Members of the American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies on Memorial Day, May 26, 1934.

Item Overview

Title

Members of the American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies on Memorial Day, May 26, 1934.

Date Created

May 26, 1934

Date

1934-05-26

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

Memorial Day, also known as "Poppy Day", May 26, 1934. Members of the American Legion Auxillary pose with Los Angeles's City Council president. In the front row of the photo are City Councilman Howard Davis, Auxillary members Marie Gore, and Mary Repp. Behind them are Auxillary members Julia Van Sky and Mrs. Tom Rice.Members of the Los Angeles American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies, made by veterans of the First World War. The poppies were sold by members of the American Legion Auxillary in order to raise money for disabled veterans and their families.Poppies were chosen as representative of Memorial Day due to their presence in the iconic World War I memorial poem, "In Flanders Fields". The poem was written by Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.

Caption

Text from original nitrate sleeve: Van Sky, Julia; Repp, Mary; Davis, Howard; Woef, Emma; Lathrop, Pearl
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Front - Howard Davis - Marie Gore - Mary Repp. Back - Julia Van Sky, Mrs. Tom Rice.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Davis, Howard W.
Van Sky, Julia
Gore, Marie
Repp, Mary
Wolfegang, Emma
Rice, Mrs. Tom

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Events
Memorial rites & ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Lifestyle