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Title
Soldiers stand around the camp set up at Agricultural Park, Los Angeles, 1900
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
1900
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph of several soldiers standing around their camp set up in Agricultural Park (current day Exposition Park). In the foreground at center, a soldier stands with his back to the camera. To the left of him, a large camp stove sits on the ground. Behind the stove, a cook stands leftmost and faces right. To the right of him, a soldier stands, facing right. Behind them, a soldier sits in to front of a tent, which extends out-of-frame at left. In the distance at right, a couple of men walk through the camp. Tents stand in a row behind them.
Text from negative sleeve: 1632. Los Angeles Parks. Agricultural Park. 1900. 1. 2. When the boys commenced to come home from Manila and other points in the Spanish American war there was a great big camp set up in Agricultural Park, and we went down to visit the place one Sunday. No one there we knew, at least in this picture. 2 films
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1632_002
ark:/21198/zz002htq3r
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Military camps--American--California--Los Angeles
Military personnel--American--California--Los Angeles
Tents--California--Los Angeles
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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