California National Guard members inside Exposition Park Armory, Los Angeles

Item Overview

Title

California National Guard members inside Exposition Park Armory, Los Angeles

Architect

Woollett, John W., b. 1876 or 7

Date Created

[between 1920-1939]

Date

1920/1939

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

About 400 people, mostly uniformed soldiers, standing in the interior of the Exposition Park Armory, some in lines, some in small groups, some with backpacks, helmets, and rifles lying on the floor nearby, with doors to the outside in background, lights and mezzanine level at top
The Exposition Park Armory was designed in 1912 by architect John W. Woollett. It opened in 1914. A later name is the Wallis Annenberg Building for Science Learning and Innovation at the California Science Center.
Possibly related to the article "'Los Angeles Own' – the 160th U.S. Infantry," Los Angeles Times, 25 July 1926. The article states: ... the five designations of the regiment from first to last: The Los Angeles Guard, the Eagle Corps, the Seventh Regiment, the Ninth Infantry, and the 160th Infantry, "Los Angeles Own." The crest is that prescribed for the National Guard organizations of California. ...

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Calif Nat'l Guard, Armory Exposition Pk.
At lower left corner of negative: 110 or 116

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

California. National Guard
Wallis Annenberg Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.017336

Latitude

-118.283964

Resource type

still image