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Chief James E. Davis and Public Works president Paul Ritter greet Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Chief James E. Davis and Public Works president Paul Ritter greet Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: January 25, 1936
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.
Admiral Byrd recounts his discoveries in the Antarctic.
Ritter, Byrd, and Davis stand together.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Byrd Views Tropics for Next Exploration," Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan 1936: A2.
Handwritten on negative: Paul Ritter Admiral Byrd Chief James Davis
Text from negative sleeve: 3488 - LtR - Chief James Davis Admiral R.E. Byrd Paul Ritter Arrival of Admiral Byrd 1-25-36 [stamped:] Jan 31 1936
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12469
ark:/21198/zz002hmgnz
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Police--California--Los Angeles
Admirals--American--California--Los Angeles
Uniforms
Davis, James E. (James Edgar), 1889-1949
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957
Ritter, Paul
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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