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Title: Cinco de Mayo celebration in Los Angeles
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator: Stewart, Lucille
Date Created and/or Issued: 1945
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Ezequiel Padilla, Mexico's Secretary for Foreign Relations and former Washington ambassador, visited Los Angeles in May, 1945. During his visit, he was honored at a special Cinco de Mayo ceremony held at Los Angeles City Hall. Some other prominent guests at the event included: Mayor Fletcher Bowron, Mexican Consul General Col. Vicente Peralta, and Bishop Joseph T. McGucken.
From the Spring Street steps of the Los Angeles City Hall, an unidentified man addresses about forty thousand attendees at a special Cinco de Mayo celebration.
Type: image
Format: 1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier: 00088670
Lucille Stewart Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
GPC_b15_f1_i28_N
CARL0004965176
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/123626
Subject: Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Politicians--Mexico
Celebrations--California--Los Angeles
Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday)
City halls--California--Los Angeles

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