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Title
Crowd gathered to hear Herbert Hoover at Bixby Park, Long Beach, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued
August 17, 1928
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.
A crowd of people sit underneath the shade. A tree bears the California and Iowa state flags and a photographer is seen in the center front of the crowd. This photograph is part of a panoramic picture printed in the Los Angeles Times.
Republican presidential nominee Herbert Hoover undertook a day-long trip throughout southern California on August 17, 1928. He visited Santa Barbara, Glendale, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pasadena, and San Bernardino.
This photograph appears with the headline, "Thousands Greet Herbert Hoover During One-Day's Visit to Southland,” Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug 1928: 8.
Text from newspaper caption: The Secretary at the Microphone Through Which He Addressed Vast Throng at Bixby Park, Long Beach
Text from negative sleeve: Hoover, Herbert 2
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9580
ark:/21198/zz002dhp6j
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Crowds--California--Long Beach
Bixby Park (Long Beach, Calif.)
Presidential candidates--United States
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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