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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of A. T. Mercier standing on a stage and speaking at the Southern Pacific Railroad employee picnic at Sycamore Grove Park. He is viewed from a worm's-eye perspective. The front of the stage is covered in patriotic bunting that stretches across the bottom third of the image. A. T. Mercier stands at center near the front edge of the stage and faces towards the camera. He stands at the microphone while resting one arm on a nearby stool and the other on his hip. The rest of the stage stretches behind him to the right. Three men stand on stage and bow towards A. T. Mercier. Above the stage, an awning extends over the front of the stage and a sign sits above it. The sign reads, "SOU[...]." Trees stand in the background at left. Text from negative sleeve: 2124. Sycamore Grove, Los Angeles, Calif. S.P.R.R. picnic Sunday, June 17, 1945. Two pictures of President A.T.Mercier.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2124_002 ark:/21198/zz002j2j2c
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Picnics--California--Los Angeles Public speaking--California--Los Angeles Business people--American--California--Los Angeles Parks--California--Los Angeles Reunions--California--Los Angeles Sycamore Grove Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Mercier, Armand Theodore, 1881-1957 Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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