Lost Sister 11-3-35 [stamped:] Nov 22 1935
Handwritten on negative: Beatrice Humes Luhmann, Herbert Lowndes 11-3-35
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9330
ark:/21198/zz002dhckw
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Siblings--American--California--Los Angeles
Reunions--California--Los Angeles
Lowndes, Herbert, 1867-1951
Luhmann, Beatrice Humes, 1892-1978
Source
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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