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Title: Thousands gather for annual Iowa Picnic at Bixby Park, Long Beach, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: August 1934
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.
Photograph appears with the article, "Gov. Merriam Makes Speech," Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug 1934: 1.
Upwards of 50,000 Iowans came to Bixby Park and listened to a speech by Iowa native Governor Frank Merriam.
Text from negative sleeve: IOWA PICNIC 1934
Text from newspaper caption: This is a portion of the huge crowd of 50,000 former residents of the Hawkeye State who gathered at Bixby Park, Long Beach, yesterday for the annual Iowa State picnic.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9767
ark:/21198/zz002dhwn5
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Crowds--California--Long Beach
Bixby Park (Long Beach, Calif.)
Picnics--California--Long Beach
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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