Chanya Blumenkrantz's daughter with family in Kenya
Alternative Title
Shades of L.A. Photo Collection
Creator
Blumenkrantz, David
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.
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. Chanya M. Blumenkrantz was born in 1960 and lived in Kenya before coming to the United States in 1995. In 1994, she went to Wales to study while her husband moved with their children to Los Angeles. A year later, she joined them in L.A. She later became chief development officer for MEND (Meet Each Need with Dignity), a non-profit providing support for those in need. Chanya Blumenkrantz's baby daughter, Inosi, is held by her uncle's wife on the porch of her grandmother, Shali Mghalu's house in Mbale Village in the Taita-Taveta district in Kenya in 1990. They are wearing Kangas, long, multi-purpose, East African cotton cloths woven with a mix colors, designs and messages that are special in the cultural history of Kenya and Tanzania. Photograph taken by Chaya's husband David, Blumenkrantz.
Kenyans Kenyan Americans Families Daughters Aunts Women Infants Clothing and dress Textile fabrics Cotton fabrics Taita Taveta County (Kenya) Shades of L.A. Collection photographs Shades of L.A. Kenyan American photographs
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