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See and welcome Colonel Lindbergh to Los Angeles ... : Tuesday, Sept. 20

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Description: Poster advertising parade and public reception for Charles A. Lindbergh on Tuesday, September 20, 1927. The poster lists reduced Pacific Electric Railway "red car" fares to and from Los Angeles for the event. The parade route was to start at 2:30 pm from First and Broadway, travel south on Broadway to 12th Street; west on 12th to Figuroa, south on Figuroa to Coliseum and end in a public reception ath the L.A. Coliseum at 3:30 pm. Printed in red and blue with a photographic portrait of Lindbergh surrounded by the words: "America's Lone Eagle."
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1927?]
Call number: 653380
Provenance: Gift of Pat Morrison, December 2020.
Dimensions: 45 x 15 cm
Associated organization: Pacific Electric Railway Company.
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