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Title
Portrait of ex-diplomat Dr. J. Morton Howell, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
Mar 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 is a picture of Dr. Joseph Morton Howell, physician and ex Consul-General as well as Minister Plenipotentiary to Egypt and the Near East in 1921-27, during his extended Los Angeles lecture and vacation visit. Dr. Howell poses for the photograph at a desk covered with papers, dressed in a three-piece suit, complete with tie and a pocket square.
A cropped version of this photograph was published along with the article: "Ex-Diplomat Raps League." Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 1935: A1.
Handwritten on negative: Dr. J. Morton Howell, 3-21-35
Text on negative sleeve: Howell, J. Morton Dr.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9646
ark:/21198/zz002dhrgn
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Diplomats--California--Los Angeles
Howell, J. Morton (Joseph Morton), 1863-1937
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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