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Procession of children and adults giving wrapped gifts to the First Methodist Church, Los Angeles, 1938

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Title: Procession of children and adults giving wrapped gifts to the First Methodist Church, Los Angeles, 1938
Contributor: Terrell, Maurice
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa December 23, 1938]
1938-12-23
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.
A procession of church attendees (children in front) with wrapped items (most are cylindrical although there are some larger flat packages as well, held by adults) are handing off their packages to a man, and a pile of already received gifts are on a flat raised arc next to him. In the back of the church is a choir and small organ on a raised platform. Four men (3 sitting and 1 standing) are in chairs in front of the choir. Other church attendees remain seated while this gift procession is occurring. Two flags are in front of the choir, an American flag and possibly the Christian flag. Several undecorated Christmas trees are standing on either end of the center arc.
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 15201. "White Christmas" at First Methodist Church [stamped:] MAURICE TERRELL PHOTOGRAPHER [stamped:] Dec 23 1938
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11916
ark:/21198/zz002h8s21
Subject: Church attendance--California, Southern
Churches--California--Los Angeles
Flags--American
Christmas trees
First Methodist Church of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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