Civil war veterans Russel C. Martin and Darwin Wolcott enjoy Christmas dinner at Patriotic Hall, Los Angeles, 1938

Title: Civil war veterans Russel C. Martin and Darwin Wolcott enjoy Christmas dinner at Patriotic Hall, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created: December 16, 1938
Date: 1938-12-16
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Russel Martin, left, talks to Darwin Wolcott, right, who is smiling and has a cane in his hands. Fellow veteran E. A. Speegle is seen in the background, between the two men.
This photograph is likely related to the article, “Civil War Veterans’ Group Steals March on Christmas,” Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec 1938: A16.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Russel C. Martin + Darwin Wolcott 12-16-38
Text from negative sleeve: 15221 – Russell C. Martin age 90, past nat’l comm. In chief, Darwin Wolcott age 90, Civil War Vets H-41 [stamped:] DEC 16 1938 [stamped:] DEC 22 1938

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Martin, Russel C., (Russel Clinton), 1848-1945
Speegle, Emanuel Abraham, 1845-1940
Walcott, Darwin, (Darwin Bushnell), 1848-1947
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.035260
Latitude: -118.271250
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Christmas
Dinners and dining
Veterans--American

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_11951
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h8t8m
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Rights Country: US
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