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Description:: Crowds gather along 7th Avenue/Highway 94 to watch military units march in the Armistice Day parade.
Date:: November 11, 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Governor Frank Merriam stands at a podium and introduces President Franklin D. Roosevelt before his address in Balboa Stadium. The platform the Governor stands upon is lined by a railing decorated with patriotic bunting and a flag. The flag hangs in front of the lectern. Behind the lectern, Governor Merriam stands at center and looks up. Behind him at left, a few military officers are seated. Seated behind Governor Merriam at right, are, from left to right, President Franklin Roosevelt, Mayor Percy Benbough and Eleanor Roosevelt. American flags and patriotic bunting surround the platform and decorate the stadium's colonnade, which stretches across the background.
Date:: [circa October 2, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photograph of the Shell Oil Company Building, cast in concrete in the shape of a seashell, at the California Pacific International Exposition during the end stages of construction. A ladder is suspended from the top of the shell and a man is suspended on a scaffold near the top on the right. Scaffolding is on the ground in front of the building. Technical writing appears on each shell spandrel about midway up the façade (where there appears to be a join between 2 large cast shell sections), at the bases of the shell spandrels, and around the doorway. A flatbed truck and 2 cars are parked in front and 2 boys are passing on a bicycle.
Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Owens, Charles H.
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View at night across the reflecting pool in the Plaza del Pacifico (Plaza de Panama in 1915) towards the illuminated House of Charm. A crowd is gathered next to the reflecting pool.
Date:: [between 1935-1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Related to the article, “PRESIDENT VOWS HE'LL SHUN WAR: Promise Given on Neutrality Individual Effort, He Says Must Follow Gains Made Under New Deal NEUTRALITY REAFFIRMED Roosevelt Vows to Shun War New Deal Foes Challenged With Statistics in His San Diego Talk,” Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 1935: 1
Date:: [circa October 2, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: President Franklin D. Roosevelt stands at a podium while delivering a speech in Balboa Stadium. The platform he stands upon is lined by a railing decorated with patriotic bunting and a flag. The flag hangs in front of the lectern. Behind the lectern, President Roosevelt stands, off-center to the left. He looks down at the lectern. An unknown military officer stands to the immediate right of him. Behind President Roosevelt at left, a few military officers stand and clap their hands. Standing behind President Roosevelt at right, are, from left to right, Mayor Percy Benbough, Eleanor Roosevelt, and an unknown woman (possibly Grace Benbough?). Mayor Benbough is partially obscured by the military officer beside the President and the 2 women stand side-by-side beneath an American Flag. American flags and patriotic bunting surround the platform and decorate the stadium's colonnade, which stretches across the background.
Date:: [circa October 2, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Harry Oliver was an American humorist, artist, and Academy Award nominated art director of films from the 1920s and 1930s.
Date:: [1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Balboa Stadium, designed by Quayle Brothers and Cressy, architects, is a soccer and football stadium and was built in 1914 as part of the 1915 Panama California Exposition. It was expanded around 1961 and replaced with a new stadium in the 1970's.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: This photograph appears with the article, “San Diego Has Largest Armistice Day Crowd,” Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 1941: 26.
Date:: November 11, 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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