Launching the Treasury Department's "Opportunity" Savings Bond Drive in Los Angeles is Nancy Elberle, in a covered wagon. The first bond was sold to Mayor Fletcher Bowron. Treasury Representative J. B. Messick, looks on as autography seekers keep Actor Randolph Scott busy. photo dated: May 18, 1949.
Bowron, Fletcher,--1887-1968 Scott, Randolph,--1898-1987 Mayors--California--Los Angeles Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Savings bonds--California--Los Angeles Wagons--California--Los Angeles War tax stamps--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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