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Title
Los Angeles County Fair
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
Creator
Leach, Larry
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.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes. There is a horizontal crease near the center of the picture. Title supplied by cataloger.
The Los Angeles County Fair was first held from October 17-21, 1922 in Pomona. During World War II, from May 7 to August 24, 1942, the grounds were used as a Wartime Civilian Control Administration assembly center, which held more than 5,000 Japanese Americans prior to sending them to internment camps. There is no known historical marker at the site. There was no fair held from 1942-1947 due to the war. The fair is one of the largest county fairs in the United States. It is held in September on 543 acres of fairgrounds known as Fairplex, which includes a hotel and exposition complex, and is operated by the Los Angeles County Fair Association.
Pictured are Los Angeles County Fair Queen DiAnn Lawson, 18 (front), and Princess Joyce Stevens, 19, as they ride the carousel. Photograph dated September 12, 1963. See images 00154969 through 00154971 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 36 x 29 cm.
Identifier
00154971
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d058_f32_i24
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128052
Subject
Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Beauty contestants
Young women
Fairs
Merry-go-rounds
Merry-go-round horses
Amusement rides
Pomona (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1961-1970

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