General Edward J. Higgins and his wife Catherine, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

General Edward J. Higgins and his wife Catherine, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

September 17, 1936

Date

1936-09-17

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Gen. Higgins Welcomed," Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep 1936: A1.
General Higgins has traveled with his wife to Southland to foster the World-for-God movement to bring more Christians to the Salvation Army.
General Higgins, dressed in uniform, stands beside his smiling wife Catherine, holding a bouquet of flowers on the train's platform.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 6642 - Com. B Orames Gen E.J. Higgins Mrs E.J. Higgins Col A. D. Jackson Salvation Army 9/17/36 [stamped:] Sep 24 1936
Text from negative sleeve: Gen. Edward Higgins, retired international head of the Salvation Army, and his wife as they arrived in Los Angeles yesterday. Gen. Higgins will conduct meetings in the world-for-God movement intended to win recruits to Salvation Army ranks.
Handwritten on negative: Gen + Mrs E.J. Higgins 9/17/36

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Higgins, Edward J., 1864-1947
Higgins, Catherine, b.1868 or 69-1952
Salvation Army

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles
Generals--British--California--Los Angeles
Bouquets
Uniforms
Spouses--California--Los Angeles
Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles