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Title
Portrait of Fiesta de Los Angeles Queen, Mrs. Modini Wood, in profile, ca.1895
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1895
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photographic portrait of Fiesta de Los Angeles Queen, Mrs. Modini Wood, in profile, ca.1895. Mrs. Wood can be seen from the waist up. She is seated with her head turned to the left. She wears her celebratory dress, a lightly-colored gown that appears to be made of silk or satin, and features lace decoration down its bodice. The sleeves are puffed. She wears a floral corsage on her right shoulder, and holds more flowers at her lap in her hands. Her hair is pulled back into a bun. She appears to be middle-aged.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10537
USC-1-1-1-10685 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7558
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10537
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7558.jpg
Subject
Festivals
Festivals and parades--La Fiesta--1895
Woods, Mondina Mrs
La Fiesta de Los Angeles
Time Period
circa 1895
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-21-58; 1-90-726 [Microfiche number]
7558 [Accession number]
CHS-7558 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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