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Title
Military troops marching in Exposition (Agricultural) Park, Los Angeles, 1898
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
1898
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
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Military troops marching in Exposition (Agricultural) Park. Their uniforms include brimmed hats. They hold guns leaning on their shoulders. They march past buildings, including one that has the words, "agricultural implements" painted on it.
Text from negative sleeve: 1700. Los Angeles, California. Agricultural Park, 1898. 1. 2. 3. 4. During the Spanish American War in 1898 regiments of troops were stationed in Agricultural Park, where they drilled and waited for call to service. I went down one Sunday and took these four pictures of the place, and the troops drilling, 4 films.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1700_003
ark:/21198/zz002htvct
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Artillery (Troops)--American--California--Los Angeles
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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