Fred Davis, winner of Irish Sweep smiles at his good luck, San Pedro, 1936

Title: Fred Davis, winner of Irish Sweep smiles at his good luck, San Pedro, 1936
Date Created: May 24, 1936
Date: 1936-05-24
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: English
No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: This photograph appears with the article, “AMERICANS WIN HEAVILY ON ‘SWEEPS’: Awards Total $956,880 Thirty in Southland Among 432 Fortunates in First-Day Drawing,” Los Angeles Times, 24 May 1936: 1.
Photograph of Fred Davis, winner of Irish Sweeps. He wears a hat that says in English “Railway Express Agency”.
The insert that accompanies this photograph says “City Desk TIMES: Here’s a negative of Fred Davis, San Pedro man who drew ‘Precipitation’ in the Irish Sweeps. Waldo Drake requested the negative. Its [sic] undeveloped. He’s got the story. –Herm Wilson, Matson Line. 1936”. The Item Ark for this insert is 21198/zz002j7vst.
Caption: Text from newspaper caption: Fred Davis
Text from negative sleeve: 5463—Fred Davis, Irish Sweepstakes winner, [Stamped:] MAY 27 1936

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_14302
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j7vqs
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Rights Country: US
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