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Title: One-hundred-and-four-year-old W.E. Millar, Downey, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued: November 29, 1938
1938-11-29
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.
William sits up in his bed reading from a paper.
Photograph appears with the article, "Home Boasts Centenarians," Los Angeles Times, 01 Dec 1938: A1.
The Englishman spent 50 years at sea before his retirement and has fifteen sisters.
Text from newspaper caption: William Millar is second youngest, having reached 104.
Handwritten on negative: Wm E Millar 11/29/38
Text from negative sleeve: 15040 William E. Millar retired sailor 1 of 4 centenarians @ rancho L.A.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14659
ark:/21198/zz002j8915
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Rest homes--California--Downey
Sailors--British--California--Downey
Beds
Centenarians--California--Downey
Millar, W. E., b. 1834 or 35
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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