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Title
A hot time in the ol' home town
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1957
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph caption dated October 29, 1957 reads "Los Angeles was bustin' out all over yesterday at the Statler Hotel where the spirited civic welcome luncheon was held to officially greet the transplanted Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team. At left, New York Yankee owner Del Webb, Mayor Norris Poulson and Dodger president Walter O'Malley are cuttin' capers."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 18 x 15 cm.
Identifier
00156865
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d061_f14_i20
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/129635
Subject
Webb, Del E.,--1899-1974
Poulson, Norris,--1895-1982
O'Malley, Walter,--1903-1979
Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)
New York Yankees (Baseball team)
Statler Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Mayors
Baseball team owners
Men
Handshaking
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Time Period
1951-1960

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