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Title: Dr. Francis Townsend addresses a picnic crowd, La Crescenta, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: 1935
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
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
After being delayed by a plane crash Dr. Townsend was finally able to make his speech at the La Crescenta picnic regarding his idea for an old age pension plan.
Dr. Townsend addresses a blurry crowd by speaking into a microphone, holding one hand in his pocket and gesturing with a tight fist with the other.
Similar photograph appears with the headline, "Dr. Townsend's Plane Crashes on Way to Picnic-Bowl Debater Heckled," Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug 1035: 12.
Text from negative sleeve: 2121 - Dr. Townsend [stamped:] Sep 18 1935
Handwritten on negative: Townsend
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8531
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Crowds--California--La Crescenta
Physicians--American--California--La Crescenta
Picnics--California--La Crescenta
Microphones
Townsend, Francis E., 1867-1960
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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