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Lieutenant Commander Louis R. Vail and Agnes B. Derby announce their engagement, South Lake Tahoe, 1936

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Title: Lieutenant Commander Louis R. Vail and Agnes B. Derby announce their engagement, South Lake Tahoe, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: June 25, 1936
1936-06-25
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.
On the beach beside some foliage Vail is dressed in his naval uniform while Agnes holds his arm.
Photograph appears with the headline, "Wedding To Follow Cruise," Los Angeles Times, 30 June 1936: A6.
Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Agnes B. Derby, daughter of J. C. Kerchoff of Syracuse, N. Y., will become the bride of Lieutenant-Commander Louis R. Vail, right, following his return from a cruise to Honolulu. The naval officer is building a home at Emerald Bay, where the couple will reside.
Text from negative sleeve: 5838 - Mrs. Agnes B Derby (nee Kerchoff) of Syracuse, NY Lt. Comm. Louis R Vail (at Emerald Bay) - betrothed - 1936 society [stamped:] Jun 25 1936
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14370
ark:/21198/zz002j7z2d
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Beaches--California--South Lake Tahoe
Military uniforms--American
Betrothal--California--South Lake Tahoe
Vail, Louis R., (Lieutenant-Commander)
Derby, Agnes B
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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