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Title
Fred Anthony Lovell celebrates his 100th birthday with his 3 daughters at his Tujunga Canyon cabin, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued
December 29, 1938
1938-12-28
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, "Birthday Feted by Centenarian. Ex-Engineer Host to Three Daughters on 100th Anniversary," Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 1938: 4.
The newspaper article describes Lovell as still being very active, and reported that in his career as a geologist and mining engineer has circled the globe three and a half times.
Bessie Spohr lights a pipe for her father, Frederick Anthony Lovell, on his 100th birthday celebrated at his Tijunga Canyon cabin, with her sisters Mary Murray and Jean Philbin. The party also included two neighbors and a son-in-law.
Handwritten on negative: L2R Bessie Spohr x Mary Murray x Fred Anthony Lovell x Jean Philbin 12/28/38
Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Bessie Spohr, left; Mrs. Mary Murray and Jean Philbin, right, coddle Fred Anthony Lovel on his 100th birthday.
Text from negative sleeve: 15255. Fred Anthony Lovell Bessie Spohr Jean Philbin Mary Murray 100 yrs old 12-28-38 [stamped:] Dec 29 1938
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11996
ark:/21198/zz002h8vtc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Centenarians--California--Los Angeles
Daughters--California--Los Angeles
Birthdays--California--Los Angeles
Families--California--Los Angeles
Philbin, Jean, 1890-1967
Spohr, Bessie, 1887-1974
Lovell, Fred Anthony, 1838-1941
Murray, Mary, b. circa 1870
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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