Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden examines a dinosaur fossil at the Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, 1926

Item Overview

Title

Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden examines a dinosaur fossil at the Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, 1926

Date Created

July 24, 1926

Date

1926-07-24

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden leans in for a closer look at a dinosaur fossil at the Natural History Museum. His guide, ornithologist Luther E. Weyman, looks into a display case just behind him. Reported in "ROYAL PAIR LEAVE CITY: Departure Taken for Yosemite Swedish Crown Prince States Period Spent Here Marks Epoch in Life Large Crowd Waits at Depot to Tender Distinguished Guests Farewell," Los Angeles Times, 25 July 1926: 1.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
glass plate negatives

Names

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Gustav VI Adolf, King of Sweden, 1882-1973
Weyman, Luther E., 1871-1928

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Fossils--California--Los Angeles
Princes--Sweden
Ornithologists--American--California--Los Angeles
Natural history museums--California--Los Angeles