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Olvera Street cross with a tribute to Will Rogers, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
View of the large wooden cross at the south end of Olvera Street, on a stepped circular, river stone base, bearing a floral wreath and sign in memory of Will Rogers and a large candle. The sign reads: "Will Rogers / Los Mexicanes De La Calle Olvera Lamentan In Muerta." A woman in Spanish dress a black veil over head kneels before the cross.
Date:
September 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Olvera Street cross with a tribute to Will Rogers, Los Angeles, 1935

Portrait of two of the pilots who flew the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post to Union Air Terminal, Burbank, 1935

Description:
Portrait of engineer Tom Ward and pilot Joe Crosson in the Pacific Automotive Corp hangar at the Union Air Terminal after arriving in a plane transporting the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post. Crosson brought the bodies of Rogers and Post out of the wilds of Alaska to Seattle.
Date:
August 19, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Portrait of two of the pilots who flew the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post to Union Air Terminal, Burbank, 1935

George Jessel speaking at the memorial service for will Rogers at Twentieth Century Fox Studio, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Description accompanying negative: Scene of the memorial services for Will Rogers held at the departed star's own studio, 20th Century-Fox, at whose Movietone City plant in Westwood Hills 2,500 of the star's co-workers gathered in the open air to pay their final tribute. Stars, directors, executives and laborers joined in common grief as George Jessel, famed star of sage and screen, Jason Joy, studio executive, and the Reverend Josiah Hopkins eulogized the nation's idol [ark no. 21198/zz002d96wf ].
Date:
August 22, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
George Jessel speaking at the memorial service for will Rogers at Twentieth Century Fox Studio, Los Angeles, 1935

Funeral of Will Rogers at Forest Lawn, Glendale, 1935

Description:
Funeral of Will Rogers at Forest Lawn with an honor guard of 8 enlisted men from the Seventeenth Attack Group, of General Headquarters, First Wing, March Field, attending the casket, which is draped with a floral American flag. The guard was changed every half hour. A column of mourners behind a rope barrier passes the casket.
Date:
August 22, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Funeral of Will Rogers at Forest Lawn, Glendale, 1935

George Jessel speaking at the memorial service for will Rogers at Twentieth Century Fox Studio, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Description accompanying negative: Scene of the memorial services for Will Rogers held at the departed star's own studio, 20th Century-Fox, at whose Movietone City plant in Westwood Hills 2,500 of the star's co-workers gathered in the open air to pay their final tribute. Stars, directors, executives and laborers joined in common grief as George Jessel, famed star of sage and screen, Jason Joy, studio executive, and the Reverend Josiah Hopkins eulogized the nation's idol [ark no. 21198/zz002d96wf].
Date:
August 22, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
George Jessel speaking at the memorial service for will Rogers at Twentieth Century Fox Studio, Los Angeles, 1935