Image / Mrs. Valerie Smythe at 92nd birthday celebration, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Mrs. Valerie Smythe at 92nd birthday celebration, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: Aug 12, 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.
Photograph of Mrs. Valerie Smythe at a reception thrown in the honor of her 92nd birthday in Los Angeles by her descendents. Mrs. Smythe emigrated to the United States in 1875 from France and lived in San Francisco until 1915.
Related to the article: "Children attend Great-Grandma's Birthday Party," Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 1935: A7
Handwritten on negative: [at bottom] Mrs. Valerie Smythe
Text on negative sleeve: 1629 - Aug 22 1935; Mrs. Valerie Smythe, (92 year old [?]) 8/12/35
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9973
ark:/21198/zz002dj4rj
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Birthdays--California--Los Angeles
Flowers--California--Los Angeles
Older people--California--Los Angeles
Smythe, Valerie, 1843-1938
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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