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Description
Funeral services for infant Gomez (first name unknown) held at Church of Our Lady of Solitude (la Soledad) circa 1942. The five chosen pallbearer girls were the sisters of Ofelia Esparza (photo donor), cousins and a neighbor. Four out of the five pallbearers are in view carrying the casket down the church stairs to the sidewalk. They are all dressed in white dresses and three of them are wearing veils. From the left are: Margaret Mercado (photo donor's cousin), unidentified girl in back of the casket, Evangelina Rivera (photo donor's sister) and Hortencia Mercado (photo donor's cousin). On the stairs in back of them are two ladies and several kids. One of the ladies is possibly the mother of infant Gomez.
**Rivera, Evangelina Mercado, Hortencia Mercado, Margaret Funeral rites and ceremonies--California--East Los Angeles Funeral service--East Los Angeles Coffins--California--East Los Angeles Ritos y ceremonias fúnebres--California--Este de Los Ángeles Servicio fúnebre--California--Este de Los Ángeles
Place
4561 East Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90022 East Los Angeles (Los Angeles county, California : inhabited place) Los Angeles (California, United States : county)\ California (United States, North and Central America : state) United States (North and Central America, World : nation)
Source
3 x 5 in. black-and-white photograph; FELAA253.JPG
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