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Mr. and Mrs. James Roy Willis show a map of the oil land they inherited, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Mr. and Mrs. James Roy Willis show a map of the oil land they inherited, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: March 15, 1936
1936-03-15
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.
Mr. James Roy Willis stands next to his wife, who sits on the arm of a chair. Together they hold a map.
This photograph may be associated with the article, “W.P.A. Worker Rated Millionaire by Oil Find: Swamp Land Many Believed Worth less gives Fortune to Family of Louisiana Doctor,” Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 1936: 1.
Text from negative sleeve: 3965 - James Roy Willis + wife (WPA job then get inheritance of swampland turned to oil land) Inherits Large Estate 3/14/36 [stamped:] Mar 19 1936
Handwritten on negative: Mr + Mrs James Roy Willis 3/11/36
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12992
ark:/21198/zz002hn3pm
Subject: Inheritance & succession
Millionaires--California--Los Angeles
Maps
Spouses--California--Los Angeles
Willis, James Roy, Mrs
Willis, James Roy, 1890-1966
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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