Genre: news photographs / Collection: OpenUCLA Collections / Names: Rogers, Will, 1879-1935 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Related to the article: "Boost Given Homes City: Leaders Praise Beverly Hills. Chamber, Civic Association Hold Annual Banquet; Notables present," Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 1935: A1
Date:: March 4, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Related to the article: "Boost Given Homes City: Leaders Praise Beverly Hills. Chamber, Civic Association Hold Annual Banquet; Notables present," Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 1935: A1
Date:: March 4, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Will Rogers was selected for the award for meritorious service in the advancement of aeronautics by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers a month before his fatal plane crash on August 16th, 1935. His widow Betty Rogers accepted the award posthumously.
Date:: October 29, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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