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Ben H. Brown, public adminstrator, and Frank A. Nance, coroner, Los Angeles, 1935 (copy photo)

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Title: Ben H. Brown, public adminstrator, and Frank A. Nance, coroner, Los Angeles, 1935 (copy photo)
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa February 14, 1935]
1935-02-14
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.
Benjamin H. Brown (left) and Frank A. Nance sit behind a desk. Ben H. Brown holds a several sheets of paper in his right hand. His watch is also on his right hand. Frank Nance holds a pen in his right hand and is looking at the papers Brown is holding. A desk pad, a file folder, more papers, and a letter opener are on the desk. In the background, a mounted butterfly display sits on a sideboard.
This photograph appears in a photo spread, "County Officials," Los Angeles Sunday Times, 10 Mar 1935: G3.
Copy photo
Ben H. Brown was public administrator of Los Angeles starting in 1934. Frank A. Nance was coroner for Los Angeles for 24 years. Upon Nance's retirement in 1945, the two offices were merged and Brown assumed both duties.
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 3685. B(enjamin) H. Brown (Brown) (Inglewood Public Admin.); Frank A. Nance (Nance) (24 yrs as County Coroner, to take govt office) [stamped:] Feb 14 1935
Handwritten on paper slip: B. H. Brown, Frank H. Nance
Handwritten on negative: B. H. Brown, Frank A. N[illegible]ce NANCE
Text accompanying photograph in newspaper: Public Administrator Brown (left) and Coroner Nance.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12751
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Subject: Coroners--California--Los Angeles
Municipal officials and employees--California--Los Angeles
Brown, Ben H
Nance, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1875-1950
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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