Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
7 images. Santa Barbara fiesta, 10 August 1960. Juanita Ziady Father Virgil Cordano George V. Castagnola Diane Ziady Jaye Valenzuela Julie Felix Susanne Collier -- 22 months Bertrand Harmer Mary Collier -- 15 years Cheryl Flaathen -- 15 years Janet Baker -- 8 years Mickey Cornish -- 10 years Diane Otterson -- 8 years. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Lapp. Date: 1960-08-10. Reporter: Kasindorf. Assignment: Santa Barbara Fiesta 'Old Spanish Day'. 3-5, L to R: Cheryl Flaathen (cq), 15, uses street as scene of impromptu Mexican hat dance. 9-10: 3 Spanish-garbed kids go through their dance paces in court house courtyard to strains of 'Ramona'. Kids are: Janet Baker, 8 Mickey Cornish, 10 Diane Otterson, 8. 15-16: Flower girls wait in cable car to welcome train arrivals at depot. Welcome sign decorates station. 5-6: Waving of flower girls as Southern Pacific pulls in, to disgorge loads of 'fiesteros'. 29-30, l to r: Juanita Ziady, dancer Father Virgil Cordano, OFM, Superior of the Old Mission at Santa Barbara (scene of opening ceremonies) George V. Castagnola, 'El Presidente' of the Old Spanish Days fiesta and Diane Ziady (Juanita's sister), also a dancer. 49-50: Susanne Collier, 22 mos. Architect Bertrand Harmer Mary Collier, 15, get into the Spanish spirit -- kneel in costume before a sign. 51-52: Tuning up for fiesta -- flamenco guitarists Jaye Valenzuela (of Monterey) Julie Felix (Los Angeles)."
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image
Format
7 photographs : negatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm. image/tiff negatives (photographic) photographs
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