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Description:: Eighteen uniformed women stand in a semicircle. A man stands in the midst. A woman to his left wears a whistle and holds a baton, suggesting she is the captain. The photo is quite dark; perhaps it was taken in the early morning before the parade began. Reported in "Patriotic Spectacle in State Legion Parade That Stirred Memories of World Conflict...," Los Angeles Times, 01 Sep. 1931: A1.
Date:: August 31, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Tinkler, Leymel, and Anderson stand together with smiles and wearing their hats with the Legion insignias.
Date:: September 7, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Warren Atherton, Commander of the American Legion, standing at a podium and holding an oversized gavel.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: A man in a 3-piece suit and holding a hat, flanked by two women, at an American Legion event.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Two couples, the men in 3-piece suits and the women in 1920s style outfits, attend an American Legion event with others visible in the background.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Reported in "Patriotic Spectacle in State Legion Parade That Stirred Memories of World Conflict: COAST LEGION TACKLES UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF Long Beach Gathering Discusses Problems of Idle Veterans and Compensation," Los Angeles Times, 01 Sep. 1931: A1; "Ex-Soldiers Hold Parade," Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 1931: A1; and "Drums Call Veterans: American Legion Delegates Arrive at Long Beach for California Convention," Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 1931: A1.
Date:: August 31, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Stephen F. Chadwick,National commander of the American Legion, holding a Sunkist orange and sitting next to his wife, Margaret, and daughter, Mary, possibly at hotel room. His wife is holding a bowl of fruit.
Date:: January 1, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: John R. Quinn smiles at O'Neil as he shakes hands with another unidentified man. Mrs. O'Neil smiles beside her husband. Other uniformed young men can be seen standing behind them.
Date:: circa 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: John R. Quinn holds his hat in his hand with Ralph T O'Neil on his right and Margaret O'Neil.
Date:: [circa 1931]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Portrait of John R. Quinn, National Commander of the American Legion; he smiles looking off-camera. A similar photograph apears in "LEGION LEADER ALL WESTERNER: Bread of Vision as He is Typical of Plains; "Old Man Quinn's Sen John" Will Stick to Him; Leader in School [School], College-and Among Cowboys," Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 1923: II8.
Date:: [circa 1923]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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