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Title
Smashing the pinata - a holiday custom
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
1963
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.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated December 12, 1963 reads, "A blindfolded celebrant breaks open the traditional Mexican pinata." The article partially reads, "It's part of the annual Christmas pageant, 'Las Posadas,' presented by the Mexican Players at Padua Hills Theater, in the hills above Claremont."; See images #00116997 through #00116999 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00116997
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d019_f9_i19
CARL0005337238
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/50369
Subject
Padua Hills Theatre (Claremont, Calif.)
Theaters--California--Claremont
Theater--California--Claremont
Mexican drama--California--Claremont
Actors--California--Claremont
Men--California--Claremont
Women--California--Claremont
Boys--California--Claremont
Pinatas
Costumes
Claremont (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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