Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of 14 leading businessmen, John G. Francis (in foreground) and others, as clowns in the La Fiesta de Los Angeles Fool's night, ca.1900-1911. On parade at the corner of 5th Street and Hill Street looking east from Hill Street. Their costumes all consist of a white(?) conical cap with 3 dark buttons, a clown-face mask, and white(?) capacious pajama-like overalls with 3 dark buttons and frills at the waist, collar, shoulders, wrists, and ankles. A cage, in which a fool sits, is directly behind them. A crowd of men dressed in suits with hats surround them. Buildings (commercial and residential) are visible on both sides of the street. Utility poles lines are visible overhead. Legible signs include: "Park [...] Market", "Park Place bakery & cafe", "Eureka stables", "Dentist".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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