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Thomas Wells enjoys a Christmas dinner at the hands of charity, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Thomas Wells enjoys a Christmas dinner at the hands of charity, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: December 26, 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.
Wells eats meat off of a plate in what appears to be a cafeteria.
Thomas Wells poses with a piece of meat on his fork between his plate and his open mouth.
Photograph appears with the headline, "Hundreds of Homeless Men and Needy Women Enjoy Christmas Day Feast," Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec 1935: 8.
Text from newspaper caption: Thomas Wells, ex-Rough Rider, tackles turkey.
Text from negative sleeve: 4179 - Mr Wells _ Xmas dinner Midnight Mission 12/25/35
Handwritten on negative: Mr Wells 12/25/35
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13216
ark:/21198/zz002hncdb
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Holidays--California--Los Angeles
Veterans--American
Meat
Homeless persons--California--Los Angeles
Wells, Thomas
Midnight Mission (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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