Names: Bringham, Robert A., Amedee Col. 1892-1973 / Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Col. Robert A. Bringham was the manager of the National Military Home in West Los Angeles in 1935.
Date:: May 4, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Frank N. Belgrano was a banker. He was probably the president of the United Bank and Trust Company at this time. In 1934-35 he also served as national commander of the American Legion.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of Col. Robert A. (Amedee) Bringham, manager of the Sawtelle Veterans Home (National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch) and John F. Eaton, Civil War veteran (representing Atchison / John A. Martin G.A.R. Post 93, Kansas) at the Armistice Day parade in Santa Monica. A flag viewed in the background includes text that reads: "[Vet]erans of Foreign [Wars of the] United States." The group's emblem (a cross of Malta with the organization's name encircling an eagle topped with thirteen stars and a flag at center) is placed above the text. The men were probably photographed on the parade review stand.
Date:: November 11, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Col. Robert A. (Amedee) Bringham, manager of the Sawtelle Veterans Home (National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch), photographed saluting with two other veterans at the Armistice Day parade in Santa Monica. A flag viewed in the background includes text that reads: "Unknown [Soldiers Post 875], West Los [Angeles, California], Mustered in Jan. [3rd]...Veterans of Foreign Wars of United States." The group's emblem (a Cross of Malta with the organization's name encircling an eagle and flag topped with thirteen stars) is placed at center. A second flag reads, in part, "Sawtelle...Soldiers...American" and includes an emblem at center. Additional men can be seen in the background talking and walking about. In the foreground, two microphones are placed in front of what is possibly the parade review stand.
Date:: November 11, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Santa Monica's Armistice Day parade is noted in the article, "Southland Cities Ready for Patriotic Services: Parade, School Pageants and Assemblies to Feature Armistice Observances Today," Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 1938.
Date:: November 11, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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