Ernest W. Fischer Jr. holds a carrier pigeon while Mayor P. H. McQuillen reads a letter, Upland, 1936

Title: Ernest W. Fischer Jr. holds a carrier pigeon while Mayor P. H. McQuillen reads a letter, Upland, 1936
Date Created: April 5, 1936
Date: 1936-04-05
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: This photograph appears with the article, “‘Youngsters’ Issue Bears Defi at Fullerton,” Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 1936, A15.
Photograph of Ernest W. Fischer holding the carrier pigeon that delivered an invitation to residents of Upland to visit the new Times Building. Standing next to Ernest is Mayor P. H. McQuillen, who holds the letter from the Times in his hands.
Caption: Text from newspaper caption: Ernest W. Fischer, Jr., son of the principal of Chaffey Union High School, is proud of his pigeon—especially when the bird delivers a welcomed message to Upland residents. The pigeon carried an invitation to inspect the new Times Building and did its wining under direction of Capt. Ray R. Delhauer of the Signal Corps.
Handwritten on negative: Right, Ernest W. Fischer Jr
Text from negative sleeve: 4661—4-6-36, [Stamped:] APR 9-1936. (Cut and pasted onto the negative sleeve is the newspaper caption that appeared with the article. It states: “Ernest W. Fischer, Jr., son of the principal of Chaffey Union High School, is proud of his pigeon—especially when the bird delivers a welcomed message to Upland residents. The pigeon carried an invitation to inspect the new Times Building and did its wining under direction of Capt. Ray R. Delhauer of the Signal Corps.”)

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
news photographs
Names: McQuillen, P. H., (Mayor)
Fischer, Ernest W., Jr., b. 1922
Location: Upland (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Correspondence
Children--California--Upland
Mayors--California--Upland
Homing pigeons--California

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_13868
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j7br2
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