Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Schumann-Heink, in a dress gown and hat, stands before a microphone on a platform in the middle of a stadium. behind her a woman plays a Steinway piano and army officials salute to the right. This photograph appears with the headline, "Nation and City Pay Tribute to Heroes of War in memorial Day Services," Los Angeles Times, 31 may 1935: 16. Handwritten on negative: Mme. Schumann-Heink Text from negative sleeve: Schumann-Heink, Madam USC degree x Historical Text from newspaper caption: MME. SCHUMANN-HEINK SINGS AT COLISEUM; The audience of more than 25,000 in attendance at the memorial Day services at the Coliseum thrilled with patriotic fervor when Mme. Schumann-Heink sang the stirring "Star-Spangled Banner." Times photo.
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_11586 ark:/21198/zz002h9nnb
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No linguistic content
Subject
Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Stadiums--California--Los Angeles Memorial Day Pianos Opera singers Schumann-Heink, Ernestine, 1861-1936 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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