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Salvation Army prepares to feed Christmas dinner to large crowd of needy and homeless, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Salvation Army prepares to feed Christmas dinner to large crowd of needy and homeless, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: 1935-12-25
December 25, 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.
An official and Salvation Army volunteers prepare a ribbon cutting ceremony to open the doors of Wilcox Cafeteria on Christmas. A number of homeless and people in need line up with meal tickets.
Different photographs of the same occasion appear with the article, "Thousands Given Feast," Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 1935: A2.
Handwritten on negative sleeve: Salvation Army Xmas Dinner 12-25-35
Text from negative sleeve: [handwritten:] 4179 --- 12/26/35 Salvation Army Xmas Dinner Wilcox Cafe 309 W 4 St 12-25-35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13207
ark:/21198/zz002hnc3p
Language: English
Subject: Homeless persons--California--Los Angeles
Christmas
Dinners and dining
Salvation Army
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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