Woman's Relief Corps tree dedication ceremony at the Sawtelle Veterans Home, Los Angeles, 1938

Item Overview

Title

Woman's Relief Corps tree dedication ceremony at the Sawtelle Veterans Home, Los Angeles, 1938

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

May 2, 1938

Date

1938-05-02

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Members of the Woman's Relief Corps and additional participants at a tree dedication ceremony at the Sawtelle Veterans Home. A woman stands at the fore of the group holding a small box and an open program or leaflet. Six women wearing light-colored attire stand behind her, with five of the six women bearing flags over their right shoulders. Each woman wears a badge on her chest (some are Woman's Relief Corps badges with the characteristic Maltese cross attached to a ribbon and bar pin). The group is joined by several men and women. One man standing at far right holds a document with title, "Commemorative Tree Marker," followed by illegible text and an image of a rectangular plaque (inscription begins with "This Tree"). The photo was possibly taken on Veterans Day, November 11, 1938.
The dedication ceremony was part of the 71st annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of California and Nevada, held May 1-6 in Santa Monica. The event was noted in the article, “G.A.R. to Open Meeting Today: Delegates Will be Registered in Hotel Miramar at Beach,” Los Angeles Times, 1 May 1938: 10

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2875. Veterans Parade, Santa Monica, 1938.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Woman’s Relief Corps (U.S.)
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Pacific Branch
Grand Army of the Republic. Department of California

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Rites & Ceremonies--California--Santa Monica