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Title
Actor Jimmy Stewart's induction into the United States Army
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1941
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph edited for publication.
Photograph caption dated March 22, 1941 reads ""Arrow shows Stewart going in with the rest of the boys, they christened him 'High Pockets'' and ""Slats' for his Army career"". Actor Jimmy Stewart is shown in a group of inductees on their way the the United States Army induction center in downtown Los Angeles before going to Fort MacArthur in San Pedro. See images 00162025 through 00162028; and 00162031 for additional photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print
Photographic prints
Identifier
00162030
Herald Examiner Collection
HE Box 6428
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/141295
Subject
Stewart, James,--1908-1997
United States.--Army
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting, enlistment, etc
Motion picture actors and actresses
Actors
Men
Military service, Voluntary
Spectators
Crowds
Stores & Shops
Storefronts
Fort MacArthur (Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Time Period
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950

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