Dancer Aissatou Manasare accepts flower from Pacoima
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
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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.
Photograph caption reads: "Chamber of Commerce President Earl Erne greets Ballets Africans [sic]". The Guinea dance company, Les Ballets Africains, was invited by Mr. and Mrs. Alvano Dean to tour Pacoima and attend a reception at their house. The dancers' costumes had provoked a civic storm after a performance at the Biltmore. Photograph dated: Feb. 17, 1961.
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image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Les Ballets Africains Dancers--Guinea Dance companies--Guinea Receptions--California--Los Angeles Boards of trade--Presidents Pacoima (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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