Image / Portrait of Alanson B. Houghton, former American ambassador, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Portrait of Alanson B. Houghton, former American ambassador, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: February 21, 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 "Empire Seen For Germany By Alanson B. Houghton." Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 1935: A1.
This is a photograph taken of Alanson Bigelow Houghton, arriving in Los Angeles from Honolulu on board the Matson liner Lurline, when he was the president of Corning Glass Works. He is famous for being the first American ambassador to Germany. He served in Germany from 1922-1925, following which he was posted to Great Britain, where he retired after three years.
Text on negative sleeve: Houghton, Alanson B., Ambassador
Handwritten on negative: [to the right of the image] Alanson B. Houghton
Text from newspaper caption: Alanson B. Houghton
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9640
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles
Ambassadors--American--California--Los Angeles
Houghton, Alanson Bigelow, 1863-1941
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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