Women decorating graves at Rosedale cemetery, Los Angeles, 1922

Description: A row of unidentified women in white dresses walk along veterans’ graves and place flowers. The graves are all marked with American flags. Spectators and military officials can be seen in the background.
This photograph appears with the article, “Honor Departed Heroes,” Los Angeles Times, 31 May 1922: I3.
Caption: Text from newspaper caption: Angelenos Do Homage to Silent Warriors; As Heads are Bowed in Memory of the Departed; Decorating graves; Patriotic Join in Memorial day Observances … Members of the women’s auxiliaries of Roosevelt and and [sic] Glass campus, U. S. W. V., are shown decorating graves in Rosedale Cemetery.
Text from negative sleeve: Memorial Day 1922 X

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Rosedale Cemetery (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Cemeteries--American--California--Los Angeles
Memorial Day
Flags--American

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_6518
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cwrcm
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