Portrait of Alanson B. Houghton, former American ambassador, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: Portrait of Alanson B. Houghton, former American ambassador, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: February 21, 1935
Date: 1935-02-21
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: This photograph appears with the article "Empire Seen For Germany By Alanson B. Houghton." Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 1935: A1.
This is a photograph taken of Alanson Bigelow Houghton, arriving in Los Angeles from Honolulu on board the Matson liner Lurline, when he was the president of Corning Glass Works. He is famous for being the first American ambassador to Germany. He served in Germany from 1922-1925, following which he was posted to Great Britain, where he retired after three years.
Caption: Text on negative sleeve: Houghton, Alanson B., Ambassador
Text from newspaper caption: Alanson B. Houghton
Handwritten on negative: [to the right of the image] Alanson B. Houghton

Genre: Portrait photographs
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Houghton, Alanson Bigelow, 1863-1941
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles
Ambassadors--American--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_9640
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dhr8j
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Rights statement: copyrighted
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Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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