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James A. B. Scherer, Director of the Southwest History Museum, speaking at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, probably 1927

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Title: James A. B. Scherer, Director of the Southwest History Museum, speaking at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, probably 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: [April 17, 1927]
1927-04-17
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 Dr. James A. B. Scherer, Director of the Southwest History Museum, standing behind a lectern and microphone in a wool overcoat at the Coliseum. The occasion is probably the sunrise Easter service that he participated in, 1927.
James A. B. Scherer headed the California Institute of Technology from 1908 to 1921, and was the director of the Southwest History Museum from 1926 to 1931.
Related article, "Plans Completed for Easter Sunrise Service in the Coliseum," Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 1927: 8.
Handwritten on negative: Dr. James A. B. Scherer
Text from negative sleeve: Scherer, James Dr.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11549
ark:/21198/zz002h9mcq
Subject: Easter service
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Scherer, James A. B. (James Augustin Brown), 1870-1944
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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