Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, “Impressive Exercises Mark Los Angeles’ Observance of Armistice Day: Battle Just Beginning, Armistice Crowd Told Merriam Urges Renewal of Fight for American Principles in Speech to 20,000 at Coliseum,” Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 1934: A1. Handwritten on negative: Seth Howard, Gov. Frank Merriam, William Jennings Bryan Jr. Text from newspaper caption: All heads are bowed, all hats doffed as the shrill notes of “Taps” are sounded in the vast Memorial Coliseum where upwards of 20,000 persons assembled yesterday to attend the sixteenth annual Armistice Day services. In the flag-draped reviewing stand seen above are, left-to right, Adj.-Gen. Seth Howard, Gov. Merriam, and William Jennings Bryan, Jr., son of the “Great Commoner.” Text from negative sleeve: Howard, Seth. Adj. Gen.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9656 ark:/21198/zz002dhrtt
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Governors--American--California--Los Angeles Patriotism--California--Los Angeles Military personnel--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) Merriam, Frank Finley, 1865-1955 Bryan, William Jennings, 1889-1978 Howard, Seth E. (Seth Edward), 1884-1935
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