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Title: Queen rides high at almond festival
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1958
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
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Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated March 10, 1958 reads "Quartz Hill Almond Bloom Festival Queen Linda Dyer rides in old-fashioned carriage during annual Antelope Valley event attended by an estimated crowd of 35,000 persons. Palmdale's Chamber of Commerce Merchants' float won parade Sweepstakes award. Comedian Joe E. Brown acted as Grand Marshall for parade climaxing three-day event."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier: 00155938
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d060_f10_i8
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/129177
Subject: Quartz Hill Almond Blossom Festival
Beauty contestants
Young women
Men
Parades
Carriages and carts
Flowers
Gestures
Costumes
Antelope Valley (Calif.)
Time Period: 1951-1960

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