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Boy Scouts stand at attention at the gates of the Hollywood Cemetery for the funeral procession for Arthur Letts, Los Angeles, 1923

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Title: Boy Scouts stand at attention at the gates of the Hollywood Cemetery for the funeral procession for Arthur Letts, Los Angeles, 1923
Date Created and/or Issued: [May 21, 1923]
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 Boy Scouts standing at attention at the gates of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery for the funeral procession for Arthur Letts.
Arthur Letts founded the Broadway Department Store and was a philanthropist. He was also President of the local council of Boy Scouts.
Reported in the article, "Arthur Letts Laid to Rest," Los Angeles Times, 22 May 1923: II:1.
Handwritten on negative: Boy Scouts greeting Letts Funeral
Text from negative sleeve: Letts, Arthur
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10563
ark:/21198/zz002hbjrw
Subject: Funeral processions--California--Los Angeles
Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Boy Scouts of America
Letts, Arthur, 1862-1923
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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