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Description
A funeral for infant Gomez (first name unknown) buried at Calvary Cemetery in 1942. The five chosen pallbearer girls were the sisters of Ofelia Esparza (photo donor), cousins and a neighbor. They are all dressed in white dresses and three of them are wearing veils. In front of them is the casket with flower arrangements. Rear row, from left: Hortencia Mercado (photo donor's cousin), Evangelina Rivera (photo donor's sister), Consuelo Rivera (photo donor's sister) and Margaret Mercado (photo donor's cousin). The girl in the front row is unidentified.
Rivera, Evangelina Arroya, Consuelo Mercado, Hortencia Mercado, Margaret Cemeteries--California--East Los Angeles Funeral rites and ceremonies--California--East Los Angeles Burial--California--East Los Angeles Coffins--California--East Los Angeles Cementerios--California--Este de Los Ángeles Ritos y ceremonias fúnebres--California--Este de Los Ángeles Entierro--California--Este de Los Ángeles
Time Period
1942
Place
4201 Whittier Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90023 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) 34.025258, -118.179536
Source
2 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. black-and-white photograph; FELAA252.jpg
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