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Warren Atherton, Commander of the American Legion, standing at a podium, California, 1930s

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Title: Warren Atherton, Commander of the American Legion, standing at a podium, California, 1930s
Date Created and/or Issued: [1930s]
1930/1940
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Warren Atherton, Commander of the American Legion, standing at a podium and holding an oversized gavel.
Warren Atherton was an American attorney who served as the National Commander of The American Legion from 1943 to 1944. He is widely recognized as a designer of the G.I. Bill, officially known as the Warren Atherton, Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944.
Text from negative sleeve: Atherton, Warren
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11150
ark:/21198/zz002h949x
Subject: Lawyers--California
American Legion
Atherton, Warren H. (Warren Hendry), 1891-1976
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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