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Memorial Day Review, Soldier's Home, Sawtelle



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  • Dinner time, Soldier's Home, Sawtelle

    Dinner time, Soldier's Home, Sawtelle

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    Soldiers entering dining Hall.

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  • Soldiers Home dining hall, Santa Monica, Cal

    Soldiers Home dining hall, Santa Monica, Cal

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    Image of people in front of the dining hall at the Soldiers' Home, a care home for veterans opened in 1888.

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  • Co. 12 Soldier's Home, Sawtelle, California

    Co. 12 Soldier's Home, Sawtelle, California

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    Group portrait of Company No. 12 of [World War I(?)] veterans at the Soldiers' Home (formally called the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers) in Sawtelle, West Los Angeles (location called Santa Monica when first established).

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    Sawtelle, Soldier's Home

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    The collection consists of 3396 black and white photographs (many with corresponding original and copy negatives), 116 unprinted glass plate negatives, memos, correspondence, press releases, and notes related to the Pacific Electric Railway, ca. 1870s-1950s. The collection provides a comprehensive overview of the routes and areas served by the Railway during the years of its operation, and thus a picture of the growth of Southern California during the first half of the twentieth century. The images include views of landscape along, and towns served by, the Pacific Electric routes, including Central Los Angeles; Pacific Electric track and stations; Pacific Electric advertising, publicity, and public relations photographs; Los Angeles and surrounding area parks; Pacific Electric employees and employee activities; construction of Pacific Electric facilities, such as the Hollywood subway, the 6th and Main Street terminal, and the Subway Terminal Building; and Pacific Electric trolley cars and buses.

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    Sawtelle, Soldier's Home

    Visual Materials

    The collection consists of 3396 black and white photographs (many with corresponding original and copy negatives), 116 unprinted glass plate negatives, memos, correspondence, press releases, and notes related to the Pacific Electric Railway, ca. 1870s-1950s. The collection provides a comprehensive overview of the routes and areas served by the Railway during the years of its operation, and thus a picture of the growth of Southern California during the first half of the twentieth century. The images include views of landscape along, and towns served by, the Pacific Electric routes, including Central Los Angeles; Pacific Electric track and stations; Pacific Electric advertising, publicity, and public relations photographs; Los Angeles and surrounding area parks; Pacific Electric employees and employee activities; construction of Pacific Electric facilities, such as the Hollywood subway, the 6th and Main Street terminal, and the Subway Terminal Building; and Pacific Electric trolley cars and buses.

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  • Priscilla Dean and Peggy Hamilton at Veterans Headquarters. 1928

    Priscilla Dean and Peggy Hamilton at Veterans Headquarters. 1928

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    Priscilla Dean, Peggy Hamilton, and an unidentified man in uniform at Veterans Headquarters, location unidentified. The two women hold wooden animals and fringed scarves, and the man holds a framed painting. They are posing in front of an American flag.

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