Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. A large crowd gathers inside Warner Brothers convention hall during the opening session of the American Legion's annual conference. The front end of a stage stretches along the bottom edge. Beyond it, hundreds of attendees completely fill the auditorium. They sit facing towards the camera. Numbered signs rise out from the crowd and note each district. Striped banners hang from the auditorium's ceiling. A large American flag hangs in the back of the auditorium at center. This photograph appears with the article, "Merriam Calls on Legionnaires for Renewed War on Communism in State: VETERANS PAID TRIBUTE FOR AMERICANISM WORK Shaw and Legg Greet Delegates; Governor Pledges Aid to Needy Despite Receipt of Bonus," Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 1936: 2 Text from newspaper caption: Wartime Buddies Cheer Appeal for Return to Americanism Speakers at the opening of the business session of the California Department of the American Legion annual convention being held in Hollywood yesterday urged a return to principles of Americanism and repudiation of Communism. The above picture shows Warner Brothers convention hall, where meetings are being held, crowded for the opening session. Times photo [Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 1936: 2] Handwritten on negative: 30 Text from negative sleeve: 6356 -- Legion Convention.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14433 ark:/21198/zz002j817d
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Meetings--California--Los Angeles Crowds--California--Los Angeles Social & civic facilities--California--Los Angeles Flags--American American Legion
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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