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Description
Order Number
00067970
Title
Mormon
missionaries
on
Whitmore
,
Echo
Park
Photographer
Leonard, Gary.
Collection ID
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection
Location/Accession
GPC_b1_f2_i19
;
A-009-249
4x5
Date
1997
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;19
x
36
cm
.
Description
Two
young
Mormon
missionaries
pose
next
to their
bicycles
on
Whitmore
Avenue
. A
Mormon
missionary
is
a
missionary
for The
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
,
more
commonly
known
as the
Mormon
Church
.
Most
Mormon
missionaries
are
single
young
men
and
women
in their
early
twenties
,
who
receive
a "
call
to
serve
"
-
an
official
notification
of their
location
assignment
-
which
is
usually
a
mission
far
from
home
. They are
volunteers
and
do
not
receive
a
salary
.
Full-time
proselytizing
missionaries
are
required
to
adhere
to a
dress
code
: for
men
,
conservative
,
dark
trousers
and
suit
coats
,
white
dress
shirts
, and
ties
are
generally
required
. For
women
,
modest
and
professional
dresses
or
blouses
and
skirts
must
be
worn
.
Missionaries
are
assigned
companions
, and are
directed
to
stay
together
at
all
times
. The
young
men
pictured
here are
serving
their
missionary
work
in
Echo
Park
. The
man
on the
left
wears
a
name
tag
identifying
him as an "
Elder
",
which
means
he
is
a
full-time
missionary
.
Photograph
dated
September
13
,
1997
.
Subject
Mormon missionaries--California--Los Angeles.
Mormon youth--California--Los Angeles.
Bicycles--California--Los Angeles.
Echo Park (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection photographs.
Group portraits
Coverage
1991
;
1992
;
1993
;
1994
;
1995
;
1996
;
1997
;
1998
;
1999
;
2000
Format
Photographic prints
Credits
Part of the Los Angeles Neighborhoods Project. Made accessible through a grant from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation.
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 Neighborhoods Photo Collection
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