Image / S.B.C Show Co. carnival, Watts, Los Angeles. May 9, 1925

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Title: S.B.C Show Co. carnival, Watts, Los Angeles. May 9, 1925
Creator: Aerograph Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1925-05-09
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: A panoramic view of a carnival in Watts, Los Angeles, run by the S.B.C. Show Company. A carousel, or merry-go-round, and a booth with with pots and pans are in the center, surrounded by booths offering games, and large posters advertising sideshow acts like "Delphine the half lady". The area is mostly empty, except for the merry-go-round, which is crowded with boys. Writing in white in lower left corner reads "No 100652 ; The Aerograph Co. ; 1769 W. Vernon ; LA, Cal."
Type: Image
Format: image/jp2
Extent: 26 x 94 cm (10 x 37 in)
Identifier: 167653
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/4272
Subject: Carnivals--California--Los Angeles. (lctgm)
Merry-go-rounds--California--Los Angeles. (lctgm)
Ferris wheels--California--Los Angeles. (lctgm)
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs
Panoramas--California--Los Angeles--Photographs
Negatives. (aat)
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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