John Eaton, 92-year-old veteran, stands amongst the tombstones of Civil War soldiers, Los Angeles, 1938
Item Overview
- Title
- John Eaton, 92-year-old veteran, stands amongst the tombstones of Civil War soldiers, Los Angeles, 1938
- Date Created
- December 11, 1938
- Date
- 1938-12-11
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
- Description
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92-year-old John Eaton, along with 97-year-old Thomas Carter, are the only surviving veterans of the original 200 members of the John A. Martin Post, G.A.R. The Civil War post is to be disbanded.
Story related to photograph appears with the article, "G.A.R. Post to Disband," Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec 1938: A1.
John Eaton stands beside the tombstone of Hosea Q. Morton, leaning on his cane and holding his hat in his other hand. Behind him rows upon rows of tombstones can be seen stretching into the distance.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
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cellulose nitrate film
news photographs - Names
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Grand Army of the Republic
Eaton, John, b. 1846 or 47 - Location
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Staffs (Sticks)
Cemeteries--American--California--Los Angeles
Tombs & sepulchral monuments--California--Los Angeles
Older people--California--Los Angeles
Veterans--American
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1429_11869
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002h8qfr
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Rights Holder
- UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
- Rights Country
- US
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
- License
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .