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Order Number	00105825
Title	Buster Keaton during armory ceremony
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 1015
Date	1927
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	The Armory Building was designed in by State Architect J.W. Woollett for the California National Guard 160th Infantry and built in 1912. In 2003, the California Science Center's Board of Directors voted to rename the Armory Building as the Wallis Annenberg Building for Science Learning and Innovation due to contributions toward the redevelopment of the building by architect Thomas Mayne, which reopened in 2004.
Description	Photograph caption dated August 11, 1927 reads, "Buster Keaton being commissioned as a captain in the Oregon National Guard. The ceremony took place last night in the local Armory, with officers of the 160th Infantry, Regimental Staff, California national Guard, officiating, through special arrangement between the Governor of Oregon and the Oregon Guard and California officials and the California Guard. Left to right, Lieutenant Colonel Seth E. Howard, executive officer; Captain Marvin C. Bradley, operations officer; Buster Keaton, Colonel Harcourt Hervey, commanding; Captain Charles Kastler, regimental supply officer, and Captain Harold E. hopping, adjutant.
Subject	Keaton, Buster,--1895-1966. Oregon.--National Guard. 160th Regiment State Armory (Los Angeles, Calif.). Military uniforms. Armories--California--Los Angeles. Motion picture actors and actresses--United States. Men--California--Los Angeles. Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.). Group portraits Portrait photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs. Woollett, J. W.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection