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Title
Ninety-four-year-old writer Dr. Joseph P. Widney, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
December 31, 1935
1935-12-31
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.
The previous night in celebration of his 94th birthday Widney had 100 friends and acquaintances at his home at 3001 Marmion Way. He advises that people should avoid tobacco and drugs at all costs and take alcohol as medicine. He has published ten philosophical works so far.
Dr. Widney stares down at a globe model sitting on a desk with one hand that rests on it.
Photograph appears with the article, "Dr. Widney Still Writing Books At 94 Years of Age," Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec 1935: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: 4263 - Dr. Joseph P. Widney Author [stamped:] Dec 31 1935
Handwritten on negative: Dr. Joseph P. Widney
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13313
ark:/21198/zz002hngrz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Older people--California--Los Angeles
Beards--California--Los Angeles
Globes
Authors--American--California--Los Angeles
Widney, Joseph Pomeroy, 1841-1938
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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