Cemetery at the Santa Monica Soldiers' Home in Sawtelle decorated for Memorial Day, ca.1905

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Title	Cemetery at the Santa Monica Soldiers' Home in Sawtelle decorated for Memorial Day, ca.1905
Description	Photograph of the cemetery at the Santa Monica Soldiers' Home in Sawtelle decorated for Memorial Day, ca.1905. The graves in the foreground are covered with flowers. Behind then is a formation of soldiers; those in the center and on the left are holding rifles, while those on the right comprise a band. All of them are being inspected by officers. In the background behind these soldiers, civilians can be seen walking through more graves, and some are paying their respects by placing flowers down. There are trees in the background in the middle, as well as one on the right side that has a bicycle leaning against its trunk.
Subject	Soldier's Home; National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Subject (adlf)	cemeteries
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles -- Sawtelle
Subject (lcsh)	Veterans Associations, institutions, etc. Dwellings Military Cemeteries Memorial Day Flowers
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Sawtelle; Santa Monica
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1905
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1905
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographs
Accession number	9996
Call number	CHS-9996
Microfiche number	1-54-
Legacy record ID	chs-m4569; USC-0-1-1-4666
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-9996
Archival file	chs_Volume48/CHS-9996.tiff

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