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Title
Horse-drawn float at La Fiesta de Los Angeles, 1906
Date Created and/or Issued
1906
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 a view of a horse-drawn float in the La Fiesta de Los Angeles parade, showing commercial buildings in the background, 1906. A horse-drawn cart, covered in foliage, sits at center, driven by two men in tophats. The cart bears a banner that reads "La Fiesta de las Flores Los Angeles"
the Shriner's insignia is printed in the middle of the banner. Brick commercial buildings can be seen behind the cart, including a "Garage" and a two-story building that reads "New and Second Hand Furniture Bought, Sold, and Exchanged", "Leather Grill and Drapery Co. [...] Spring St", and "112 Stoves. G. C. Ross".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11029
USC-1-1-1-11179 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-31259
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11029
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-31259.jpg
Subject
Festivals and parades--La Fiesta--1906
Parades
Transportation features
Time Period
1906
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1- [Microfiche number]
31259 [Accession number]
CHS-31259 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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