Major and Mrs. Sohan L. Bhatia visiting from Bombay, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Major and Mrs. Sohan L. Bhatia visiting from Bombay, 1935

Date Created

September 1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph appears with the article, "Notables From India Arrive," Los Angeles Times 9 Sept. 1935: A1.
Sohan L. Bhatia was later a colonel and became Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals,Assam, and then Deputy Director-General,Indian Medical Service.
View of Major Sohan L. Bhatia, seated left in suit and tie, hands clasped in lap, and Mrs. Sohan L. Bhatia, seated right in veils, left hand clasping right wrist in lap. Major Sohan Bhatia was an Indian army medical officer who won the Military Cross in 1918 for extraordinary heroism under fire during Allenby's siege of Aleppo, as reported in a related article, “Scion of Ancient Punjab Family Visits Southland.” 9 Sept. 1935: A1.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Maj. Sohan L. Bhatia, of India, and high-caste wife, who arrived yesterday on their way back to Bombay after having attended the golden jubilee at London
Handwritten on negative: Major and Mrs Sohan L. Bhatia
Text from negative sleeve: 2122, Major & Mrs Sohan L. Bhatia, Visitors, [stamped:] Sep 18 1935

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Foreign visitors--Indian
Physicians--Indian--California--Los Angeles
People
International

Names

Bhatia, S.L., (Sohan Lal), 1891-
Bhatia, Sohan L., Mrs.

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image