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Title
Two young women in Spanish costumes placing candles on a 5-ft tall cake that has a model of the Los Angeles City Hall on top, ca.1930
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of two young women in Spanish costumes placing candles on a 5-ft tall cake that has a model of the Los Angeles City Hall on top, ca.1930. An up-close view of a large cake is visible in the center while a woman stands on each side wearing ruffled costumes. Full sized candlesticks cover the three tiers of the cake while a model of a tall building stands on the top. The ground beneath the cake is trimmed grass while palm trees and other trees are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10481
USC-2-1-1-10628 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-40443
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10481
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-40443.jpg
Subject
Festivals and parades--General
Los Angeles City Hall
Rites and ceremonies
Anniversaries
Parks
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
40443 [Accession number]
CHS-40443 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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