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

Description:
Memorial Day, also known as "Poppy Day", May 26, 1934. Pearl Lathrop, Marie Gore, and Emma Wolfegang, 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.
Date:
May 26, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Members of the American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies on Memorial Day, May 26, 1934.

Miss Lil Tokio Alice Watanabe extends an invitation to Mayor Frank L. Shaw for the annual Nsei festival, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Frank L. Shaw accepts an invitation to the formal opening of the Nsei festival from "Miss 'Lil Tokio" Alice Watanabe and her attendants. In front, left to right, Fukiko Hori, Alice Watanabe, Frank L. Shaw, and Kay Okamoto. In the back, left to right, Miye Fujioka and Mary Ota.
Date:
August 12, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Miss Lil Tokio Alice Watanabe extends an invitation to Mayor Frank L. Shaw for the annual Nsei festival, Los Angeles, 1935

Newlyweds, Onslow Stevens and Phyllis Cooper embrace for publicity shot, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Actor Onslow Stevens embraces his new socialite wife Phyllis Cooper. A mustached and carefully groomed Stevens is wearing a suit and a tie, while his wife also wears a suit jacket and light colored ascot. Around six weeks after their elopement, the two divorced and Cooper kept her maiden name.
Date:
[September 1934?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Newlyweds, Onslow Stevens and Phyllis Cooper embrace for publicity shot, Los Angeles, 1934