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Title
General Edward J. Higgins and his wife Catherine, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
September 17, 1936
1936-09-17
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.
Photograph appears with the article, "Gen. Higgins Welcomed," Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep 1936: A1.
General Higgins has traveled with his wife to Southland to foster the World-for-God movement to bring more Christians to the Salvation Army.
General Higgins, dressed in uniform, stands beside his smiling wife Catherine, holding a bouquet of flowers on the train's platform.
Text from negative sleeve: 6642 - Com. B Orames Gen E.J. Higgins Mrs E.J. Higgins Col A. D. Jackson Salvation Army 9/17/36 [stamped:] Sep 24 1936
Text from negative sleeve: Gen. Edward Higgins, retired international head of the Salvation Army, and his wife as they arrived in Los Angeles yesterday. Gen. Higgins will conduct meetings in the world-for-God movement intended to win recruits to Salvation Army ranks.
Handwritten on negative: Gen + Mrs E.J. Higgins 9/17/36
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14555
ark:/21198/zz002j85ff
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles
Generals--British--California--Los Angeles
Bouquets
Uniforms
Spouses--California--Los Angeles
Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles
Higgins, Edward J., 1864-1947
Higgins, Catherine, b.1868 or 69-1952
Salvation Army
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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