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, dressed in uniform, stands beside his smiling wife Catherine, holding a bouquet of flowers on the train's platform. General Higgins has traveled with his wife to Southland to foster the World-for-God movement to bring more Christians to the Salvation Army. Handwritten on negative: Gen + Mrs E.J. Higgins 9/17/36 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. 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
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14555 ark:/21198/zz002j85ff
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles Spouses--California--Los Angeles Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles Bouquets Uniforms Generals--British--California--Los Angeles Higgins, Edward J., 1864-1947 Higgins, Catherine, b.1868 or 69-1952 Salvation Army
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