Uncle Billy Adams, 98 years old, recovers from a flu attack, Fullerton, 1936

Title: Uncle Billy Adams, 98 years old, recovers from a flu attack, Fullerton, 1936
Date Created: February 19, 1936
Date: 1936-02-19
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Uncle Billy poses for the camera holding his fists in front of him.
Photograph appears with the headline, "Still Full of Fight at 98!," Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb 1936: A5.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Charles Adams
Text from newspaper caption: Put up your dukes, young feller! "Uncle Billy" Adams, 98-year-old Fullerton resident, former Indian war fighter and Confederate soldier, is recovering from a flu attack which almost succeeded in vanquishing the doughty warrior. This pose shows he is full of pep and fun again. A resident of Fullerton for forty-five years, "Uncle Billy" bears the scars of many battles.
Text from negative sleeve: 3724 - "Uncle" Charlie Adams of Fullerton. Fought Sitting Bull at time of Custer's defeat. 2/19/36 2/19/36

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_12803
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hmw5h
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