Anita Baldwin and General F.S. Strong at World War I monument, Camp Kearny, San Diego, 1928
Item Overview
- Title
- Anita Baldwin and General F.S. Strong at World War I monument, Camp Kearny, San Diego, 1928
- Date Created
- 1928
- Date
- 1928
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
- Description
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Anita Baldwin, in fur-trimmed coat, laying wreath at stone monument to the Lost Battalion (308th Infantry) and Sunshine Division (40th Division) with plaque reading 1918 1928 and artillery shell at base, with General F.S. Strong, in suit and tie, saluting at right, both on concrete platform surrounded by chain
Related to the article “Monument to Memory of Veterans, Memorial Park to be Dedicated to Members of the Sunshine Division.” Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 1928: A10
The Lost Battalion is the name given to nine companies of the United States 77th Division, roughly 554 men, isolated by German forces during World War I after an American attack in the Argonne Forest in October 1918. Roughly 197 were killed in action and approximately 150 missing or taken prisoner before 194 remaining men were rescued.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
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news photographs
cellulose nitrate film - Names
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Baldwin, Anita May, 1876-1939
United States. Army. Division, 40th
Strong, F. S. (Frederick Smith), 1855-1935
United States. Army. Infantry, 308th - Location
- San Diego (Calif.)
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Generals--American--California--San Diego
World War, 1914-1918--Monuments--California--San Diego
People
War
Monuments & memorials--California--San Diego
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
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uclamss_1429_0945
0945 - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002db9qr
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Rights Holder
- UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
- Rights Country
- US
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
- License
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