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. This photograph appears with the article, “‘Youngsters’ Issue Bears Defi at Fullerton,” Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 1936, A15. Photograph of Ernest W. Fischer holding the carrier pigeon that delivered an invitation to residents of Upland to visit the new Times Building. Standing next to Ernest is Mayor P. H. McQuillen, who holds the letter from the Times in his hands. Text from newspaper caption: Ernest W. Fischer, Jr., son of the principal of Chaffey Union High School, is proud of his pigeon—especially when the bird delivers a welcomed message to Upland residents. The pigeon carried an invitation to inspect the new Times Building and did its wining under direction of Capt. Ray R. Delhauer of the Signal Corps. Handwritten on negative: Right, Ernest W. Fischer Jr Text from negative sleeve: 4661—4-6-36, [Stamped:] APR 9-1936. (Cut and pasted onto the negative sleeve is the newspaper caption that appeared with the article. It states: “Ernest W. Fischer, Jr., son of the principal of Chaffey Union High School, is proud of his pigeon—especially when the bird delivers a welcomed message to Upland residents. The pigeon carried an invitation to inspect the new Times Building and did its wining under direction of Capt. Ray R. Delhauer of the Signal Corps.”)
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13868 ark:/21198/zz002j7br2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Correspondence Children--California--Upland Mayors--California--Upland Homing pigeons--California McQuillen, P. H., (Mayor) Fischer, Ernest W., Jr., b. 1922
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