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Title
Alpha 66 convention
Alternative Title
Shades of L.A. Photo Collection
Contributor
Shades of L.A. is an archive of photographs representing the contemporary and historic diversity of families in Los Angeles. Images were chosen from family albums and include daily life, social organizations, work, personal and holiday celebrations, and migration and immigration activities. Made possible and accessible through the generous support of the Security Pacific National Bank, Sunlaw Cogeneration Partners, Photo Friends, California Council for the Humanities, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1995
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and educational use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/orderinguse.html for additional information.
The contents of this collection are restricted to personal, research, and non-commercial use. The Library cannot share the personal and/or contact information of the donors, their descendants, or associates who contributed photographs and oral histories to the collection.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Image is a reproduction.
Yoel Borges, the Organization Secretary for Alpha 66, is shown at a meeting at Luminarias restaurant in Monterey Park. Alpha 66 is an anti-communist organization working for the liberation of Cuba. The group was formed by Cuban exiles. Alpha signifies the beginning and the group started with 66 people.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :color ;14 x 12 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00025889
Shades of L.A. Collection; Shades of L.A.: Cuban American Community
S-013-369 120
CARL0004988067
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/79762
Subject
Alpha 66 (Organization)
Luminarias (Restaurant : Monterey Park, Calif.)
Anti-communist movements--United States
Militia movements--United States
Meetings--California--Monterey Park
Men--California--Monterey Park
Restaurants--California--Monterey Park
Monterey Park (Calif.)
Shades of L.A. Collection photographs
Source
Talleda, Miguel L.

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