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Description:: Alferi sits facing the camera with his hands on his lap. His necktie features an illustration of a soldier with the words, “WE WANT THE BONUS” written under it.
Date:: [circa 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Alferi sits posed with his hands on his lap. His necktie features an illustration of a soldier with the words, “WE WANT THE BONUS” written under it.
Date:: [circa 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Two veterans stand arm-in-arm with a woman. Some of the 25,000 spectators can be seen in the background.
Date:: May 30, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Veteran A. W. Chase an Oakland broker, who was elected as the State Commander of United Public Veterans of the Republic. On the right is Andrew C. Freese, who was the State Adjutant of United Public Veterans of the Republic The face of Chase, cropped, appears with the article, "New Chief of Veterans to be Feted: Young and Porter will be guests at Luncheon for A. W. Chase tomorrow," Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 1929: A3.
Date:: August 27, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “War’s Survivors Parade to Honor Those Who Died,” Los Angeles Times, 31 May 1935: A2.
Date:: May 30, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photograph of Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw and World War veteran members of the American Legion City Hall Post No. 387, Clifford K. Steele, A. D. Endsley and city hall engineering department accountant Harry Whittington in front of City Hall before the members of the American Legion Post went to Fresno for a convention. The Summer of 1935 faced a heat wave in the San Joaquin Valley, due to which the veterans took their own water wagon. A mountain pump was rigged which was to be used as a shower bath. Photograph shows the wagon hitched to a car. Ross Olney stands next to the water pump. The wagon has a banner reading, "Showed Baths Given Here, And How," and the barrel of water has a sign reading, "A Los Angeles Rain Storm, The Climate of Los Angeles is Cool, Have Some,". The Wagon itself has a sign painted to the side reading, "Keep Cool with Los Angeles City Hall Post, A Los Angeles Rain Storm, our weather is unique, warm up with Fresno." C. K. Steele is standing in the back row, holding a small box reading, "Los Angeles City Hall Post No. 387, California." The veterans and the Mayor protect themselved from the water shower with umbrellas.
Date:: Aug 9, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Similar photograph published under caption, "Veterans Take Water Wagon to Fresno." Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 1935: 6.
Date:: Aug 9, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Veterans of the Indian War assemble on Memorial Day, 1935. The ceremonies were held at the Memorial Coliseum, where veterans of the Civil War and Spanish American War attended, and several bands entertained the crowd.
Date:: [circa May 26, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: American veterans receiving their bonus payments at a government office. Frank T. Hines, administrator of the Veterans' Bureau said 2,700,000 applications for bonus payments had been received nationwide.
Date:: [circa April 15, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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