Salvation Army prepares to feed Christmas dinner to large crowd of needy and homeless, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: Salvation Army prepares to feed Christmas dinner to large crowd of needy and homeless, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: 1935-12-25
December 25, 1935
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: English
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: An official and Salvation Army volunteers prepare a ribbon cutting ceremony to open the doors of Wilcox Cafeteria on Christmas. A number of homeless and people in need line up with meal tickets.
Different photographs of the same occasion appear with the article, "Thousands Given Feast," Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 1935: A2.
Caption: Handwritten on negative sleeve: Salvation Army Xmas Dinner 12-25-35
Text from negative sleeve: [handwritten:] 4179 --- 12/26/35 Salvation Army Xmas Dinner Wilcox Cafe 309 W 4 St 12-25-35

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Salvation Army
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.045200
Latitude: -118.253380
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Homeless persons--California--Los Angeles
Christmas
Dinners and dining

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_13207
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hnc3p
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