Dr. Frank W. Emerson and veterans during Memorial Day cemermonies, Los Angeles, 1940

Title: Dr. Frank W. Emerson and veterans during Memorial Day cemermonies, Los Angeles, 1940
Date Created: May 30, 1940
Date: 1940-05-30
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Dr. Frank W. Emerson and two Veterans stand in front of the Private Herman W. Hils memorial in Pershing Square for Memorial Day ceremonies, May 30, 1940. Two garlands honor the fallen soldier who was of the 7th California Volunteer Infantry from Theodore Roosevelt Camp No.9. Memorial reads, "Private Herman W Hils Co. D. Died Dec. 4, 1898." A crowd is visible in the background.
Related to the article, "Thousands Pay Tribute to War Dead. Memorial Services in Coliseum Draw 30,000; Olson Speaks in Park," Los Angeles Times, 31 May 1940: 1.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Emerson, Frank W. Dr.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Emerson, Frank, 1871-1940
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.048784
Latitude: -118.252201
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Veterans--American
Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Memorial Day
Plazas--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_2257
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dd6s7
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Rights Country: US
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